Glee Christmas Special Needs More Chewbacca
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It’s the holiday season and Glee‘s iTunes sales are down, which means they need an episode that’s chock full of songs and light on plot more than ever. Since the musical numbers are often the highlight of the show, there’s nothing really wrong with that, but it almost seems like Glee went out of its way to make the musical numbers in “Extraordinary Merry Christmas” extra bland.
The show opens with Mercedes leading an elaborate and entertaining performance of “All I Want For Christmas is You” simply because it’s a fun song and it’s impressive that she can belt it out. Rachel jabbers about how this will be the “best Christmas ever” and tells Finn she’s made up a list of Christmas gifts he can get her, though she’s Jewish, yes? (Poor Lea Michele is also forced to say this line: “We might have spent our entire decorating budget for the year, but with something that looks as absolutely fabulous as this, I have to say, brav-ho-ho-ho.”)