the tides have changed.
so i was watching “Glee” the other day after american idol and i gotta say, i’m ready to see more; however, i also think it’s pretty lame that stereotypes from the 70s and 80s and 90s are still around.
example number one- handicapped people being losers. in the show the football team locked the wheel chair boy in the portapot and were gonna knock it down (thank goodness the justin timberlake wannebe saved the day). come on. i can’t speak for every school, but if someone did that to amber or amber or Miss Jones (the three people in my school in wheelchairs- 2 girls named amber and one guidance counselor) they would be shot down. seriously if anybody is mean to the kids in the wheel chairs they would be called heartless jerks by literally everyone.
Example number Two- Gay people being made fun of because they’re gay. this is not 1875 people don’t burn homos at the steak anymore. at my school anyway us gay people are the coolest ones around: we’re different and we don’t even have to try. we’re so cool that we even have people pretend to be like us who really aren’t. we have our own wannabes! nobody throws pee balloons at us.
Example number three- glee club kids being nerds. i wouldn’t say this is unique to my school but it’s probably not very common: at my school the glee club kids are the popular ones. The art, music, and film kids are the envy of every greasy little sophomore. we (i include myself because i took art for four years and was in band for 5 and i’m taking video production now) pretty much run the school: our artwork and photos line the hallways, our concerts and performance brind in tons of $$, and when our videos play on the tv’s during activity period every body stops what they’re doing to be entertained.
If i were only in a wheel chair i would be the most popular kid around and television writers would be calling me a loser.
