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I haven't posted much about Glee lately, because I feel like people have such wildly divergent opinions on it, and while I frequently enjoy it quite a bit, I don't really think it's worth a whole lot of dissection and discussion.
As I've said before, though, every once in a while, this show and its use of music steps beyond the merely enjoyable and overwhelms me. Case in point, Kurt's STUPENDOUS rendition of "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from the musical Sunset Boulevard. In the first place, it was the perfect song to express Kurt's joy at - errr, is this a spoiler? - returning to McKinley (and our joy, in turn, at seeing him back where he belongs).
But on another level, for me, as an enthusiastic lover of movies and the process of making them, this song, sung in its original context by a faded movie star from the silent era who (thinks she's) coming back to the set for her big comeback project, it really evokes the atmosphere of a busy set and the magic of filmmaking. The last line of the song ("We taught the world new ways to dream.") KILLS me, because that's exactly what all those pioneers of moviemaking (Griffith, Murnau, von Stroheim, DeMille, etc.) did, and what their successors (I dare not start a list here) have done for the last century and continue to do.
Anyway, this was just an excuse to post the video of this number. I'm so glad they didn't cut this down for the broadcast, like they do with most of the songs. It's five minutes long, but man, you HAVE to see the whole thing.
As I've said before, though, every once in a while, this show and its use of music steps beyond the merely enjoyable and overwhelms me. Case in point, Kurt's STUPENDOUS rendition of "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from the musical Sunset Boulevard. In the first place, it was the perfect song to express Kurt's joy at - errr, is this a spoiler? - returning to McKinley (and our joy, in turn, at seeing him back where he belongs).
But on another level, for me, as an enthusiastic lover of movies and the process of making them, this song, sung in its original context by a faded movie star from the silent era who (thinks she's) coming back to the set for her big comeback project, it really evokes the atmosphere of a busy set and the magic of filmmaking. The last line of the song ("We taught the world new ways to dream.") KILLS me, because that's exactly what all those pioneers of moviemaking (Griffith, Murnau, von Stroheim, DeMille, etc.) did, and what their successors (I dare not start a list here) have done for the last century and continue to do.
Anyway, this was just an excuse to post the video of this number. I'm so glad they didn't cut this down for the broadcast, like they do with most of the songs. It's five minutes long, but man, you HAVE to see the whole thing.
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