jmonique

I'm assuming that's to make it less confusing and more easily digestible for the "basic" viewer. Throwing two names around, one of them "unusual" would likely lead to confusion. It could be seen as representative of an attempt to assimilate rather thoroughly, I guess..

I'm hoping it quickly follows the trajectory of "Selfie," which just got better by leaps and bounds each episodes. I think it's off to a much stronger start already. I think what I also like is that the parents seem to like each other. They're different, with different views of people and the world at times, but they don't seem to despise each other, like so many other sitcom spouses. When they teamed up against the principal was particularly striking, IMO. You don't see too many couples on TV lately who work together like that.

I could maybe see that as a point three years ago. But not with the show the "Modern Family" team has been turning out this season. I'm half-Taiwanese, with an FOB mother. I was telling two first-generation Korean Americans about the show today. When I told them about "I need white-people food!" they both burst out laughing. It was fairly obvious that was a conversation that they'd had with their kids, likely regularly. It's really weird for me to have a show on that I can relate to with the Asian side of me. The fact that it's relatable AND funny gives me hope that it will survive. Jessica is more assertive than my mother, in a way, but that same strength of character that's just different from Clare Huxtable and Roseanne and Maggie Seaver is so recognizable that I really, really hope this show makes it.

I was going to say "great," but, honestly, I've always thought even those skills were overblown. I really just said "fine" to be politically correct. The best dancer they have on the show has always been the guy they put in the wheelchair -- speaking of which, I fail to understand why they would have Kevin stand in the dream sequence, only to give him such a boring dance sequence. The only answer I can come to is, well: It's Glee.

Wow. That was all kinds of horrid. The stilted speechifying in the auditorium was kind of the last, perfect horrible piece of a horrible diorama of meh. Kurt fans should actually be kind of thankful for him that he was in it as little as he was. Heather Morris never should have been given lines, much less this much focus. As an actor, she's a fine dancer. Random Blaine was actually kind of hilarious to me.

I registered just to commiserate with fellow Selfie fans. I feel like this show just went a little too much into caricatures at times. Julia is beginning to border on unwatchable for me, with the overly enunciated, pedantic speech, the throaty diction and stick firmly up her butt. Even when she's trying, she's trying. And I really liked her on "Go On." But I've also long been of the opinion that they should have at least let Karen use her natural accent. Beyond anything to do with Julia, the rest of the show was gold. John Cho, Popper-in out? No words to explain how much I'll miss things like that.