I meant to answer your email about it, but then I talked with bdblack and he really enjoyed it, and I basically went all Humorless Liberal Feminist Grrr on his ass and harshed his squee. And, uh, felt bad about it. Because I've talked to a bunch of people whose stance was basically, "Well, they had to censor it for TV obviously, but they did okay and wow I had fun," so I'm not sure if I'm being unreasonable by pointing out how dismally bad I found it, you know? Because you're right- Yaay Emma! Yaay Kurt! Yaay Mercedes!
But still, in what world do you toss around "tranny" and then censor "transsexual" from the song? And in what world do you spend an hour with your characters talking about how much they *love* Rocky Horror, but making it clear at every point in the writing that this is bad and Scary and Inappropriate and Wrong and Uncomfortable and to be feared and changed and backed away from? And after you spend a whole hour talking about how Inappropriate this material is (which, lets be clear, in at least once instance that means: how Inappropriate this *person* is, such that we can call him a tranny but couldn't possibly actually show him in character, in his own costume, introducing himself in his own words) then HOW- HOW THE FUCK- do you get away with claiming "but it's okay that we did that because it's not about pushing boundaries or making anyone uncomfortable! It's about Finding Community!" Bullshit, Glee. That's just intellectually dishonest.
Er. *cough* Right. Sorry. This is why I didn't email you- apparently I froth, and I can't seem to help it.
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But still, in what world do you toss around "tranny" and then censor "transsexual" from the song? And in what world do you spend an hour with your characters talking about how much they *love* Rocky Horror, but making it clear at every point in the writing that this is bad and Scary and Inappropriate and Wrong and Uncomfortable and to be feared and changed and backed away from? And after you spend a whole hour talking about how Inappropriate this material is (which, lets be clear, in at least once instance that means: how Inappropriate this *person* is, such that we can call him a tranny but couldn't possibly actually show him in character, in his own costume, introducing himself in his own words) then HOW- HOW THE FUCK- do you get away with claiming "but it's okay that we did that because it's not about pushing boundaries or making anyone uncomfortable! It's about Finding Community!" Bullshit, Glee. That's just intellectually dishonest.
Er. *cough* Right. Sorry. This is why I didn't email you- apparently I froth, and I can't seem to help it.