Top 10 Things on Glee That Wouldn't Work Today 

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Someone on twitter once said "Glee managed to portray every issue under the sun, but none of them well."

Kitty and Ryder's abuse stories being handled so horribly

Almost everything Mr. Schuester said and did wouldn't work today

Marley didn’t develop an eating disorder PARTIALLY because of Kitty, it was SOLELY because of Kitty. Marley never showed any signs of having an eating disorder before Kitty started putting those thoughts in her head.

i know sue's casual homophobia is terrible but every time i see that scene where she's calling each glee club member and calls kurt "gay kid", i lose it HFJSDHFK

"Glee" was a guilty pleasure of mine, though I admit that the way they handled Blaine's "Bi" plot was Cringy, even in 2011. Kurt claims that NOBODY can like more than one gender, and Blaine's drunken kiss with Rachel was an "experiment." Sure enough, Kurt is proven right, and isn't called out for his blatant biphobia. 😤

Anything in Glee wouldn't work today 😂 except foundoe for two😂

Kevin McHale (Artie) actually wanted to be Finn but since he was so talented they offered him Artie. Darren Criss (Blaine) also wanted to be Finn and he was so good and talented as well that they created Blaine just for him. Also Sue being homophobic, racist etc is part of her character. She’s not supposed to be liked by the general public at all up until the end of the show

As an Asian, I totally felt the “Asian F” episode, but I not that I was offended by it, I was upset that the story arc wasn’t longer than one episode. You wanna talk about stereotypes? This list didn’t even point out that Tina took up the role as the team’s solo seamstress/tailor in the same vain as a single-handed sweatshop.

Left out Will sexualizing the girls in Glee club and I am not just talking about the Marley part. Also Will’s weird really close friendship with the Glee club members to the point that Finn is his best man. Teachers can have friendships with students but their students shouldn’t be their only friendship

"Do I get a supervillian nickname?" "You're nickname is Panda Express" "But i'm not chinese" "Neither is the food at Panda Express" That was really funny though.

How about Kurt's crush on Finn. Kurt being a walking sterotype. Will shaming Marley for not wearing a bikini during a performance, Rachel not getting punished for sending Sunshine to a crack house, or Will being friends with his students

what about the time they just BRUSHED OF ryders assault... 😔😣

This show only stopped working, because Ryan Murphy doesn't know how to keep a show running at excellent quality more than a season or two. There's a reason (most) of these poor decisions occurred after Season 2, the moment most Glee fans agree is when the show's quality took a nosedive (but ESPECIALLY after Season 3). Eventually, the storylines/characters/general plot consistency slips, and it just becomes sloppy fanservice. See also Scream Queens, AHS, Nip/Tuck.

I think the problem is that people take Glee way too seriously.

Marley's eating disorder and the way Ryder's abuse story was handled are the worst ones to me

I feel like everyone forgets that Glee was a COMEDY show

Don’t know if it’s related or not but Santana was going to be suspended for slapping Finn, but she had fights with Lauren and Quinn in the hallways and neither of them got suspended? Lauren was next level violent to Santana, and Santana slapped Quinn too Then they suspended Rachel for trying to change the votes to get Kurt to win class president but they did nothing when Kurt was constantly bullied before and the prom queen votes were changed to make fun of him Also the other students constantly harassing the glee club kids (and Sue, putting dirt on Santana & Brittany’s lockers, throwing sticks at Mercedes and embarrassing Blaine in front of the whole school just because he didn’t want to be on the cheerios) Gotta add another one, Finn was suspended for walking in the hallways only in his underwear but Mr Schue was making both him and Sam (Sam’s costume was basically just boxers) to appear like that on a play, Finn and Marley weren’t comfortable with the costumes they had to use for Mr.Schue’s assignments and they were pushed to do so still, it took Finn getting suspended to let him and Sam change wardrobes for the play

Half of these I agree. The other half... well stuff like that DOES happen in real life. Some teachers go on dates with their underage students, some teenagers strip on clubs, and some people insult others based on their sexual preferences or skin tone, like Sue. Of course is not OK, but I think it represents more accurately some stuff that happens in real life 🤷‍♀️

Glee definitely changed TV and the world forever.

