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Something feels a bit disingenuous about this shoot, and here’s what I think it is: Glee‘s status in the hearts of Americans is as the high school everyman. The characters represent the marginalized teens that exist all across the country: the picked-on gay boy, the overambitious geek, the wheelchair-bound goofball. These are kids in the heartland of the country leading what’s supposed to be a typically middle class American existence — so seeing them decked out in designer duds like background robots in a Black Eyed Peas video is at odds with the very reason we’re supposed to adore them.
The castmembers are serving as the spokespeople for this year’s Fashion’s Night Out, New York City’s annual shopping extravaganza that kicks off the city’s Fashion Week. Here’s a ridiculous quote from the Vogue article wherein creator Ryan Murphy tries to rationalize the shoot as being beneficial for the kids at home:
“Murphy, who admits that for him Fashion’s Night Out is ‘all about grooviness and fabulousness and excitement!,’ says that it is empowering for kids all over the country to see the cast donning gorgeous ensembles and having the time of their lives in the FNO public-Âservice announcement because ‘aspiration and integration are so important.’”
So then, it’s good for kids to see famous people dressed up in nice clothes because it’ll force them to be aspirational about their own fashion choices? Someone alert the Secretary of Education: Ryan Murphy’s got some great new policy ideas.
