
Glee Club Dress Code
The Parents Television Council, the alignment that allegedly is out there to assure accouchement from the evils of television, is already afresh assuming how out of blow with absoluteness it absolutely is.
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This time, the PTC is slamming GQ annual for alms up the casting of "Glee" in what it calls a "raunchy photo shoot."
What's got the PTC hot and bothered, so to speak, are shots of Lea Michele, Dianna Agron and Cory Monteith. Some of the pics appearance Michele and Agron beside academy lockers, in an absolutely sex-driven babe look. And neither is cutting a lot of clothes.
So what.
"It is advancing that GQ, which is absolutely accounting for developed men, is sexualizing the actresses who comedy high-school-aged characters on 'Glee' in this way," PTC admiral Tim Winter said.
Winter and the PTC aggregation acclaimed that by acceptance "this affectionate of near-pornographic display, the creators of the affairs accept accustomed their intentions on the show's direction. And it isn't acceptable for families."
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Say what?
Hello, Tim! Watch the show. Despite the feel-good singing and dancing moments, the appearance is about as family-oriented as "Boardwalk Empire."
Indeed, ask any ancestor who ability accept stumbled assimilate "Glee" with a adolescent kids adjacent and it's a safe bet there were moments back the association squirmed.
'Glee' starlet Lea Michele says she's 'proud to be on a absolute show' apropos anatomy image. (GQ)
That's okay, really, and it's not a beating on the show, which has garnered a solid admirers and helped advertise bags of music.
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"Parents charge to be on bouncer as we apprehend the appearance to advance the envelope alike further," Winter said in the statement. "Unfortunately, it seems 'Glee' is alone masquerading as a ancestors appearance and is far from adapted for adolescent viewers."
No kidding.
Fox wasn't commenting on the flap, which is not a surprise.
"The Parents Television Council charge not be watching abundant TV these canicule and should apprentice to bisect absoluteness from fantasy," Jim Nelson, editor-in-chief of GQ, said in a statement. "As generally happens in Hollywood, these 'kids' are in their 20s. Cory Monteith's about 30! I anticipate they're old abundant to do what they want."
And back it comes to what's actuality watched, that is the parents' responsibility, abnormally with adolescent viewers.
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To say "Glee" is a ancestors appearance is aloof silly. Tuesday night's echo agitated a appraisement of TV 14-D, acceptation parents are acerb cautioned. The 'D' stands for evocative dialogue. Other episodes accept agitated a TV-14 DL rating, suggesting advance accent as well. The aboriginal four new episodes of the division averaged aloof arctic of 12.1 actor viewers. Of that crowd, 1.44 actor were amid the ages of 9 and 17, according to the Nielsen Co., with 1.07 million, actuality amid 12 and 17.
Had the PTC watched aftermost season, it would apperceive one of the key adventure curve was the out-of-wedlock abundance of the arch of the abnegation club.
More important, although attention kids from ambiguous television is a acceptable thing, the PTC needs to get with the times. The authentic adolescence the accumulation wants to save with outbursts like this (and antecedent campaigns) haven't existed back June Cleaver disqualified the airwaves.
rhuff@nydailynews.com
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