I'm Already Ranging About the 'Angry Black Woman Trope on 'Glee'

Amber Riley on ‘Glee.’  Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision/Fox

Glee season 1 episode 3, “Acafells” had one job. There is one game I’m playing with Team Ryan Murphy during this rewatch. It has one simple rule — don’t use the most derogatory word possible to describe disabled people in the script.

Let me set the scene. I’m about 16 minutes away from the end of the episode. I’ve decided I’m only writing about episodes I have something to say about because this rewatch is more painful and the mistakes more repetitive than I expected. 

Cue a Mercedes’ (Amber Riley) cover of Jazmin Sullivin’s “Bust Your Windows.” So, while most of the episode gets away with just being cringy, now I know I’m writing a post. 

 Okay, fine. At least the “cripple” count is steady. 

10 minutes before the end of the episode, Murphy says, “Ez, hold my beer. A tyrant choreographer that Rachel (Lea Michele) wants to hire lets the “C” word fly when he tries to kick Artie (Kevin McHale) out of New Directions essentially for existing in a wheelchair.