We've talked about Dianna's Tumblr blog before, she mostly posts photographs of her own and some lovely prose and occasionally a poem. This is very different for her and it seems a somewhat difficult task to discuss one of the many situations that arise when an actor works on a series and is asked to do promotion for the show.
(I found the blog through Dianna's Twitter acct., which you can follow by clicking here.)
I don't think she would mind that I posted the entire text of her post here, so I have and it's after the jump.
I'm sure you know how I feel about this. Yes, they play teens on TV but these people are hardly underage, Cory Monteith is almost 30, in fact.
Glee will always be a show in the crosshairs of the conservative watchdog groups. It illustrates a worldview that is in direct opposition to theirs. That it's so popular with kids makes it even more dangerous to these people. They'll make every attempt to knock the show down. I encourage them to keep trying, I think it does wonders for the ratings.
Case in point ... I wouldn't have even known that the Dianna and castmates Monteith and Lea Michele were on the cover of GQ without the Parents Television Council telling me they were.
Dianna's comments after the jump. But please, after that click over to her Tumblr site and enjoy her other stuff, too. She has a very nice sensibility to her prose and her photos are lovely.
Oh, one more thing ... I guess it takes the ridonkulous folk at the PTC to get me interested in blogging again. Who's next? Sarah Palin? Ben Silverman? Someone on my "list?"
And, one more other thing ... do you think the PTC ever thinks about the the performers caught in the middle of these controversies and what they then have to deal with in their personal lives once they start with the torches and pitchforks? Apparently Dianna Agron could have done without their stomping around. In that aspect the PTC becomes a bit like the Westboro Baptist Church protesters.
I'm just sayin'.
From http://felldowntherabbithole.tumblr.com/post/1362746026
I’d like to start by saying that these are solely my thoughts on the November issue of GQ and the controversy that has surrounded its release. I am not a representative of the three of us, the show, or Fox, only myself.
In the land of Madonna, Britney, Miley, Gossip Girl, other public figures and shows that have pushed the envelope and challenged the levels of comfort in their viewers and fans…we are not the first. Now, in perpetuating the type of images that evoke these kind of emotions, I am sorry. If you are hurt or these photos make you uncomfortable, it was never our intention. And if your eight-year-old has a copy of our GQ cover in hand, again I am sorry. But I would have to ask, how on earth did it get there?
I was a very sheltered child, and was not aware of anything provocative or risque in the media while I was navigating through my formative years. When I was finally allowed to watch a movie like Grease, I did not even understand what on earth Rizzo was talking about!? I understand that in today’s world of advanced technology, the internet, our kids can be subject to very adult material at the click of a button. But there are parental locks, and ways to get around this. I am twenty-four years old. I have been a pretty tame and easy-going girl my whole life. Nobody is perfect, and these photos do not represent who I am. I am also not the girl who rolls out of bed with flawless makeup and couture clothing. I am most comfortable with my hair thrown on top of my head, in sweats, laughing with my friends. Glee is a show that represents the underdogs, which is a feeling I have embraced much of my own life, and to those viewers, the photos in GQ don’t give them that same feeling. I understand completely.
For GQ, they asked us to play very heightened versions of our school characters. A ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’ version. At the time, it wasn’t my favorite idea, but I did not walk away. I must say, I am trying to live my life with a sharpie marker approach. You can’t erase the strokes you’ve made, but each step is much bolder and more deliberate. I’m moving forward from this one, and after today, putting it to rest. I am only myself, I can only be me. These aren’t photos I am going to frame and put on my desk, but hey, nor are any of the photos I take for magazines. Those are all characters we’ve played for this crazy job, one that I love and am so fortunate to have, each and every day. If you asked me for my dream photo shoot, I’d be in a treehouse, in a wild costume, war-paint and I’d be playing with my pet dragon. Until then …
I thought the pictures were risque enough, and in character enough to maybe be inappropriate, but when the PTC started throwing around the word "pedophilia," it was pretty obvious that they were also hoping this would do wonders for their ratings.
Posted by: oof! blam! argh! | October 21, 2010 at 12:30 PM