Terri drugging the kids And what Sue did to the McKinley kids was bad but the stuff that she physically put the Carmel High kids! (aka Vocal Adrenaline) making them walk through burning coal, etc The school allowing a explicit calendar featuring their underage students

Sheldon being played by a cis woman isn't wrong. I'm trans, and when i found out i couldn't stop just being SO excited to see Sheldon transition, it doesn't matter the actor isn't trans.

I liked the Storyline of Rachel having a crush on Mr Shue. It just happens and Mr Shue told her in a respectful but honest tone to back off. I was really into this.

When Ryder opened up about getting molested as a child; Sam and Artie never get in trouble for how insensitive they are, and the issue is never brought up again.

I agree with all those points, except for Artie character, being able to play a disabled character for years is a talent and yes a disabled character could’ve played the role, but there’s a line as to how many roles actors can’t play anymore.

I thought #1 was gonna be Mr Schue rapping, that wasn't even okay back then 😂

Damn, it's so hard to watch Glee again knowing that Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera have left this world 😭😭

I dunno, "Your nickname is Panda express" "but I;m not Chinese" "Neither is the food at Panda Express" is hilarious

Now that I look back on this show: Kurt was definitely a biphobia No one handled Marley’s eating disorder in an appropriate way, they were all just making fun of her and no one stood up for her. And mr. figgins was such a creep.

I think this misses the point of Glee. They did all that to show how things are categorized by many.

I don't get the obsession with inappropriate relationships in teen shows during this time. Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars also had teacher/student relationships. It's not cute.

Glee was literally the definition of "we're so progressive and diverse, we have all these characters from different backgrounds. . .but we're just keeping them in the background." God forbid we create a black female character that's shy or timid and not just "sassy, finger wagging ,neck snapping" stereotypes. Or instead of just constantly referring to our Asian character as "Asian" we could refer to him as Chinese and make him an average student, ya know. Hell even our white gay character can not be obsessed with fashion. Smh, the music was the only thing that saved this show by season 3, but by season 4, not even the music was enough.

I agree with a few of these but I think people are missing the point that Glee is a satire. It's meant to push the boundaries & play on stereotypes.

Shoe: Because you're all minorities Me: *a white teen girl who is a theatre and choir geek and has not seen the struggles ACTUAL minorities go through* HOW ARE YOU A TEACHER?!

I admit that these are VERY valid points, but don’t forget that glee has helped so many people to deal with their sexualities. While also, teaching us about so many important life lessons.

When glee started I thought it was so diverse and had the potential to be a great and progressive show, but they pigeonholed their minority characters and made them one note background characters just like so many other shows so. There were so many situations where they could have given them good long term character development, but they didn't.

Some of these are just dark humor that is supposed to make you laugh but also reflect on certain stereotypes. Glee is based on over-the-top stereotypes, rude jokes and caricatures, without them the show wouldn't be the same, it would be just another unnecessary 13 reasons why (s2-s4).

I loved that Panda Express joke tho.

I don't see you mentioning Darren Criss playing a gay character when he's straight. But sure go after the cis woman. Acting is being someone you're not. Authenticity is good but isn't it unfair to the other GOOD ACTORS if everyone just wants to hire authentic people instead of actually good actors?

9:12 they make Kurt's character so up to date in fashion but he doesn't know what a blouse is??????

Not to mention when Marley didn’t want to wear a bikini and she got suspended from the team for that.

A lot of those things as Ms Mojo said were problematic back then and still are. The way bisexuality and race were handled was horrible and offensive, also the fact that Britney wasn't a well developed character speakes a lot how she was a comidic relif when she was supposed to be the bisexual represention.

This is stupid. Glee was an unapolagetically out there show. It picked fun at the exact groups it defended. Any "offensive" jokes were made more to make fun of the person making them than they were making fun of the minorities. It definitely had some misfires and poorly handled serious issues, but it brought a lot of comfort and joy to people that felt like outcasts. Anyone that was ACTUALLY offended by these jokes clearly didn't understand the premise of the show at all. Also- cutting any of Sue's offensive jokes would have made the show 40% less funny. Real talk.

