It’s because it lets people “embrace their inner “Liza with a Z” and let the sequins fall where they may,” according to one of my all-time favorite columnists, Vanity Fair’s James Wolcott. Here’s a sample quote of his priceless column:
Following a successful test launch of its pilot episode last summer, Glee has accelerated into the critical/popular hit debut series of the 2009 television season, a rocking confection that has achieved the wondrous feat of making musical theater look hip, mainstream, and sexily redemptive, empowering theater queens of every age, race, creed, sexual orientation, and landmass shape to embrace their inner “Liza with a Z” and let the sequins fall where they may. Let none dare call them sissy.