The Take on the Theater Kid Trope (or How Glee Is Hella Dated)

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YouTube channel The Take breaks down the trope of the "theater kid" from their ambition, high standards, how real life theater kids are stained by the legacy of Glee's Rachel Berry and how the trope's stereotypes are being challenged today.

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ONTD, were you a theater kid?

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[luvthatdrtywata]

Earlier tonight I was thinking about how I can’t tell you a goddamn thing that happened on Glee. If feels like a fever dream even though I watched almost up until the last season and was a pretty massive fan at the time it was on. I even watched a lot of episodes multiple times yet have no real recollection of the show. It’s so weird.

[erin805]

That’s your brains trauma response protecting you!

[slaughtermatic]

For some reason I have the image of rachel berry singing at a disabled kids bedside like jesus??? Did this happen????

[luvthatdrtywata]

Could not tell you to save my life.

[lozbabie]

Are you talking when she sung ‘Ben’ to Blaine?

[rainbowstevie]

lmao yes, I regret to inform you it did, in episode 18. To a character who 100% serves as a "hey, at least your life isn't THIS bad!" prop and is never mentioned again.

[scaryt]

I remember that, I think it was the episode that Kurt's Dad was almost about to die or something so Rachel just had to sing a Barbra Streisand song

[fernandocolunga]

thats me with riverdale and pretty little liars

[h_wyatt]

All I remember is Gaga and Christmas.