Glee

After watching glee I think they just rehashed old stereotypes and stock characters. There were many similarities between this show and a few other high school shows I have seen. The common stereotypes of popular jocks, cheerleaders and nerds have been over used in recent shows about high school. Also, the idea of a new coach or instructor that comes and changes a bad situation for kids has been used over and over again. The only thing that I think that this show does that is original is bringing back the musical style within the show. This episode contained several musical performances.
A common stereotype this show portrayed was the popular jocks picking on the losers that did not fit in with everyone else. When the football players picked on the loser in the show, it reminded me of exactly when Malcolm and his friends, in the show “Malcolm in the middle”, got picked on by the jocks. Also, just like in every television high school situation, the cool football player goes out with hot cheer leader. These stereotypes and stock characters are so common that they can even be found in modern cartoons. For example, “Family Guy” uses all of the same stereotypes when they have high school scenes in certain episodes. Even the cheer leader coach in the “Glee” episode talked about the social line in between the groups.
In “Glee” the teacher comes in a struggling situation and makes the club into winners. He changes the mentality of the students and makes them very good. In turn, this makes more people care about the glee club. This situation is seen in a lot of sports movies these days. An example could be “The Mighty ducks.” In this movie a coach comes into a bad situation and turns it around by changing the way the team plays. In the end, they become very good and everything is turned around. This is seen in several other movies like “Rebound.” Overall, this is pretty much what happens in the “Glee” episode.
The only unique thing about this episode was that it used a lot more music than normal shows these days. In my opinion, everything else about this show was the same as all the other shows of this time. The evidence above supports my reasoning and provides example of how “Glee” has pretty much rehashed old stereotypes and used stock characters.