Glee Project Recap: Perfectly Predictable

The Glee Project

By L-Money | Saturday, August 11, 2012 | 10:57 am | 14 Comments
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The twist this week is that each contender is going to have to play whatever emotion Dianna shows them on a card before they sing. Here we go:

HW

Generic Cutie- determined. His faces are pretty funny, but also convey determination. His 80′s style of singing is working for me, too. A-

Very intense. Maybe too intense. If I saw him looking at me in a bar like that I’d pay the tab and get the hell out of there

Lily- scared. Overdoes it as usual. Seems like she doesn’t know how to act subtly at all. She’d make a good extra to be killed off in a B grade horror movie, though. C-
Blake- angry. I don’t really feel it. He kinda smiles throughout. B-
Carpet- anxious. Sounds really flat and just acts like a toned-down Lily. C
WB- excited, which is her natural state anyway. As expected, it’s pretty good. B+.

Dianna’s comments- GC had good faces, Lily should have gone bigger (really?), Blake did a good job, Magic Carpet and WB were good too. But the winner is Generic Cutie. That’s nice, I hope he can distinguish himself from Blake a little bit more now.

The big group number is “Perfect” by Pink. They are making a movie trailer for a movie called “Perfect,” a coming of age story about kids in a small town.

Here are the characters they will be playing:
Carpet- Turkish girl with a conservative family who don’t know she was seeing the school quarterback and is pregnant. Wow, could this be any closer to Carpet’s true life? She’s hardly going to have to act at all! I know she isn’t pregnant, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she ends up popping out a little Charlie sometime in the future (anyone know the Muslim policy on birth control?)
Blake- quarterback who everyone loves but is really an asshole
Generic Cutie- football player who is best friends with Blake but loves Carpet
WB- dreamed of being an Olympic runner until a car accident put her in the wheelchair
Lily- was driving the car when WB was injured

This movie actually sounds pretty good! Can I watch this show instead of GleePro? Look for it on ABC Family next spring, produced by Erik, Zach, Nikki, and Robert.

They start shooting the video, and Lily gets into a crying fit for some reason because she IS beautiful, no matter what they say! You just keep thinking that.

Apparently they were too lazy to write scripts (channeling Ryan Murphy’s work ethic), so everyone has to improv their scenes. Lily and WB start and it sounds like totally amateur improv acting classes. Snippet:
Lily- (looking at the ground) “So how are you?”
WB- (pauses) “I’m good, you know.”
Lily- “Yeah….”

Ugh shoot me. Lily does a decent job acting-wise, but she kind of takes over the scene. WB can’t really do anything but respond to her ham-iness.

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14 Comments

  1. 1
    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 12:22 pm

    I thought Aylin looked a lot prettier with the hijab on. The bright side of her winning this is maybe wardrobe for Glee will teach how to find flattering clothing.

    I liked Michael so I’m kind of sad to seem him go. I guess now I’m rooting for anybody, but Aylin. She’s just not impressive to me. Her acting isn’t that good and I don’t really like her singing voice. She sounds like she’s always flat when she sings.

    This season has been pretty terrible, if they do a third I hope it’ll be so much better than this.

  2. 2
    Sam
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 12:38 pm

    I was secretly rooting for GC to win. He seemed like a normal nice kid compared to the other attention whores on the show. Ill be fine with either Blake or WB winning just not carpet please even though she probably will. This final three kinda does suck though oh well if they do a season three they should get weirder people make it more interesting.

    One of the writers looked really familiar and not in a good way so i googled him and he is also an actor who played a really creepy teacher on suite life of zach and cody that i had to watch while babysitting, so couldnt take anything he said seriously.

  3. 3
    L-Money L-Money
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    @SagittariusKim I totally agreed that Carpet looked better with the headscarf on! Maybe because it helped to hide her oddly misshapen body

  4. 4
    April
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    I hope Blake and WB win. No for Magic Carpet and so glad Lily is gone.

  5. 5
    gleekfan
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 6:01 pm

    The familiar looking writer was also the director of the deaf choir on the show.

  6. 6
    Mary
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    @gleekfan: The guy who had scarlet fever? Lol that’s why he looked familiar!

