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Glee
It’s hard to imagine that television in the year 2009 will bring us any greater joy than the high school glee club performance of Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” in the pilot episode of Glee, first broadcast in May. A showstopper in every sense of the word, the number is choreographed with blitzkrieg cheerfulness and adds a huge and soulful backing chorus to the original’s Motown revival sound. The kicker is that it is performed by the rivals of the show’s underdog stars. The members of the show’s titular glee club are left sitting in the audience, jaws agape, realizing exactly how much work they had to do…
Glee shows on Fox most Wednesdays through the fall — until the network kills it, as they almost inevitably will. You can read the full review of the first few episodes at PopMatters.
Chris Barsanti 