We were lucky this week to have two takes on the Rocky Horror Glee Show, last week’s Glee episode. Friday we heard from Kristine Kathryn Rusch and today we have Amy Berner, who’s a (delightful!) regular guest poster on the Smart Pop blog.

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I’ve been looking forward to Glee’s take on Rocky Horror since I screamed with, well, glee at the announcement during San Diego Comic-Con.  Not because it’s a great film. It’s not. Really, every one of Sue’s comments made from her perch on the Criminologist’s chair was absolutely valid. But I love it anyway. If you’ve seen it in a theater with a live cast, you know that the movie itself really is secondary.

I liked that Glee’s version …

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We have a treat for you today. Amy Berner, a regular Smart Pop contributor (most recently for Filled with Glee), has written a guest post on the new fall show Undercovers.

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From the moment the series was announced, I’d been looking forward to the premiere of Undercovers more than any other new fall show. It’s a new spy show! By J.J. Abrams! One of the leads (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) was in Doctor Who! They’ve got Gerald McRaney, who I last saw in the fantastic Jericho*! And did I mention, J.J. Abrams!

We’re now two episodes into the series, and all I can think is: this can’t be all there is to it, right?

Now, it isn’t a bad show. It’s …

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