A Gay Girl's 'Glee'cap: Mashup

Unfortunately this week’s episode did not dazzle me half as much as last week’s did. This could be in part due to the over usage of Slurpee throwing, or it may be the fact that Jane Lynch did not get nearly as much screen time as I’d wanted, although we did get to see her in a fabulous outfit – more on that later. But here’s what you need to know about Wednesday’s episode of Glee:

By some cruel act of fate, Sue falls in love with a fellow anchorman --yes, man --at the local news station while filming her fantastic segment, “Sue’s Corner” – where she was incidentally discussing her advocacy for marriage rights, while at the same time saying she believes that “intimacy has no place in a marriage.” The anchorman woos her over fondue and she becomes so head over heels for him that suddenly my dreams come true and we see Coach Sylvester in her Adidas track suit swing dancing with Mr. Shue. The two talk about how it’s nice that they’re finally not at each other’s throats anymore, while I roll my eyes and wish that they were.

Meanwhile, the World’s Most Awkward Couple award goes to Ken and Emma as they walk into the lunchroom and ask Mr. Shue to teach them how to dance for the World’s Most Awkward Wedding. The two clearly have different ideas of what to dance to, because while Ken grosses us all out by saying he wants the "Thong Song" so he can “shake his money maker,” Emma wins our hearts by saying that her pick is “I Could Have Danced All Night.” Mr. Shue agrees and says it’ll be his wedding present to them. I think it’s kind of cute, but my friend Tyler says it’s cheap. He may be right.

Everyone keeps talking about “mashups.” Mashups this, mashups that. I start to worry that mashups will become some new term we use in our every day life. Like when we mix chocolate ice cream with some peanut butter and you say, “Oh man I made the most amazing mashup.” Anyway…

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