Glee, 3x01

Rather than complain about all the things I found same-old same-old stupid in last night's season premiere of Glee, I will instead focus on a few positive things:

1. I liked Kurt's '80s throwback neon-and-pastel plaid suit.
2. Mark Salling mugged it up big time during "We Got the Beat."
3. ...

Two positive things! Two! AH-AH-AH!

I found it awful that Vulture made a pretty sharp list of things the show could do to improve itself, and instead, it stuck to what it has done wrong for ages: focus on an issue to the point of suffocating the audience, e.g., Glee is about supporting arts education! CHOKE ON IT!; introduce new, forgettable characters like Sugar and Mercedes's Boyfriend That Is Not Sam; and make Sue as ridiculous and pointless as ever as she runs for office.

Also, while I appreciate that sometimes, various factions of viewers want something, I'll tell you this from a fairly dispassionate perspective: Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Ushkowitz should stick to dancing and/or singing. The less "acting" those two do, the better. Not every second-string character is meant to shine. Not everyone is Naya Rivera.