The Fight Against Gagging Gaga

Ok, I have to admit, I don’t really like Lady Gaga singing her songs - so I don’t listen to them - but this episode made me love (at least) the covers by Glee - I guess, Gaga fans would call that a progress. I like how Lady Gaga supports different organizations and as provocative as she is with her clothes - or without, for that matter - it's (most often) for a good cause. So I'm not at all for gagging Gaga, because she has something to say, and so does the Glee club. Here’s what I especially loved in this episode:

1) The songs, of course: The Gaga songs (Bad Romance and Poker Face) were funny, loud and just well-performed in those costumes. I especially like this slower version of Poker Face, which wasn’t a very well-known version by Lady Gaga herself. Funny Girl had a nice contrast in itself, it wasn’t funny at all, but sad and slow, and Idina Menzel sang it very well, too. I loved, how the guys rocked Shout It Out Loud and Finn seemed to be extremely happy when he was allowed to sound the gong at the end - this reminds me of Cory’s behavior, actually, and not in a bad way! And maybe you guess why I had to think of the musical Cats, when I saw Mike and Matt in their Kiss costumes… Beth was the opposite of all the songs in this episode, but this only added to the fact that I loved it and that it’s still in my playlist! The guys’ voices just went so well together, and I like the name Beth for the baby as well, so there’s nothing more to add, let’s move on to the next point:

2) The costumes and props: All the girls’ and Kurt’s Gaga costumes were hilarious (for Rachel, both the stuffed animal and the black one were great)! So were the vampire/Team Edward costumes (and all the scenes related to Figgins’ fear of vampires). What a pity, that Tina’s mom doesn’t let her watch Twilight, just because she thinks Kristen Stewart is a bitch… At the end, when you thought, there couldn’t be any more fun outfits, Finn walked in wearing his read rubber shower “Kurtain”, probably to frighten Karofsky and Azimio, and it worked (ok, with a little help of their friends of the freaky Glee club, but still!). I also liked the cup that Shelby offered Rachel as a farewell gift: It had a gold star on it! Shelby’s comment was “gold stars are kind of my thing” and Rachel must’ve thought: “mine, too”.

3) The plot: I loved how all the different plotlines were intertwined with Gaga and of course the theatricality, hence the episode title. Tina’s struggle to find her style, which was rather funny, since it was related to the Gaga costumes. Rachel’s struggle to approach her mother and to cope with the consequences of meeting her and kind of losing her again so fast. And of course, Kurt and Finn, struggling with each other and the bullies: The basement scene in the room they were going to share was very well-played and the emotions were flowing through the screen right into my eyes. No wonder that Chris Colfer and Mike O’Malley were both nominated for an Emmy Award in 2010, which only Neil Patrick Harris could steal, by the way. Also, kudos to Finn for knowing that Kurt is in love with him, I didn’t think, he had noticed it. Fortunately, he stood up for Kurt in the last scene, so part of the emotional damage has been repaired. But probably not all of it, since Finn hasn’t become Kurt’s boyfriend…(yet?)