I love Glee.
Frankie’s blog post entitled “Glee Gone Wild” caught my interest (mostly cause it was about GLEE), but I think he poised some very valid questions that should be looked at when you consider the Glee GQ magazine cover.
The GQ article focused more on the lives of the actors of the show, not the characters of the show. Thus, a little leniency can be given the actors for this very evident divergence from Glee’s brand image.
The actors of the show are superstars. They live up to this image of partying and “Glee gone wild’ stuff that GQ is illustrating. However, what does this do to Glee?
I think it definitely hurts the brand image of Glee as a whole; like Frankie said, mothers aren’t exactly going to be clamouring to endorse these actors as role models to their kids. Networks should keep a weary eye on how he private life of actors reflect on the image of the network. Take Miley Cyrus. . . she was this wholesome, girl-next-door, role-model to young girls/tweens and the gem of Disney’s crown. That is, until she agreed to do the controversial Vanity Fair photoshoot, where she showed “excessive amounts of skin”. This led to the decision by Disney to put her on a 4 – 6 month hiatus from the limelight.
Oh, the life of an actor can be so hard sometimes. . .