Every negative point that could be made about this show has been made. Several times. Often by this channel, reusing the same few negative parts over and over and over and over and over again For every bit of bad this show did, it did something good, too. Try focusing on the positives or try not talking about it at all. It's had a bit of a resurgence lately so people want to see stuff about it that's new. But all the new stuff is purely negative and it's exhausting. We get it, we really do I know you've done some positive videos too but try more of those. Ten more of the best episodes, or songs. Tributes, guest stars, funniest moments, funniest episodes, best songs/quotes by _________. ANYTHING!!!

Sam stripped as a teenager to make money to help his family. That is extreme but an accurate portrayal of post-recession America in the mid 2000s. Kids can and do still take full-time jobs to fulfil monetary support roles within their families.

it’s the biphobia for me🤦🏾‍♀️

I agree with this list but do some people forget that glee is a satire. It's supposed to be funny and untrue sometimes.

Im rewatching Glee with a friend who never seen it, and we were commenting on that even if it falls on sterotypes the show really tried to be progressive, and for the time i think it was one of the first shows to touch subjects like this, it was like the beggining of representation and i think that thanks to it nowdays these themes are much more normalized and we can enjoy other shows or movies with better representation, what i mean is that glee was just the start

Actually no. . . they're not all minorities.

At least 98% of glee would absolutely not work today They had so so much talent on this show which they under utilized to continually but Rachel or Finn in the lead they under developed and under appreciated a lot of the original and ne’er cast members for as good as the show was it could been that much if they took the time to develop other characters and storyline and friendships etc

Less than 20 seconds in and THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE BIPHOBIC ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM!!!!

I mean yeah, some of these things wouldn’t fly in 2020 but this is what made Glee so iconic. Glee is satire

What is even worst than number 4 is when Sam courageously confided in the glee club about when he was sexually abused by his babysitter when he was around 12yo and then every guy reacts with how he should feel lucky and proud that an older girl did that 🙄 As a survivor myself, it disgusted me how male sexual abuse was treated on the show....

The body shaming of Marley from Mr. Schue, the constant homophobic/transphobic names Quinn called Rachel, toxic relationships. There was so many things wrong with this show.

There was so much more biphobia than that thought, when santana tells brittany that she loves her she completely dismisses the fact that Brittany loves Artie because he's a guy, Demi's character tells santana she needs 100% lesbian to make her happy, and I'm pretty sure that after Brittany and Santana get back together Brittany is refered to at least once but probably more as a lesbian..

The world became to sensitive to handle this show

Demi Lovato is bisexual in real life and she played Santana's gf and I want to know how Demi feels about this.

I disagree a bit with the Coach Beiste one. I have no experience myself, but I believe not everyone immediately knows whether they are trans or not. That decision was most likely made later on to make Beiste trans so they casted a woman to begin with. Plus I think some people take time to figure out who they are, and maybe that could explain his actions. At the beginning, he thought he was a girl and was supposed to be one, even though he was not a stereotypical girl, and maybe later he finally realized that he didn't want to be a girl anymore and became the guy that he finally was supposed to be. Also Sam stripping is not overly problematic. Yeah, its terrible, but sometimes that is what poor kids have to do to stay alive. How many underage male and female prostitutes and strippers do you think there are? It's really sad and terrible, but it's the reality for some kids.

They wouldn’t worked today because they’ll get cancelled immediately by twitter? lol

Santana singing "If i die young", puck saying he would "be in jail or dead" in ten years and dating younger girls, ryder being physical towards Marley/the others.. how they handled suspension: Santana being suspended from glee because she was a cheerleader and a cheerleade set fire to a piano while Santana was there, Marley getting suspended for not wanting to be in a bikini in front of everyone while it was totally okey when Sam and Artie didn't want to show off their body, Santana almost getting suspended for slapping Finn for outing her while it was okey for Finn hitting Puck for sleeping with Quinn and for Lauren to get in a fight with Santana, and not to mention it having no consequences what so ever for Becky coming to school with a gun or Rachel sending a girl to a crackhouse..

Amber Riley has more talent in her baby finger than Lea Michele could ever dream of. Check out her solo work as Riley. FYI: I think this is the fourth one of these style of videos on Glee this month. Can we please do Friends. That is even worse at times.

