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glee_fansTHE GLEE CLUB STRIKES A POSE ON AN ALL-NEW “GLEE”
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, ON FOX
Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff Guest-Star
Mr. Schuester is concerned that the girls in the glee club are being disrespected and bullied by the guys. Looking to Madonna and her musical message of equality as inspiration, he challenges the entire team to choose Madonna songs as their next assignment in the hopes that the girls embrace her strength, independence and confidence and that the guys will see the error of their misogynistic ways. The glee club takes the assignment to heart as they perform some of Madonna’s greatest hits, including “Express Yourself” and “Like A Prayer.” Meanwhile, Kurt and Mercedes give Sue a vote of confidence with a makeover that is definitely in “Vogue” in the all-new “The Power of Madonna” episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, April 20 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (GLE-115) (TV-14 D, L, S)
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It’s tough to steal the comedic spotlight when Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) rides roughshod over anyone in her path on “Glee.”
“You two are the stupidest teens I’ve ever encountered,” Sue tells a couple of students in an upcoming episode. “And that’s saying something. I once taught a cheerleading seminar to a young Sarah Palin.”
But a student character, who began in the background, has emerged as one of the show’s most reliable comic voices.
Heather Morris stars as blond, ponytailed, drop-dead dumb Brittany, a cheerleader most often seen with her best friend, fellow Cheerio Santana (Naya Rivera).
Brittany first made an impression early in the show’s run when glee club coach Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) asked for the definition of “ballad.”
“It’s a male duck,” Brittany said with utmost seriousness.
On one fan forum, a viewer posted this comment: “I kinda like her being the Ralph Wiggum of ‘Glee,’ jumping in with random stupid things.” Ralph is the dim son of police chief Wiggum on “The Simpsons,” and like him, Brittany often makes ridiculous, dumb statements that turn out to be hilarious.
In upcoming episodes she declares both her foibles (“Sometimes I forget my middle name”) and her suspicions (“I’m pretty sure my cat’s been reading my diary”). She never means to be funny, which is exactly why she makes attentive viewers laugh.
An Arizona native who dropped out of Arizona State University after her first year to pursue a career as a dancer in Los Angeles, Morris has worked with Beyonce and danced on other TV shows, including “Eli Stone.” She was first brought in prior to “Glee’s” first season to teach cast members the “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” dance. From there she was cast as Brittany, one of the mean girl cheerleaders.
“Literally I was just a mean girl until there was one scene of me and Puck in the office with Sue where she was trying to turn us against the glee club,” Morris said. “We were sitting there and there was no dialogue and I hear this laughter and they cut and [executive producer] Ryan [Murphy] was directing and he says, ‘Heather Morris, you look so stupid and confused so from now on, your character is dumb.’ “
That was fine by her.
“Forever before that moment, I wanted her to be like Karen from ‘Mean Girls,’” she said invoking a dumb blond played by Amanda Seyfried (“Big Love”) in the Tina Fey-scripted movie. “I was so excited. I get to play her on the show.”
Morris said Murphy came up with the “male duck” line on the set and whispered it in her ear so that it was a surprise exclamation to her co-stars.
In an upcoming episode when a curly-haired student joins the glee club, Brittany asks curly-haired Schuester, “Is he your son?” That line wasn’t scripted either, Morris just tossed it out during a rehearsal.
“Brittany would have thought maybe that’s why he’s coming join us,” she said. “I just went with the moment.”
“Glee” executive producer Ian Brennan sang Morris’ praises.
“Heather Morris is just a total comic genius,” he said. “Occasionally we would just kind of toss her a few lines, and then they ended up being so shockingly hilarious. And then randomly being able to pair her with kind of this twosome in Heather’s character and then Naya’s character, Santana, they’re like this kind of weird, wonderful, brilliant, comedic duo that we stumbled upon, which was totally not really intentional. It’s such a gift to have them; they’re both really good and really funny. They’re absolutely my favorite stuff to write now.”
In upcoming episodes, Morris said viewers will see Brittany make friends with other characters in addition to Santana, who it’s been suggested is more than just a platonic friend.
“We play little hints here and there,” she said. “I think [Ryan] just thinks it’s funny.”
