Glee really is one of those shows that couldn't have a British remake.
For a start, there is no casting agent alive who?d be able to find a group of over the top, sugar-coated kids who vomit up rainbows and live somewhere like Cardiff. Only in America does everyone look scarily groomed enough to resemble some sort of warped Barbie doll monster.
The cynics may have noticed that Glee shares vague similarities with another school based singing and dancing extravaganza called High School Musical. In both sickly shows, hideously annoying songs are sung, but there is a difference! Glee forces the children and dance to songs by groups we already know and hate, such as Journey and Madonna. Because Glee is taking over as the world’s foremost guilty pleasure show, it's time they wheeled out the odder appearances for the show. Including Justin Bieber and Susan Boyle. Just when it couldn't get worse.
It's strange that the producers of Glee want to rope Susan Boyle into appearing on the show. She is as relevant in teen culture as groups on Facebook are to the current UK government. Besides, everyone knows that it's easy to see a Scottish person sing. All you need is a few cans of lager and there you go – one loopy screeching singer. And it’s not like Susan Boyle needs the encouragement.
Now if this odd cameo does pay off, we already have the dream role lined up for the Britain?s Got Talent loser. Imagine the scene – it’s prom night and the boys are nervously discussing fingering techniques in the toilets. But oh no! It's embarrassing auntie Susan Boyle. How will the children cope as she attempts to be ‘hip’ and boogie on down with the kids by doing some karaoke gangster rap? She might even spike the punch with Irn-Bru or haggis. Entertainment & Showbiz is reporting that Susan Boyle could very well be playing a role such as an all-singing, all-dancing toilet cleaner:
?Britain?s Got Talent? runner-up will appear at the Christmas episode and is cast in some not-too-glamorous role.?
Justin Bieber can sod right off as far as we're concerned. The man-child creation would only play the role as a na?ve exchange student who?d get mocked before ending up beating the bullies. What you really want is some funkier, edgier characters to appear in Glee and make it better. Such as…
1) Naked Vanessa Hudgens ? During the Christmas episode, an unclothed Vanessa Hudgens will appear telling them the troubles of ‘dancing future’. Basically, She'll tell the girls on the show not to take photos of themselves and leave them around for people to put on the internet. Expect Glee to feature its first strip show scene.
2) Jesus ? For Christ?s sake, the bloke could walk on water, so he'd bring a whole new dimension of radical dancing to the show which would piss all over Dancing On Ice, Dancing With The Stars, Strictly Come Dancing and the soon to be announced Dancing On A Bed Of Nails. There could even be a religious dance-off between our lord saviour and the Hindi God Vishnu. He takes breakdancing to the max.
3) A pirate ? Because all pirates are cool and make any situation that little bit better. Or if you're being fussy, a mystical Ninja called Horris who is returning to perform a Ninja spirit dance to bring back his dead family from the burial ground where the school is built.
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Kathy says
Got up on the wrong side of the bed again, huh?
I have to wonder why you watch the show, and you do, if you hate it so much.
AMANDA says
Pity, the nobody who wrote this must have a trashy life cuz he’s got nothing to do but write trash and taunts.