Mr. Schue wouldn't work today 😬 (His character didn't work back then either)...

The way Glee handled sexual assault is the worst. They joke about Tina "vapo-raping" Blaine and always falling for gay men. Sue drugged and took advantage of Figgins to blackmail him. The other guys said Ryder should have been happy his babysitter assaulted him as a kid. Kitty spoke about her sexual assault and they never brought up the trauma she and Ryder went through ever again.

okay the panda express joke was a CLASSIC though. people these days are too sensitive

I agree ferociously with all of this list, especially the teen/adult relationship storylines. It's really one of my pet peeves. I never find it cute or romantic. I just see an adult preying on a child. However, I kind of disagree with the Rachel/Mr Shue one. I found it really well handled. It's not uncommon for young girls to fall for older guys, but it's the adult's responsibility to "kill" that crush and put boundaries - which Mr Shue does. He's clearly uncomfortable with the unwanted attention, and tells her several times a relationship between them would be inappropriate. I think you should have gone with the kiss between Finn and Emma. There were so many issues with this one: 1. It came out of nowhere. Finn never, EVER showed any attraction towards Emma. In fact, I can count on one hand the times they interacted... 2. They clearly wrote it to show the viewers Finn was now an adult (in fact, the storyline between the nurse and Sam was supposed to be between Finn and her). As if you automatically turn into an adult once you hit 18 or you get out or highschool. Like, no, that's not how it works. And 3., Mr Shue's reaction made it a thousand times worse. Not only Finn was still barely out of highschool, he was very confused because he thought his life was getting nowhere. He didn't get accepted into what he thought was his dream school, and his soulmate was building a life outside him and the (very restricted) world he was still stuck in. The kiss was clearly a mistake born of that, but Mr Shue acted like it was premeditated and treated him like the adult he wasn't. (Not to mention it was so inconsistent with Mr Shue's character as he had been presented till then: a caring, empathetic teacher who knew the psychology of teenagers and therefore, shouldn't have held it over Finn's head like that.)

honestly i don’t know about the coach beaste one because i don’t know how it would make a transgender man feel having to play a women all those seasons. i don’t know if they would feel comfortable. i’m not exactly sure so if i’m wrong that’s fine and would have loved to see that i just don’t know! ❤️😊

I think that one, if not the most, nice contribution of Glee is that is made obvious that many of the issues stated on this video exist in a time when many people were not aware of it. And bringing things right to your face is what helps bringing issues to debate

Clearly they never intended for Shannon to be trans if that decision wasn't made until later in the series. **Edit** plus maybe they just couldn't find a trans actor that was comfortable playing a female for so long.

Glee was filled with stereotypes, but I think that it was a step in the right direction

I had to stop watching Glee because i couldn't stand Rachel. She annoyed me to no end. Every scene with her in it just drags the entire show to a grinding irritating halt.

And whose fault is all of this? Ryan Murphy's. Chord Overstreet wasn't insecure about his lips until he started working on the show and I'm sure the same happened with a lot of the other actors on glee too.

I also hate how they handled Blaine's very obvious depression in S4-6. They mentioned it once in S6. Once.

Can’t believe I didn’t think this is wrong

the weirdest part about the "rachel being topless" plot is that Lea needed to be topless 7 days a week while playing Wendla in Spring Awakening... I always thought that this plot was kind of offensive even towards her

I've been WAITING FOR THIS! More glee!

The fact that Naya had to say that line about bi’s, and then came out as bi years later 😭

Just 10? I can think of 20 of the top of my head. 😆

"sam stripping as a teenager" have you seen riverdale? that kinda shit is still making it big on TV these days lol.

I love how 11 years after its or original airing MsMojo is still posting Glee content I'm rewatching it now and ooohhh boy alot of the stuff that went on in this show was ridiculous but that's honestly why it is enjoyable, because on current TV doesn't show things like t hjis anymore, even if it's for the better they don't show this stuff anymore

You forgot Ryder's being abused as a child and guys make fun of it because "what boy doesn't want to have an affair with his babysitter?". OK the scene with Kitty shows that it was not ok, but the guys were never confronted to how idiot, offensive and not empathic they were. And that's make me mad, till this day.

