Before I begin this blog, let me offer a disclaimer: I HATE musicals. So don't worry, I'm no singin', dancin', high-kickin' pusher of all things 'High School Musical' and 'Fame'. I've never seen 'Cats', or 'Starlight Express', and I don't whistle along when I catch a Rodgers and Hammerstein tune.
Phew! Now that's out of the way, let's proceed... I want to tell you about a fab new show coming to TV3 this week.
'Glee' is the brainchild of Ryan Murphy, the man behind 'Nip/Tuck', and by all accounts it's been hailed as the best new show of the moment in the States.
It follows an optimistic high school teacher who - against all the odds and a malicious cheerleading coach - attempts to restore his school's fading Glee club to its former glory, while helping a group of aspiring underdogs reach their true star potential.
So far, so HSM, but I'm assured that Glee is a show with music, but it's NOT a musical.
However it does feature a soundtrack of hit songs from past and present; everything from Avril Lavigne to Rihanna and Queen.
And unlike other shinier-than-thou musical stars, the kids in Glee are a good old-fashioned pack of freaks. With the help of their enthusiastic teacher, these social outcasts, misfits and rejects come together to try to make it to the state champs and become stars.
Yes, this could sound like a giant cliche, but word is that under Murphy's slightly twisted direction it manages to be anything but.
"Has there ever been a TV show more aptly named than Glee?" asks Entertainment Weekly. "It both embodies and inspires exactly that quality."
The Washington Post loves it, saying, "Glee is filled with ribald joy and a delicious (if cruel) dose of antisocial cynicism. Yet its heart is pure and rooted in song and the thrill of performance. And what might have been its downfall - actual show-choir numbers that adapt unlikely pop hits to the jazz-hands genre - makes it only more charming."
"Literally every glorious frame of Glee is packed with jokes," writes The Miami Herald, "cynical, sweet and inestimably funny."
While The Boston Globe reports, "It offers a little bit of Fame, a little bit of Freaks and Geeks, and a lot of pleasure."
Check it out for yourself on TV3 on Friday at 7.30pm.
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