    I really want Ali to win, but if she doesn’t it should be Carpet. Blake seems like a nice guy in real life, but his character would probably just be a stereotypical jock, and his singing voice sounds monotone especially with the amount of autotune they have been and will be adding to it. Carpet’s character would at least be something new that Glee and almost every other show has ever seen. Plus she has something vulnerable, an outcast factor, that Blake doesn’t have and that the audience needs to see.

  7. 7
    Adelefig
    Posted August 12, 2012 at 10:38 am

    I guess I’m odd man out cause I really liked Lilly….

  8. 8
    L-Money L-Money
    Posted August 12, 2012 at 7:53 pm

    @adelefig I didn’t hate Lily, but I just didn’t see anything unique or interesting about her. They’ve already had a “sexy and sassy” fat girl on Glee, I don’t see what she would’ve brought to the show that would be original

  9. 9
    April
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 6:42 am

    Lily is and was a bully. How can anyone like that? Except maybe other bullies. As a bullying victim seeing people like her win anything makes me sick to my stomach. They deserve to feel like crap like they made their victims feel.

  10. 10
    juddfan
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    @L-money, “After the video, Nikki gets all teary about learning things from the GleeProers. It actually sounds genuine. Must be the hormones. Zach cries, too, but that’s more expected.” I was thinking the exact same thing, as I didn’t think she had the ability to be genuinely sad . . . hormones fer sure!

    I think they got the eliminated right. I might have preferred GC over Blake, personally, but neither one can sing worth shit. You can hear that hum of auto-tune and fixing every time they open their mouths! the grrrrls have definitely been better singers over all the guys. Charlie was probably best guy singer (but worst guy, I know, I know) When you think about Alex from last year, (who lost to two really dull singers as well) the caliber here just isn’t as strong. How did Alex not win . . . . based on their prize appearances, Dreads and Exchange Student were set pieces. Lindsey was a guest spot in true form, with some forced interaction, but Alex was a revelation!!!! He was soooo amazing in his singing number, and I liked how they handled the cross dressing and his relationship with Kurt and Rachel. I could easily see him come back for more. The others, meh.

    So, here goes. I cried when Aylin put on the head scarf . . . I felt for her so bad, she just crumbled. I’m not sure why everyone hates her so much. I don’t love her or anything, but I like her singing. I thought she did good in the movie, yes, a bit dramatic, but so was Lily. I will give Lily an A for improvising. She may have been hoggy, but her emotions, and thoughts were quite nice. If they wanted another big girl in glee, I’d rather have the ginger from last year, she was a doll, but I’m blanking on her name.

    I really, really don’t want Blake to win. Yawn!!! OMG, just as bad as Dreads, just more white bread, and an even more boring singer. They already have Finn, they don’t need two . . . . Aylin could be a whole new thing, so therefore, I’d be ok with her taking it. I was especially intrigued with her reaction to the hijab, and a home life with her would be interesting as well.

    I don’t think they necessarily need another wheel chair cast member, but at least WB is for real. I found it very dear, during the whole episode, How GC picked up WB and put her in her chair, and someone holding her hand and rolling her along side. I must be hormonal myself, coz I was an easy target this epi!!! Anyway, my point is I think Ali is a sweet heart and a breath of fresh air, so I’d much rather they add her, tho not needed maybe, than add Blake, who is fer sure not needed. They also have the Blaine guy singing most guy leads, and he’s just a bit better than Finn or Blake . . . Let him stay the star, I say, cast a grrrrl!!!!

    Man I’ve gone on . . . sigh . . .

  11. 11
    juddfan
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    Oh, and L-money, that side by side chart of acting emotions was a riot!!! LOL!!!!

  12. 12
    Summer
    Posted August 14, 2012 at 10:41 am

    @juddfan no offense but i couldnt disagree with u more on alex. His cross dress story wasnt handle well and he was a worse actor than samuel and damian

    Anyways i hope WB wins, i always forget about blake and hate carpet.

  13. 13
    juddfan
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 2:03 pm

    Summer, I always love a good debate-diss away!!!

    I can’t believe I missed the opportunity to call Blake Blank all this time . . . sigh . . .

    I heard Dreds, Alex and Lindsay are all coming to The new season!

  14. 14
    Madison
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    i really wanted Michael to win :(
    PeanutbutterMilkshakes!!
    (Michael,Blake and Nellie)

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