I have recently discovered this strange and consuming obsession with the tv show, “Glee”. Now for those if you who are not teenage girls, “Glee” is a show about a high school show choir who experience the angst and dreams and first loves that we all do. But they get to do it with a soundtrack. And an audience. And perfect teeth. It’s manipulative and completely unrealistic and I can’t stop watching it. What’s up with that? Maybe it’s just my love for a good show tune. Maybe it’s the regret that comes as we grow older and realize we dropped a lot of dreams on the side of the road. Maybe it’s immersing myself in a world where even the underdog is young and beautiful and finds love and gets a standing ovation just for opening their mouth.

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