Glee

"Vitamin D" is gonna be a lot less fun to watch now...

edited 14th Jul '13 10:26:17 PM by Pannic

Now I wonder why the Westboro isn't banned everywhere, period.

I can't imagine why Lea Michele is going through.

I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency

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Boy, it's a crying shame that Finn Hudson's actor died so suddenly.

How on earth is season 5 going to handle this? Finn was essentially one of the main characters. Maybe they'll give him Chuck Cunningham Syndrome. Maybe they'll give him The Character Died with Him. Or Bus Crash. Or Dropped a Bridge on Him.

What route do you think they're going to take with this? You could have a plotline with a funeral being given for the character, and everyone being affected by it in different ways.

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I think the character died with him is the only one that is gonna be considered appropriate.

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I think the most tasteful thing they could do is have the next episode be of all the actors dedicating a song to him or saying a few words (out of character!). Maybe show a few favorite clips from the show that he's in. And that's it. Don't bring his death into the crappy soap-opera that Glee has become.

"With hard work and dedication, I will become a splendid ninja!"

The way that they handled Sue's sister's death was classy.

But yeah, shocking to hear this. It's really tragic though since signs are pointing to him O Ding.

Well, technically there is another option, but I doubt they'd take it.

Other Darrining for anthing other than aging a child actor up is a practice that should stop.

I agree, that was very well done.

"With hard work and dedication, I will become a splendid ninja!"

The Character Died with Him would be the most respectful thing to do for him, even though I know it's asking a lot to make the cast act out their grief. Hopefully if that happens filming will be postponed for awhile so everyone will be ready.

Just shipping Finn off seems unrealistic, especially if they never mention him again, and mentioning him would just be sad.

edited 16th Jul '13 2:12:29 PM by GigglesMcYummy

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I've been wondering lately, and not that I don't care about Cory, or that I'm saying that they don't care...

But I've been wondering if the writers or producer(s) are mad that he died, because they have to go through the trouble of repurposing a whole season.

Signs are pointing to Monteith over dosing.

Not turning this into a soap box, but I find it tragic that he lost his personal battle with drugs.

I for one am not concerned with how they feel, nor do I care about Cory Monteith or the casts as persons, and, in fact, I generally dislike them*

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He died, and it saddens that he did, but no more nor less sad than if any other human who I don't know had died. In fact, I pointedly refuse to commiserate, for the same reasons I refuse to show any interest whatsoever in the personal lives of this cast or any other.

And that's me. My sister laughed at his death and the reaction it brought about, calling the mourning fans "ilusos"*

. I find her attitude to be in very poor taste, but I can see where she's coming from: all this emoting feels, on an emotional, subjective level I cannot quite explain, fake, incorrect, abusive, wrong, indecent, unkind, inappropriate, twisted, foul.

I put myself in the crew's shoes, and it's like the entire world want to stick their noses in a funeral to which they weren't invited, claiming to care about you when they are complete strangers, speculating about your emotions, scrutinizing and judging your every action.

These people are celebrities. They are not your family. They are not your friends. They are not even your co-workers or neighbours.

My feeling is that we shouldn't even speculate about the professional side of the problem Monteith's death poses. We should keep silent, and wait.

This is my subjective opinion, and it's all I'll say on this matter. Do as you like, following your own judgement.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Cory still felt like a friend to people.

That's how all celebrities are. They inspire their fans, or motivate them, or make feel like they have someone to relate to them. More so than regular people, who typically only do that to their closer friends.

Glee helped kids about surviving school, bullying (or, more explicitly, gay kids at the least), and helped their appreciation for music. That Cory was a part of that I think made him a friend to some people who've never even met him for real.

And the good that Glee did should be allowed to balance out the annoyance it causes a lot of us.

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: Basically, the post after you said a very close thing to my Tumblr post.

"I have lost a few of my groupmates—not to sudden death, but to cancer, to hospitalizations, to moving away, or just to dropping the group because they didn’t have enough time or money even though they really wanted to keep performing. None of that is any easier than a “real" or “blood" family member going through the same thing.

With a show like GLEE that’s affected so many people, that family is extended to all the fans who love watching the show, going to concerts, and being a part of the fandom. GLEE has saved people from killing themselves (me), given them outlets with music (me), or maybe just been there every week when they need something fun and campy (me)."

Cory's a celebrity who affected hundreds if not millions of lives, and he's saved quite a lot of them as well. Just because we didn't know him "personally" doesn't mean we haven't suffered a huge loss in our own lives.

And aside from a few idiots who want to make it all about themselves, most of us just want to send our condolences and find out what's happened to him because we want closure, too.

: Yes.

edited 16th Jul '13 4:16:41 PM by Sharysa

I can see we're you are coming from handle. Apparently never really cared for Glee's characters. Nor interested in their actors personal lives. Yes we don't know them, but Is still tragic to see a young man cut down in his prime. I think your sister is a bit cínico*

honestly.

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I wonder what made Montieth relapse so suddenly.

I also wonder why Montieth couldn't have been as nice to himself as he was to others. If that question offends someone, I'm sorry.

Joel McHale did a touching tribute to him at the end of tonight's episode of The Soup. I had no idea he had ever known Montieth.

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Not to speculate about his life, but one thing to remember about addictions is that they never go away. The second you reintroduce drugs into your body, the addiction is going to come back, regardless of how long you were clean prior.

Fact though is no one is ever going to know what caused him to relapse. Maybe it was the busy schedule and drugs were his way of "dealing with stress." And again, not to speculate on him, but a former addict cannot afford to put themselves in a toxic environment either.

You know, despite Glee being unlikely to kill off a major character, it was a rather Glee-like tragedy...having an addiction, getting help for it, seeming to get better, but then it leads to a bad end...

Almost like Kurofsky if his dad hadn't found him.

Though Cory probably wasn't trying to kill himself...

Maybe it's just to make myself feel better but....I have to say that the outpouring of support for Cory fallowing his death...If I where in his family's shoes I would be touched knowing how many lives he had affected, how many people he had touched, made better.

It's so....sad to see him go. It feels like losing someone, even if you've never meet in person. Someone you know, someone who influenced you, your life. I just....It hurts, knowing that the person who meant something to you is gone. Even if that seems silly.

edited 18th Jul '13 5:41:21 AM by LMage

"You are never taller then when standing up for yourself"

Plus the fact that he was 31. Young people dying always strikes a chord — "even though I'm young, this is a reminder I could be next" and/or "what a waste – he had his whole life ahead of him."

Now I really don't get it at all. Mind explaining how he did that?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

I can't speak for anyone else- though I know there are plenty that will speak for themselves- but me? Cory was part of a show that changed my life, that helped save it. He had a role in me getting through some of the most difficult times of my life.

Actually...When I first got the news, I wrote something up on Tumblr that pretty much describes it: here.

Glee changed my life in a lot of ways. Bones helped me understand the world, and Wo T helped me come to peace with it, but Glee…..Glee gave me hope for it. It made me believe in anything being possible, in the good of people over the bad, in our ability to grow and change and live. Finn to me, was the embodiment of this idea that we aren’t defined but who we where or we are, but rather by who we will become, and how will we get their. If Kurt taught to be myself, and Rachel taught me to never give up, and Will taught me that it’s never to late, then Finn…..Finn taught me I can become anything I wish. That I define the world around me and the future infront of me, not anyone else. Cory….Cory was the perfect actor to give that message, and he did a perfect job with it.

"You are never taller then when standing up for yourself"