A mildly pornographic slideshow of photos accompanying GQ's November cover story about "Glee" recently went up on the magazine's website, and the onslaught from parents groups has begun, with terms like "pedophilia" being used and renewed complaints that the show is too sexually explicit for the tween end of the audience it courts. In light of the show's rather self-congratulatory "some people want to do good" Team Project ads, the term "role model" -- so bizarre when it is connected to celebrities of any sort -- can be expected to come up. READ MORE
The GQ Glee photos have stirred up another magazine cover controversy -- one that folllows the recent nude shoot by pro basketball player Diana Taurasi for ESPN the Magazine.
As a newcomer to the Glee phenomenon -- I've only seen the past two episodes -- I'm suprised by all the outcry. In just those two hour-long shows, story lines have included a pregnant high schooler's decision about keeping her baby, a cheerleader's seduction of a student, and enough sexual innuendo and looks to heat a home through a New England winter. READ MORE
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