Research and Writing in Context: It's Slushie Time

Gleek

gLee has been one of the most viewed television shows on FOX for the past two seasons it's been aired. Producer Ryan Murphy originally thought about Glee being a movie but decided to create a musical sitcom instead that would have millions watching and wanting more. The show focuses on a high school show choir trying to make their way to nationals but along the way face tormenting and of course the famous Sue Sylvester along the way.

And the Emmy Goes To....

Over the course of the two seasons and the many award shows broadcasted on television, Glee has been nominated for nineteen Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, sex Satellite Awards, and fifty-seven other awards. The awards included a Golden Glove for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy, Emmy award for Jane Lynch, guest star Neil Patrick Harris and also Ryan Murphy's direction of the pilot episode first aired back in June of 2008. The show also got the opportunity to fill the time slot that followed the 2011 Super Bowl XLV with a brand new episode beginning part 2 of the second season.

From Journey to Original Songs

The songs chosen for the episodes of Glee are popular, and have to pertain to the episode, such as the episode "Never Been Kissed" the very popular and rising stars of the Warblers, sang a version of Katy Perry's Teenage Dream, which first introduced Blaine into the picture with Kurt; both gay characters on Glee. The music performances of the cast of Glee have been a commercial success for the past two seasons. The Glee Cast versions of the songs performed on the sitcom, gave positive outcomes for strong performers such as Rihanna and Journey. The songs have been downloaded and listened to by millions of viewers nationwide. And some songs such as Loser Like Me have just been inspired by rude, and overbearing cheerleading coaches...cough cough Sue Sylvester.

And That's How Sue...C's It

Sue Sylvester is one of the main characters and fuel of this show. With her feisty and great comebacks towards Will Schuester in the episodes, there is no stopping this cheerleading coach in Lima, Ohio.

Sue Sylvester: You know, William, that's what one Hubert Humphrey said back in 1968 at the start of the Democratic National Convention. But then hippies put acid in everyone's bourbon, and when an updraft revealed Lady Bird Johnson's tramp stamp, and tattoos above her ovaries, Mayor Richard J. Daley became so incensed with sexual rage that he punched his own wife in the face, and spent the next hour screaming 'sex party' into the microphones of all three major networks.
Will Schuester: Okay, I'm pretty sure none of that happened.
Sue Sylvester: You can expect a call very soon from my lawyer, Gloria Allred. I'm gonna sue the pants off you, Will. I'm gonna take your house, your car, your extensive collection of vests. I mean, seriously, you wear more vests than the cast of Blossom. I'll see you in court.

Her great humor and comments about Schuester's clothes or curly hair, tormenting the Glee kids for being losers (pushing them into lockers and taking her anger out on them), funny expressions, and clever methods of sabotoge make the musical-sitcom that much more entertaining to watch!