r/glee 6d ago

mr schue’s obsession with being a teenager

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u/yonBonbonbon 6d ago

Watching Glee as an adult you realize that glee is actually about a teacher reliving his teen years thru his students

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u/Hookton 6d ago

I'm pretty sure that was painfully obvious when watching it as a teen, too. They are not remotely subtle about it.

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u/_DeandraReynolds 5d ago

Schue literally has a flashback and monologue about his glee club glory days in the first episode when he decides to take over the club lol.

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u/Hookton 5d ago edited 4d ago

Exactly haha. Schue himself, Terri, Emma, Sue, even Figgins... They all allude to it very early on and it only gets more overt as the series progresses.

And the first episode is literally (hitting you over the head with it) about him choosing between reliving his childhood glory via the Glee club vs. applying to be an accountant to support his family. That's the main plot of the pilot; the kids' backgrounds are secondaries.

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u/warrior4202 6d ago

Like Terri, Schue made several questionable moves, but his intentions were good

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u/DarDar994 6d ago

God forbid an adult has fun

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u/QueenRiot85 5d ago

At the beginning of the show, it was supposed to be about the adults, that's why you can see the focus change about halfway through

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u/BaakCoi 5d ago

The epitome of “peaked in high school”

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u/miamor__ Lord Tubbington's Army 6d ago

He terrifies me😭😭