On the Origin of Morals

[anthonyjfuchs]

I was initially going to post this little epistle back on July 18th, but then a few days went by, and a few more days went by, and eventually I decided not to bother. But then the "update" happened, and I decided that a certain 21-year-old kid from Fort Worth, Texas deserved a proper valediction.

Comments

[inverarity]

My head hurts too much right now for me to comment on religion/morality, though I substantially agree with your comments.

I liked the first couple of seasons of Glee, but it kind of lost its luster after that.

Third lap around the track

[anthonyjfuchs]

I succumbed to Glee's charms late: around the 8th or 9th episode. And while I've enjoyed the show for a season-and-a-half, you are right in that, if it hasn't already, it's soon going to hit the wall that most shows about high-school hit: limits on potential stories.

Even in the second season, I saw quite a few elements of storylines that had already been used. I'd like to see Murphy & Co. stick with the concept of aging the characters year-for-year and letting them leave the show after they graduate just for the sake of verisimilitude. But there's not much point if, say, Rachel is just going to be replaced with Rachel 2.0, who will be essentially the same character that Rachel was while experiencing essentially the same storylines as Rachel.

But we'll have to wait until Season Four to see if that happens.

Incidentally: there was another throwaway comment in the "Pairability" episode of the Glee Project that I found interesting. Not a moral or ethical comment, and only marginally related to theology, but Ryan Murphy said that