By Rachel Krueger
One of the things “Glee” has going for it is its wacky normalcy. With the possible exception of Finn and Mr Schuester, none of the characters is Hollywoodily attractive. They look like they legitimately go to high school.
And I hesitate to say that Lea Michele is “normal-looking” because that has become code for “uggers .” What I mean is that she — like most 24-year olds with their original faces — is pretty in some lights, manky in others. If she were unwaveringly flawless (I’m looking at you, Halle Berry), she’d hardly be believable as nerdy, unpopular Rachel Berry.
Likewise I can’t call her a “healthy weight” because that reads as “fat,” even though all I mean is that a good stiff breeze wouldn’t knock her over. I’m only marginally bothered by her skinnying up over the summer, and only because that’s one less reasonable-sized gal in the limelight. Team Healthy-Weight is shorthanded enough as it is.
My main beef is with the oglers. Michele received acclaim for her voice back when she was just slender, but now that she’s downright thin she’s in October’s Glamour in her underthings, in an MTV article titled “Only the Hot Parts,” and has just been offered a place in the pages of Playboy. The voice apparently has a body worth looking at.
I don’t object to Lea-Michele-as-sexpot. She is Of Age, and will need to break free from her Glee-skirts eventually. And I don’t object to her trimming down, because she seems to be doing it smartlike, and for smart reasons. More energy, and so forth. It’s just a shame that in order to be able to flaunt what she’s got, she had to lose a bit of it first.
I would like to point out that glee isn’t an innocent, preteen, show. It’s meant for teenagers up. Do you see some of the scenes?? In the maddonna episode there was three sex scenes. They talk about sex and other stuff all the time. In showmance they were doing push it. If u listened to that, you would realize it’s not about pushing someone. In the last episode, Jacob ben israel was having a serious erection. Listen to the facts, honey.
@Katty While I would agree with you that Lea did not get any nominations because of her weight loss (not that the original author mentioned that anyway) I would say that she is most likely covering magazines because of it. But the main point I want to make is that you are also just as guilty of “making assumptions about someone when you do not know them” because you are assuming these things are false. Of course, we all do this every day, I just found it interesting that you ended up being guilty of the exact thing of which you are accusing the author.
She isn’t getting cover of magazine becasue of her little bit of weight lost. She didn’t get a golden globe or Emmy nomination becaseu she now weight five pound less.
She is getting the noticed becasue she has become the face of glee one of the most popular show on tv.
And this ridiculous since her reps have said she wasn’t offered a playboy spread so why even make all these assumptions based on a rumor.
She was “flaunting” what she has for awhile now and it has nothing to do with this slight recent weight lost. She merely didn’t have the opportunities as much before becasue like why would glamour have her on the magazine before she was well known ( duh). Shame on you for making assumptions about someone when you do not know them AT ALL.
Nice. Finally someone who tells the truth without bashing in the process.
I like what you you wrote, and I agree.
You aren’t serious are you? First, she is at the weight she was when she was on Broadway. Second, people have been seeing her as sexy the moment she hit the stage and more people the moment she was on their tv screen.
Third, she is on glamour becasue she is the It girl” not becasue she lost a few pounds but becasue she is talented and on a hit tv show. Forth, her people say she has not been offered a playboy spread so don’t believe everything you read.
Go back and look at old picture she has always had a nice body and has always felt comfortable in showing off her body.
If you look at photoshots from the beginning Lea was always the one more sexy things, it is her style.