Glee Britney Spears Episode: Official Review
If you love Glee and you love Britney Spears, you might have enjoyed the Fox series' tribute to the pop superstar last night. But you also might not have, since there was basically no plot, no attempt at storytelling and generally no point.
While the Britney covers were cool to a point, was this even TV? Or more of a mash-up of music videos, Spears imitations and the occasional, funny one-liner?
Heather Morris (Brittany) as Britney on Glee.
There wasn't even original Glee music, the hallmark of the show, which fans know connects the material to the characters in a very personal way. Not Tuesday.
The numbers were chosen basically because there was a Facebook campaign for a Britney episode and the star's manager lobbied for it. Not exactly organic.
Don't get us wrong, there were plenty of good lines and some of the covers were actually pretty good. But you can't abandon all storytelling like this as a stunt.
Even its previous tribute episodes, in which the show paid homage to Madonna and Lady Gaga, helped advance the plot and actually felt like Glee. It's doable.
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May 18th, 2011 3:03 PM
Britney is an awesome singer and performer! You rock AWESOME to a new level. Keep up the good work girl. I like britney and all the music that she has done. She is a POP PRINCESS! Good luck in everything that you do. LOVE YOU!!!
February 12th, 2011 3:07 PM
I'm not a fan of Glee but their version of Toxic kicked ass
January 24th, 2011 10:23 AM
Heyy xx
Im a really big glee fan i have recorded like every single glee i love the one where the racheal goes out with finn and the glee club teacher was singing and dancing to impress the ginger girl too make her go out with him because she wants to go out with him and he wants to go out with her ... Please if you wanty to contact me send me a something about glee too lilychick2010@hotmail.com Thanks From NicoleLovesConner
December 27th, 2010 3:17 PM
Best episode everr!!! Heather is amazingly hot and talented. And I agree with Harold. Don't hate jealous freak. And what do you know? gleek rhymes with freak.
October 20th, 2010 1:43 PM
Was Brit really on???? It seem as though the cast out-performed Ms.Spears...and it was alot of hype over what in 2 minutes, pleaaaase....So she can take her clothes off on a moments notice, she's been trying to take em off since she was 16...Go ahead Brit head over to Playboy..you know that's what you really want.
October 6th, 2010 1:45 AM
I became a glee fan with this episode. I grew up with Britney Spears and love her music. I hate the choices she made which nearly ended her career but that's what happens, we ALL make bad choices at one point or another! Now Heather Morris did an awesome job in this episode. She was incredible and that IS what people should be talking about. This girl is super talented!
September 30th, 2010 11:00 PM
THIS IS VERY BITNEY AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO CHANGE HER I IF I COULD BECAUSE SHE WILL ALWAYS BE BRITNEY NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE MAY SAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 30th, 2010 10:36 PM
I found this and the Madonna episode similarly awful (I didn't see the Lady Gaga one). If Glee is going to do these single artist-themed episodes, I wish they would find a way to do them with more creativity and integrity. I found in these episodes I'm no longer watching believable characters, but tools for the writers to suck up to the artists for the rights to their songs. It makes for something beyond just dull viewing. I find it uncomfortable and even detestable.
Adults sitting around saying, 'think about what Britney would do'? is hard to swallow. And don't give me 'you won't find realism in Glee anyway', because normally the episodes do have a heart of realism, with lots of over-the-top fun and tongue-in-cheek humor thrown in. The tribute shows have a completely different feel, and are painful to watch. The Madonna one was bad enough, but to see the same approach recycled for Britney was hideous. Can they not think of a more imaginative, less sycophantic approach than this w
September 30th, 2010 10:14 PM
I think its terrible that Brittney cant relate to people her own age. To think that she did'nt socialize with anyone is sad. Yeah, I think she is a sad person.
September 30th, 2010 10:07 PM
Brittney says she is afraid of meeting strangers on Glee. She knew Heatherr Morris, would be there, who by the way did a execellent job dancing and was very entertaining. No one is talking about that!
Brittney in her day had it going on but she boring. I like her songs and loved the way they lip sanged her music, I thought that was pretty good show. Its not hardly thought provoking just mindless.