I miss glee so much 😔

How could they mock britney spears! Especially the iconic lip-syncing fiasco . That would not have worked today.

I used to be so tight watching Glee and seeing Rachel get all the good parts. I will always say that the great Mrs. Amber Riley was anc still is the better singer 💯🤷🏾‍♂️

On number 8, you could've also mentioned how Finn kissed Emma in season 4. It's so creepy, awkward, and out of place.

I think that at 5:50 y’all are kinda wrong because like if they did cast someone who was disabled as Artie then the directors and creators wouldn’t be able to do what they wanted to do with all the dream sequence dances and other things. Just a thought

Everything about Glee is very problematic but we still love it

I think the whole 'Mr. Shue planting drugs in Finn's locker to blackmail him into joining the Glee Club' part should have been somewhere in here.

I imagine a lot of Glee is from the writers experiences in HS from the 70s, 80s etc. obviously for age reasons current students won’t be writing glee so I take it as what’s happening is being dramatized but probably was common at the time

The fact that Puck had to get Quinn drunk to get her to sleep with him! Drunk consent is not consent! She even said that she only did it because she was drunk on wine coolers.

Are we forgetting that they are all ACTORS who are supposed to ACT and not live their lives on screen?? No hate but still... shouldn't talented people be allowed to play the role they were good at???🙄🙄

Y'all seriously need to chill. Glee is a show that was supposed to be realatable and a window for minorities and outsiders to feel safe. It did just that. The things you say were offensive weren't even that bad. Stop getting offended for other people. Also also IT WAS LITERALLY A COMEDY!!!

As far as representation of minorities on Glee goes, I think that's true about more than just race. I'm a die-hard Gleek, but one thing on Glee that I really disliked, and that we don't talk about nearly enough, was Sugar Motta and her "self-diagnosed Asperger's." I never expected the show to represent EVERY race, ethnicity, religion, culture, sexuality, and disability under the sun. It would be ridiculous to. But as someone who actually DOES have Asperger Syndrome, I would really have appreciated if they had a character, preferably a glee club member, who actually DID have Asperger Syndrome (or was somewhere on the autism spectrum) and was cast in a little bit more of a positive light. Sugar Motta's character stereotypes people with autistic disorders as obstinate, attention-seeking, and having an inherent lack of talent, and the fact that it was "self-diagnosed," meaning she probably didn't actually have it, makes things worse for the autistic community by making it seem like autistic disorders, especially particularly high-functioning ones, are something that people with those disorders make up to get attention or get away with things. Not only is that not the case, but it perpetuates autism and traits/behaviors associated with it as being inherently bad, which is something that I, along with the rest of the autistic community, has a hard enough time with.

The way that the boys's low self esteem around the Rocky Horror thing was so bad and not addressed at all. Sam worked out a lot and didn't eat to lose weight and get buffer, never seeing the abs in his stomach. The Finn said that he hated his torso so much he started showering with a shirt on.

Yes the Older and Younger relationships are obviously frowned upon in life, but it does happen, I think that's why it was portrayed, also Sam stripped as a teenager for money for his family, I doubt he wanted to. I think that was kind of understood in the show, some of these are out of context imo

Glee is on of my favorite shows but let’s be honest THE WHOLE SHOW WOULDNT WOTK IF IT WAS PUT OUT NOW💀

i hate sue's remarks but ngl, i kinda have to laugh out of shock. sometimes the remarks are too bad to laugh, even if it's a shocked kind of laugh, but when she says things like "oh sorry i just realised that you were playing the national anthem of whatever country you're from" to tina and mike, i have to 'laugh' (in a shocked 'did she just say that' kind of way)

2009 was a simpler time back when there were no smartphones and when social media was for adults only

At least, Sue Sylvester discriminated everyone the same - gay, white, asian, big, small, long, short, men, women, old, young, gay, straight, disabled, healthy. So I think, this doesn't count.

Some of this are just plain ridiculous, actors are supposed to play parts of people different than them,that's the job, that's their craft, it's ok to create opportunities for talented people, but no to force things just because