Random thoughts on 3.09 - Extraordinary Merry Christmas

[wowbright]

It started out promising, and yay to Blaine and Kurt having a Swiss chalet decked in mid-century modern, but then ...

• "River" was too short.
• Never heard "Extraordinary Christmas""Extraordinary Merry Christmas" before, never want to hear it again.
• I know it was for the local television station, but could Kurt and Blaine have danced any farther apart?
• Not sure how I felt about Kurt playing up the 1950s gay.
• Sing when is "My Favorite Things" a Christmas song, or a Solstice song, or a Hannukah song, or a Kwanzaa song, or a New Year's song?
• Rory, your Charlie Brown Christmas Special moment is only appropriate during the Charlie Brown Christmas Special. Or at church. Or in your home, or during private conversation among friends. Yeah, I know my mom's all "Put the Christ back in Christmas," but it was Saturnalia first. You should have read from A Christmas Carol instead, which gets the true pagan spirit of goodwill toward all, and not just those on whom Yahweh's favor rests (Luke 2:14). How were you showing generosity and kindness to Rachel and Puck and Kurt? Explain, please.
• Could they have thought of a more condescending song to sing at the homeless shelter?

The bowtie and capri pants joke was funny, though - but I imagine it would have been lost on all the viewers in western Ohio who don't know Blaine. And it was nice to see Kurt and Blaine acting like a couple through most of the show, and Blaine looking meaningfully at Kurt while he was singing about slow kisses. Would have liked to see the rehearsal version of "Let It Snow," where they dance ballroom-style and end up making out on the couch. And would have liked to be certain that they were holding hands while Rachel sang "River." (Hmmm, that might make a good drabble. I imagine a purple and flowery and lyrical drabble - all in good ways. Anyone? Anyone?)

[Update on 12/14: I get a little less Scroogie McScroogePants in the comments section. And fantasize about Kurt singing "River."]

Comments

[mimiheart.livejournal.com]

"Blue Christmas" could definitely have been shorter. I keep forgetting it's even there. So... yeah. "Favorite Things" made me happy the whole time, though, and I bought it on i-tunes today. I liked it. Don't cut "Let It Snow"!

Just rewatched the River scene... It's not a particularly hard note to sing. I just sang it without any problem with her. If you open the vowel up to 'ah' instead of closing to "eye" it's not hard at all. I have to admit I'm not really familiar with the song, though.

Look at it this way, remember last year after BICO, when they said, "Too bad they'd never let us sing it together? They got to sing it together. It's not a flirty lovesong... not really, but they were still sticking it to the nebulous 'they'. And they were dancing on TV together. :D

Well, I'm not Christian, it doesn't snow here, and I know when freaking Christmas is. So there.

[wowbright.livejournal.com]

Your last line - ROCL! (Rolling on the chair laughing.) Seriously, I laughed so hard my stomach started to hurt. It still hurts. In the best way.

Oh, I think you just made me fall in love with "Let It Snow."

"River" - well, it's a hard note for me to sing strongly, I should say. I can hit it, but I'd rather avoid it. People who can hit it strongly, I just view as humans with magical unicorn strength.