it's taken me a few days to go here. 'glee' honored finn the quarterback on it's cory monteith tribute last thursday night. and yup it left me in a puddle of my own tears. it was a fitting tribute to the character of finn as it blurred the lines of fantasy and reality in cathartic fashion.
the first thing i asked was 'how the hell did lea michele pull this off?' because she is a professional that's how.
the musical tributes were fitting and mostly succeeded. i will say the use of 'rent's seasons of love' has been over used and over abused at times like this. it was moving for sure but it's time to retire this musical moment for a few decades. that said it set the scene from the first moment. when the alumni came on stage the dam burst. but where the hell was dianna agron?
then came amber riley giving her most moving performance ever of 'i'll stand by you'.
one of the best performances was 'no surrender' which mark salling tore apart and me along with it.
it does not end there. there was one of tv's most moving moments when finn's mom and step dad and kurt were packing up his belongings. and i was on the second box of tissues.
the real floodgates opened with the amazing performances of naya rivera, and the unstoppable lea michele.
(to be continued)
