tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31939770.post4813814765541447740..comments2023-10-29T06:13:19.483-04:00Comments on Picaresque: Spiritual envy? Not reallyDianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634766750596400436noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31939770.post-44906329083997630072010-10-07T15:38:26.409-04:002010-10-07T15:38:26.409-04:00LOOK RYAN MURPHY MADE ME SO ANGRY THAT I MISSPELLE...LOOK RYAN MURPHY MADE ME SO ANGRY THAT I MISSPELLED "FORGIVE"!<br /><br />Anyway.<br /><br />The grilled cheesus itself would have been fine, if it had been THAT kind of episode. Classic weirdo Glee. But stuck in the middle of what was trying to be Srs Bzns, it was completely wrong. Also, having Finn in that hospital room because he, Merdedes, and Rachel are "of different faiths"...if only that had been followed up at some point. I mean, he was praying to a damn grilled cheese sandwich, and it's the "let's all hold hands and sing Kumbaya...as long as we're doing it at the Baptist church" episode, and they couldn't think of ANYTHING to do with that??Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09634766750596400436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31939770.post-85422689277172355252010-10-07T15:34:56.451-04:002010-10-07T15:34:56.451-04:00Link away! I await your treatment shall I say, gle...Link away! I await your treatment shall I say, gleefully. Yours are always much better considered than mine.<br /><br />I think you're right about the involvement of death altering the scenario. Death or the looming possibility of it brings out the most extreme responses in people, as it should; it is a very extreme scenario. However, if the topic of religious belief had come up in some other way, it likely would not have been as grating since, as you point out, dealing with a loved one dying is a very specific and very intense scenario. <br /><br />Now that I'm thinking about it, it makes me even more irritated. Death or its likelihood are really the only situations in which a person can completely act their feelings out--or should be allowed to. Kurt's way of dealing should have been acceptable to his friends, because everyone deals with that brand of grief in a different way.<br /><br />I will never, EVER fortive Murphy for making me mad at Mercedes. >:(Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09634766750596400436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31939770.post-86511605359182036772010-10-07T15:33:55.524-04:002010-10-07T15:33:55.524-04:00ACK - coming back for more things I forgot to say....ACK - coming back for more things I forgot to say. <br /><br />Also think using Finn and Grilled Cheesus, while a reasonable attempt to lighten the mood, really just ruined things. It's hard to not think Finn's spectacularly idiotic when he's praying to a grilled cheese sandwich to touch Rachel's boobs. Ugh.<br /><br />And, I was actually reminded of a Grey's Anatomy episode from a few years back (before it got terrible, haha) that tackled religion in a much better way, if I remember correctly. So if you get time, check out "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer," the Season 2 Christmas episode wherein Cristina deals with a little boy who needs a heart transplant and doesn't believe in God. I think. Or maybe it's Santa. Crap, I don't remember. <br /><br />But I DO remember that they touch on religious differences, and clearly delineated a difference between not believing in God and still being capable of hope. I think. Oh, now I don't know. So if you watch it WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN. ;DDR SHE BLOGGOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04971801439459541992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31939770.post-91066236428751827412010-10-07T15:26:21.580-04:002010-10-07T15:26:21.580-04:00Attempting to tackle a religion episode was about ...Attempting to tackle a religion episode was about as smart as wearing water wings in quicksand. I wholly wish that Glee had not attempted to do it, because as usual, the execution was really shoddy.<br /><br />Still wish Quinn had turned out to be the atheist. And that she was like, "Yeah, bitches, what now? I'm the smartest bitch in school!" <br /><br />I think part of the episode's problem was that it framed the discourse on religion with personal tragedy. To me - and I'm not very well-versed in different beliefs so bear with me - a person's relationship with death is a largely a spiritual connection, regardless of religious label. So, choosing to create the centerpiece of the episode with a possibly dying character really colors the issue. Everything just felt very exaggerated, and no one was entirely sympathetic. If a discussion on religion occurred outside that specific set of circumstances, I feel like it could have been done in a much less cloying manner.<br /><br />Mostly I felt like I wanted to slap everybody except Brittany. Telling Kurt that heart attacks were from loving too much nearly killed me dead.<br /><br />You raise a lot of good thoughts - mind if I link to it on She-Bloggo? I still have to do a review of the episode, and reading this helped me gather some of my own thoughts on the whole issue.<br /><br />:DDR SHE BLOGGOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04971801439459541992noreply@blogger.com