Being Part Of Something Special

"Being a part of something special makes you special, right?"

Just watched Glee last night on E4, and it was great. Reviewers have compared it to High School Musical on steroids, but that is selling it short as it is nowhere as near as saccharine.

First of all it reinforces my suspicion that if I had grown up in an American High School I would have been a major social reject. One good thing about being in Singapore is that, while sports achievements are laudable, so too are academic prowess and musical talent. This was just as well as I have never been particularly athletic, my closest brush with sports being on the cross-country team when there was absolutely no-one else who would do it. I was also the non-sports co-ordinator designate for my house. What that basically meant was that I organized the drama nights, the talent contests, the chess tournaments and the science and maths olympiads. A recipe for murder if ever there was one, certainly in the Glee universe.

Secondly it comes up with some amazing quotes like the one above. Said by Rachel to her teacher, it was conveyed with such a sense of hopeful self-deception it rang a chord in me. Do I disbelieve it? No, I think contributing to something special does make you special. Certainly the feeling I have from years of theatrical productions and concerts never seems to die with every new performance.

The Pink Singers' winter concert happens on Saturday and looking back at the season it is with great justification that I can say that what we've created is special, and that's just one reason why the Pinkies are special.



Random track from Glee included above because I love it.