The New Glee Documentary’s Trailer Teases New Insight Into The Show’s Curse
And one Glee alum is already calling the doc out.
Glee may have seemed to be all carefree singing and dancing, but behind the scenes, the show was much darker than anyone would have expected. Nowadays, Fox’s musical comedy carries a grim aura whenever it’s mentioned, with many fans and non-fans alike joking that the series must have been cursed. From ill-fated cast members to accusations of a hostile environment on set, Glee has produced nearly as many controversies as it has questionable song covers, and a new documentary is finally going to dive deep into the show’s dark underbelly. If you’ve been waiting for this exposé, here are all the details on Discovery+’s Glee documentary.
The title Glee has become pretty ironic in the years since the musical series debuted back in 2009. In the decade-plus since the upbeat but off-kilter comedy premiered, countless scandals and tragedies have befallen the main cast, resulting in speculation of a Glee curse. According to Deadline, Discovery+’s documentary will turn the focus on this behind-the-scenes drama, as various cast and crew members will lift the curtain on the highs and lows of making the show from 2009 to 2015, especially the highly publicized controversies and tribulations.
The new three-part docuseries has no shortage of dark stories to explore. Series star Cory Monteith died of an accidental overdose in 2013, midway through the show’s run. Shortly after the series ended in 2015, Mark Salling was arrested for possession of child pornography, and he took his own life three years later after pleading guilty to the charges. Most recently, Naya Rivera drowned in a California lake in the summer of 2020.
On top of the cast deaths, Glee’s set also became a lightning rod of controversy after several cast members accused star Lea Michele of bullying and racist insults in 2020. “You told everyone that if you had the opportunity you would ‘sh*t in my wig!’ amongst other traumatic microaggressions,” co-star Samantha Ware tweeted at Michele in 2020. Other Black cast members including Amber Riley, Alex Newell, and Dabier Snell have implied Ware’s comment was just the tip of the iceberg regarding Michele’s behavior on set. (Michele later told The New York Times the allegations led to an “intense time of reflection” about her on-set behavior.)
Anxious Gleeks will get to tune in for the full story very soon.
Discovery+’s The Price of Glee Documentary Trailer
The trailer for The Price of Glee revealed the three-part docuseries’ title on Dec. 8. The trailer focused heavily on the deaths of Monteith, Rivera, and Salling, but notably, none of the featured talking heads were former Glee actors. Shortly after the trailer dropped, Glee alum Kevin McHale trashed the documentary and claimed nobody in the cast was part of it.
Discovery+’s The Price of Glee Documentary Release Date
The documentary will be release in three parts on Monday, Jan. 16 at 9 p.m. ET on Investigation Discovery and streaming on Discovery+.
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