FYHeMo
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, ON FOX
Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff Guest-Star
Mr. Schuester is concerned that the girls in the glee club are being disrespected and bullied by the guys. Looking to Madonna and her musical message of equality as inspiration, he challenges the entire team to choose Madonna songs as their next assignment in the hopes that the girls embrace her strength, independence and confidence and that the guys will see the error of their misogynistic ways. The glee club takes the assignment to heart as they perform some of Madonna’s greatest hits, including “Express Yourself” and “Like A Prayer.” Meanwhile, Kurt and Mercedes give Sue a vote of confidence with a makeover that is definitely in “Vogue” in the all-new “The Power of Madonna” episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, April 20 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (GLE-115) (TV-14 D, L, S)
Source
It’s tough to steal the comedic spotlight when Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) rides roughshod over anyone in her path on “Glee.”
“You two are the stupidest teens I’ve ever encountered,” Sue tells a couple of students in an upcoming episode. “And that’s saying something. I once taught a cheerleading seminar to a young Sarah Palin.”
But a student character, who began in the background, has emerged as one of the show’s most reliable comic voices.
Heather Morris stars as blond, ponytailed, drop-dead dumb Brittany, a cheerleader most often seen with her best friend, fellow Cheerio Santana (Naya Rivera).
Brittany first made an impression early in the show’s run when glee club coach Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) asked for the definition of “ballad.”
“It’s a male duck,” Brittany said with utmost seriousness.
On one fan forum, a viewer posted this comment: “I kinda like her being the Ralph Wiggum of ‘Glee,’ jumping in with random stupid things.” Ralph is the dim son of police chief Wiggum on “The Simpsons,” and like him, Brittany often makes ridiculous, dumb statements that turn out to be hilarious.
In upcoming episodes she declares both her foibles (“Sometimes I forget my middle name”) and her suspicions (“I’m pretty sure my cat’s been reading my diary”). She never means to be funny, which is exactly why she makes attentive viewers laugh.
An Arizona native who dropped out of Arizona State University after her first year to pursue a career as a dancer in Los Angeles, Morris has worked with Beyonce and danced on other TV shows, including “Eli Stone.” She was first brought in prior to “Glee’s” first season to teach cast members the “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” dance. From there she was cast as Brittany, one of the mean girl cheerleaders.
“Literally I was just a mean girl until there was one scene of me and Puck in the office with Sue where she was trying to turn us against the glee club,” Morris said. “We were sitting there and there was no dialogue and I hear this laughter and they cut and [executive producer] Ryan [Murphy] was directing and he says, ‘Heather Morris, you look so stupid and confused so from now on, your character is dumb.’ “
That was fine by her.
“Forever before that moment, I wanted her to be like Karen from ‘Mean Girls,’” she said invoking a dumb blond played by Amanda Seyfried (“Big Love”) in the Tina Fey-scripted movie. “I was so excited. I get to play her on the show.”
Morris said Murphy came up with the “male duck” line on the set and whispered it in her ear so that it was a surprise exclamation to her co-stars.
In an upcoming episode when a curly-haired student joins the glee club, Brittany asks curly-haired Schuester, “Is he your son?” That line wasn’t scripted either, Morris just tossed it out during a rehearsal.
“Brittany would have thought maybe that’s why he’s coming join us,” she said. “I just went with the moment.”
“Glee” executive producer Ian Brennan sang Morris’ praises.
“Heather Morris is just a total comic genius,” he said. “Occasionally we would just kind of toss her a few lines, and then they ended up being so shockingly hilarious. And then randomly being able to pair her with kind of this twosome in Heather’s character and then Naya’s character, Santana, they’re like this kind of weird, wonderful, brilliant, comedic duo that we stumbled upon, which was totally not really intentional. It’s such a gift to have them; they’re both really good and really funny. They’re absolutely my favorite stuff to write now.”
In upcoming episodes, Morris said viewers will see Brittany make friends with other characters in addition to Santana, who it’s been suggested is more than just a platonic friend.
“We play little hints here and there,” she said. “I think [Ryan] just thinks it’s funny.”
FYHeMo