"Film Critics" or "Why Can't Old People Enjoy Movies?"

[Solid Snake]

Yeah I mean it's hard for me to feel that shows like Modern Family and Glee are 'too liberal' when the standard sitcom setup is employed in them all to various degrees, namely it's all about a bunch of white upper-middle class suburbanite families suffering Rich People Problems.

The problem with Glee, aside from the fact that it's been poorly written soap opera bullshit since a decent start in Season One, is that its morality lessons are described as 'liberal' and 'progressive' and 'biased' when the lessons are in fact: "Don't treat gay people like third-world citizens." and "Don't bully gay people." And, in Artie's case, "Don't treat your girlfriend disrespectfully like an object and expect her to remain your girlfriend and believe misogyny is somehow permissible due to your disability, you jackass."

Like I love how conservative commentators are all up in arms about Glee as an example that 'popular mass media is liberal' when in fact Glee doesn't have much of a political agenda -- I mean, it's not tackling climate change or the economy or social security or anything -- but instead because it's tackling 'Decent Human Being' stuff, like jeez, maybe even the staunchest of conservatives can one day concede that homosexuals should kiss in public without being ridiculed and disowned by family members or some shit.

...Instead, liberal and conservative commentators should rightfully critique Glee for actually being surprisingly sexist and homophobic in certain specific moments where the sexism or homophobia doesn't clash with their morality plays (it's been years since I've seen an episode, don't expect me to provide specific examples.) And for, you know, being a crappy show with crappy writing. Crappy shows with crappy writing should always be attacked for their crappy dialogue and their crappy musical segments and their crappy plot twists.