Mash-Up (Glee)

src: images2.fanpop.com

" Mash-Up " is the eighth episode of the American television series Glee . The premiere episode on Fox's network on October 21, 2009. It was written by co-creator Ian Brennan series and directed by Elodie Keene. This episode saw glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) trying to create a mash-up wedding medley for his colleagues Emma (Jayma Mays) and Ken (Patrick Gallagher). Students Finn (Cory Monteith) and Quinn (Dianna Agron) find that they are no longer considered popular, while Rachel (Lea Michele) and Puck (Mark Salling) cheerful members are romantically involved, as are cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) and local news anchor Rod Remington (Bill A. Jones).

This episode features a cover of five songs. The studio recording of three songs was released as a single, available for digital download, and three included in Glee's album: The Music, Volume 1 . Neil Diamond hesitated about licensing his song "Sweet Caroline" to the show, but was convinced by the P.J series music producer. Bloom and finally enjoyed the show given by Salling. This episode was watched by 7.24 million US viewers. The music performances received mixed reviews from critics. The Wall Street Journal Raymund Flandez describes "Mash-Up" as a "turning point" for Glee , praising the episode for his character development.

Video Mash-Up (Glee)

Plot

Football coach Ken Tanaka (Patrick Gallagher) and counselor counsel Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) asked glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) to create a mash-up for their marriage, using "Thong Song" and "I Can Throw All Nights "from My Fair Lady . Ken feels that Emma likes Will more than he does, so he gives members of the football club an ultimatum happy by scheduling additional football practice on the same day as rehearsal.

Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) and Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) have slushies thrown on their faces by other students, who want to take them now that their high social status as football quarterbacks and head cheerleaders have slipped due to Quinn's pregnancy and their membership in club happy. Puck's mother (Mark Salling) (Gina Hecht) encourages her to date a Jewish girl, and she decides to ask Rachel Berry (Lea Michele). At first he excused himself by saying that he needed a strong man who could do a solo. As a result, Puck sang "Sweet Caroline" as his first solo for the happy club, dedicated it to Rachel and sealed the relationship. Both ended up as a result of Rachel's feelings toward Finn and Puck's feelings toward Quinn.

Cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) falls in love with Rod Remington (Bill A. Jones), television newscaster on a program in which she has a segment of opinion, and make amends with Will. However, his relationship fails when he finds out that Rod is having an affair and, back in shape, Sue removes Quinn from the cheerleading squad because of her pregnancy.

Although Finn has chosen to remain on the football team, all the other doubles members have stopped to remain in the glee club. Ken reversed his ultimatum after a conversation with anxious Finn and canceled the extra workout, allowing football players to return to the two activities. Meanwhile, Will and Emma spend more time together while Will prepares the mash-up, and soon realizes that they have strong feelings for each other. Will decide to remove himself from the equation and then tell Emma and Ken that he will not be able to create their mash-ups.

Maps Mash-Up (Glee)

Production

"Mash-Up" was written by the creator of the series Ian Brennan and directed by Elodie Keene. Recurring characters that appear in the episodes are Brittany (Heather Morris), Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera), Mike Chang (Harry Shum, Jr.) and Matt Rutherford (Dijon Talton), Lipoff (Zack Lively), Dave Karofsky (Max Adler) and Azimio (James Earl, III), football coach Ken Tanaka (Gallagher), and local newscaster Rod Remington (Jones) and Andrea Carmichael (Earlene Davis). Gina Hecht guest star as Puck's mother.

The episode features include "Bust a Move" by Young MC, SisqÃÆ'³ "Thong Song", "Sweet Caroline" of Neil Diamond, "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady musicals, and "What the Girl Wants "by Christina Aguilera. The instrumental version of "Sing, Sing, Sing (With Swing)" by Louis Prima is used in scenes that see Will teach Sue how to swing dance. Diamond has a reluctance over licensing "Sweet Caroline" for the show, and retraction retraction after the show has been recorded. Glee PJ Bloom's music superintendent was able to convince him to reverse his decision, and Diamond went on to also license his song "Hello Again" for use at the event at a later date. After the episode broadcast, Diamond posted his approval on the Twitter social networking website, writing: "Hey, so who is this guy Puck singing" Sweet Caroline "is very nice, very good, very good at #Glee?

Studio recording "Bust a Move", "Thong Song" and "Sweet Caroline" were released as singles, available for digital download. "Bust a Move" charted at number 93 in the US and 78 in Canada, while "Sweet Caroline" charted at number 34 in the US, 22 in Canada and 37 in Australia. "Bust a Move" and "Sweet Caroline" included in Glee's album, The Music, Volume 1, with studio recording "I Could Have Danced All Night" included as bonus tracks on discs purchased from Target.

src: i.ytimg.com

Reception

"Mash-Up" was watched by 7.24 million US viewers, and ranked 3.2/8 in demography 18-49. This is the nineteenth most watched show in Canada for a week, with 1.52 million viewers. In the UK, this episode was watched by 2.053 million viewers (1.601 million on E4, and 452,000 on E4 1), being the most watched show on E4 and E4 1 for a week, and one of the most watched shows on cable for this week.

Raymund Flandez of The Wall Street Journal described this episode as "a turning point for Glee ", commenting that although previously there was criticism of many characters because "one noticed", this episode shows that it does not happen, shows that Will has a playful side, Sue has feelings, and Puck is able to "emerge from his punk exterior." Andrea Reiher from Zap2it is pleased that Will's wife, Terri did not appear on the episode, commented: "I love Jessalyn Gilsig but that character makes me crazy. "Eric Goldman for IGN rated episodes 8.2/10, writes that he hopes Sue's relationship with Rod can take more than one episode, such as:" it would be fun to look happy, fall in love , Sue a little longer, before her inevitable return. for crime. "

The musical performances at "Mash-Up" received mixed reviews. Joal Ryan for E! Online criticized the "excessively produced soundtrack" show, writing that Monteith was being edited to sound like Cher, and that when Morrison sang "The Thong Song" and "Bust a Move", "he sounded like he was in a music video, not a school medium sized fringe. "She enjoyed Michele's" What a Girl Wants ", calling her" raw and beautiful "singing. Entertainment Weekly 's Michael Slezak criticized the performance of "Bust A Move", writing that Morrison gave "pale imitation" from Young M.C. original. He was a bit more positive about the appearance of "Thong Song", feeling that Morrison had "somewhat less strained vowels than SisqÃÆ'³", and observed that Salling was doing "more than serviceable work" in "Sweet Caroline". Co-author of Entertainment Weekly Dan Snierson called Morrison's appearance "very impressive", and MTV Aly Semigran also enjoyed it, writing: "We want more!". Goldman was also positive about Morrison's appearance, noting: "There is certainly something really naughty about seeing this guy bringing these songs, but Morrison puts Will with such enjoyment in what he does, he actually sells it. "

The author of Glee has also been praised for episode comedy content; one special joke (performed by Lynch as Sue) is called an "instant classic" by television writer/producer Jane Espenson. According to Espenson:

"The beauty of the joke is... [it] WANTS you to go forward, and then subvert your expectations.This is very difficult to do because you have to make sure that the audience will precede the joke, but you can not be so clear about it that you know they will anticipate the transition.This special version is fun.I think a lot of what makes it work is the violence of the last picture - you do not lose the power of the threat by not violating the kitten. "

src: upload.wikimedia.org

References

src: i.ytimg.com

External links

• "Mash-Up" on Fox.com
• "Mash-Up" in IMDb
• "Mash-Up" on TV.com

Source of the article : Wikipedia