Glee-Pilot episode (Response)

The pilot episode of the FOX TV show Glee is about a teacher trying to revive the Glee club at his school. The Glee club is a musical theatre club. The teacher goes about trying to get more students involved in the Glee club. This show simply revives old stereotypes casted in several previous TV sitcoms and movies. Starting with the staff, they show the stereotype that only few teachers really care about the students which are also shown in movies like Coach Carter. Another stereotype is the butch female gym teacher. In movies like Scream 2 the female gym teacher is usually on some type of testosterone trip. In movies like Mean Girls, Bring It On, Not Another Teen Movie, and others, the cheerleaders are known to click up together and act as a mean force, belittling all others around them. There is also always that one girl who rivals the cheerleaders because she has the potential to be as good as them but she just doesn't want to be mean like them. In too many shows for me to count there is always the star quarterback who is in the middle of this love triangle with the head cheerleader and the girl with potential. One of the biggest stereotypes for me is the fact that there is always one black character in these types of shows and he or she is always ghetto. Back in the days of Saved By The Bell there was the one black girl, in Not Another Teen Movie there was only one black guy in the movie an he joked about being the only black guy in the movie. My main point is that there is nothing new in this sitcom. The show even takes the same stlye of Arrested Development and The Office as far as the camera goes. The musical portion is different but it will get old. As we know the more High School Musicals they made, the less popular the series got so I believe this show will do the same.