A parental advisory warning preceded this week's Glee and it went the distance in justifying it via spicy and sexy takes on twerking, "Blurred Lines" and other current controversial pop culture quirks - tattoos included. But, as always, Glee puts the "werk" in twerk - and, it's got everything but Bette Midler (to quote a certain poetic inscription).
Blurred Lines Inspired by Blaine (Darren Criss)'s outlandish and outrageous Miley Cyrus-esque headphone-jam dancing spied by Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) during some downtime between New Directions Glee club sessions, this week's "The End Of Twerk" episode of Glee - written by Wendey Stanzler and directed by Michael Hitchcock - presented the type of episode tackling a current hot button pop culture hallmark only Glee can do real justice to - and dare to do at all, more often than not. But, just remember one thing, now and always: tattoos are permanent, twerking is not! Rachel (Lea Michele)'s FUNNY GIRL Broadway revival rehearsal process was further developed, especially appreciable to experience for the Broadway babies among us, with a returning Peter Facinelli in his role as the stuffy director, Rupert Campion, and featuring a spunky and cool take on the classic FUNNY GIRL duet "You Are Woman, I Am Man" courtesy of Fanny and her very own Nicky Arnstein, Pablo San Pablo (played by Ioan Gruffudd). What future musical show-stoppers from the sensational Jule Styne/Bob Merrill score shall we enjoy next on the series? Let's hope "The Music That Makes Me Dance" makes the cut at some point, particularly when envisioning the real-life pathos Michele could imbue the song with given her own recent stormy weather. On that note, Rachel's discussion of her grieving process was more than merely apropos given the circumstances of both the characters on the show and the actual actors enacting it all - and her resiliency and resourcefulness in the face of tragedy no doubt mirrors that of the plucky triple-threat trouper herself. Since their introduction, the NYC-set scenes have become highlights of the series and last night was no exception - twerking and mega-hits popping off Back Home notwithstanding.Photo Credits: FOX
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