[Women’s History Month, Day 24]
Long before Ryan Murphy had an obnoxious after-school special masquerading as a comedy/drama known as Glee, he had…well, another obnoxious after-school special masquerading as a comedy/drama known as Popular. But before Popular became obnoxious, it was pure, delicious camp, and the campiest character of all was the Texan cheerleader, Mary Cherry. Leslie Grossman went all out in her portrayal of this…I don’t even know what to call her. Just watch and enjoy.
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I remember really enjoying the first season of this show, until the first finale. Then it just got all weird. It stopped being subtly satirical and became “hit you over the head” satire that wasn’t clever or funny. That said, I’ve always wondered what would have happened to Leslie Bibbs’ character after the second finale.