The Fox News presenters declares the 'brilliant' show a fearsome enemy of American values
And so to America's eternal search for enemies it can believe in, as Osama bin Laden's death creates an exciting vacancy. In the mind of ultra-rational Fox News presenter Glenn Beck, however, the position has already been filled.
As you may know, Glenn's show has proved such virulent advertiser-bane that he is merely serving out his contract with the network. But his ratings remain high ? and so, dare I say it, do his standards.
Mindful that you can judge a man ? and a country ? by its enemies, Glenn last week revealed that he has finally run up against an American antagonist so fiendish, so sophisticated, that it is essentially unbeatable. And the name of this enemy? Glee.
"I don't know if you've ever seen the TV show Glee," he wondered of his audience, "but this stands out and stands against almost every value that I have . . . It is a brilliant, brilliant show. Very, very well done. But it is a horror show." Well, it's High School Musical for adults who don't really like or understand telly. But go on.
"Everyone is sleeping with everyone else, there's no values, it's all self-gratification ? it's a nightmare. Brilliant songs and performances brilliantly edited and shot. It's brilliant! Brilliant. I looked at my wife and said, 'There is no way to beat this. This is propaganda and it's an anthem. It's an anthem saying, "Join us". How can you and I possibly win against that?'"
So there you have it. Glee: the unstoppable foe. I think many of us have fantasised about Glenn Beck finally facing his Waterloo. But when it actually happens, it somehow doesn't seem like a time for triumphalism, or even an Abba mashup.
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