Ryan Murphyof Gree It was a puzzling phenomenon in the early days.dark comedy musical The series, set in a high school glee club, didn’t seem like it would draw nearly 10 million viewers per episode, but the show was a huge success for Fox from the start.
However, 10 years after debut, Gree had noisy public imageThe quality of the show burned out quickly, not just for what fans wanted from the series and its characters, but also for keeping up with what was popular on the radio. Foaming and difficult to mask.
Then there was a series of tragic, sudden, horrific deaths, and peopleGree A curse exists. Cory Monteiththe show’s previously unknown lead, who played sweet quarterback Finn, Found dead at age 31, between the show’s fourth and fifth seasons. Mark Salling, who played the not-so-sweet quarterback Puck, was accused of both sexual assault and what followed. possession of child pornographyhe will die by suicide 2018. Naya RiveraStealing a scene as snobbish cheerleader Santana, who died from an accidental drowning in California’s Pilu Lake while on a trip with her son.
The interest in unraveling the mystery of what exactly was going on with the show’s cast has made the series more popular than it was when it aired in 2015.
input the price of gleetripartite documentary from ID Discovery+ Unfortunately for Greeks, who are eager to know the truth about all the romance and fights that occurred on set during the show’s heyday, this isn’t the tea party old fans have long hoped for. , is a true crime-poisoned take that focuses on Salling’s sudden death. In trying to make sense of the inexplicable, the documentary seeks and fails to find answers, instead passively blaming the show and its cast for those losses.
the price of glee It has a conspiratorial approach to storytelling, largely due to the fact that the actual cast refused to participate and denounced the documentary when it was announced. It relies on employees, publicists, and even supporting actors. big time rush To piece the story together, with many hawkish half-baked theories of what went wrong.
Instead of telling all that is really juicy, including behind-the-scenes gossip, the doc draws on both newsmaking and behind-the-scenes deaths of the cast and crew. Here are some of the things we learned from those involved in the series.
The cast’s work schedule was demanding.
The cast of a hit TV series usually takes months off between filming seasons, no matter how big the show gets. Gree It wasn’t structured like a regular show — while the show spurred an insatiable online fan base, the cast’s versions of popular songs became hits themselves.As soon as season 1 ended, the cast Green live! In the following year, they will go on a tour around 21 cities around the world. During his first year-and-a-half in the making of the series, the cast worked on the brand on and off set. Their working hours included hours of dance and vocal rehearsals, as well as recording songs in the booth and, of course, filming the actual scenes.
all talking heads the price of glee It takes time to point out how grueling and isolating their schedule was. To add in the higher stakes, a young, hot cast of actors became tabloids, paparazzi and stand-baits. became. Monteith had to move out of his Culver City apartment because of a stalker. Eventually, a walled tunnel was built on the studio grounds to connect the cast’s trailers directly to the set and ensure their safety (and some Talking His Heads were shunned by the cast’s I use this walled tunnel as a simple metaphor for loneliness.)
Cast members were allegedly instrumental in Cory Monteith’s relapse.
Monteith has been open about her history of substance abuse as a child. He was caught in a “bad crowd” that plunged his teenage years into drug and alcohol abuse before his mother and friends intervened.He had been sober for several years before he was assigned Gree, his big break. Although his friends, like roommate Justin Neal, have noted how much he hated fame, Monteith seemed to maintain his sobriety through season four of the show. He started showing up unprepared and disappeared for most of the season after entering a rehab facility. On July 13, 2013, he was found dead in his Vancouver hotel room, surrounded by his empty champagne bottles and with heroin laced in his body.
Speculation surrounding Monteith death of the price of glee Instead of dealing with the reality of addiction, the ongoing disease that a person grapples with throughout his life, he grasps the empty notions of how and who sent him spiraling. One of his most shocking claims came from his hair stylist, Dugg Kirkpatrick, who headed up the hair department. GreeHe continued to cut some of the cast members’ hair after leaving the show, and even cut Monteith’s hair shortly before his death. According to Kirkpatrick, Monteith recounted how he became intoxicated by the haircut and started drinking again. Kirkpatrick, not witnessing the actual interaction, refused to name the person Monteith claimed to have given permission to, only stating that he was a loved one. .
Unfortunately, Kirkpatrick isn’t the only one being held accountable in the document.Several people in the doc spend a lot of time pointing out how weird and mismatched Montez and co-stars are. Lea MichelleThey then make a slight attempt to tie Monteith’s sudden relapse to the real allegations of her initial bad behavior towards her castmates and extras. .
There were several other deaths Gree family.
The tragic and sudden deaths of Monteith and Rivera, and Salling’s suicide in the face of child pornography accusations, have been well covered by the media. Former crew members and understudies on the show have also noted that there have been many other sudden deaths of people who worked behind the scenes on the show, and many blamed some of these losses on tight production schedules and the Blaming studio pressure. Among the deaths that occurred while the show was still airing were the car fire that killed Matthew Morrison’s understudy, Mark Watson, and assistant director Jim Fuller. was 41 years old with suspected heart failure. Production assistant Nancy Moates committed suicide.Like an unnamed rigger.
Mentioning these losses, the price of glee has a final episode focused on the deaths of Salling and Rivera. The two are very different situations and there is no reason to connect them.
Naya Rivera’s family continues to search for answers even after her death.
The third and final episode of the price of glee focuses on Rivera’s accidental drowning while on a boat with her son in 2020. The episode also touches on Salling’s child pornography accusations and Melissa Benoist’s revelation that she was a victim of domestic violence. Gree in Season 4 and becomes a series regular in Season 5).
Rivera’s father, George, has detailed his daughter’s career as a child actor, her volatile relationship with Salling, and her subsequent untimely death. The documentary features journalists on pontoons like Rivera’s last ride, and experts actually explain why “good swimmers” like Rivera never got back on the boat. doing. George has hinted that he’s still searching for answers, but no one has suggested cheating was to blame.Some theories investigators have suggested are her history of dizziness, which was exacerbated in the water, and , in a weakened physical condition after saving her son in an ocean current.