Since its premiere 14 years ago in 2009, “Glee” became a true television and cultural phenomenon in the United States and much of the world, standing out among other things for its great performances, but with the particularity that almost everything his cast were total strangers for his time in Hollywood.
Created by Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan and Brad Falchuk, the series stood out for its joyful and musical imprint, however, behind the camera and outside the recording studios it was marked by big problems with some of its protagonists with various scandals, repercussions denials in the press and even fatal tragedies.
Next Friday, May 19, all the details can be seen in the documentary “Glee: Triumph, Truth and Tragedy (The Price of Glee)” which will be streamed on HBO Max.
Glee: Triumph, Truth and Tragedy
The new audiovisual work will tell the pressure suffered by the protagonists after the accelerated rise to fame, detailing the terrible tragedies that occurred between the members of the cast and crew of Glee, as well as showing their lives on and off the filming set for through unpublished interviews.
Jason Sarlanis, President of Investigative and True Crime Content for Linear TV and Streaming, said, “Glee was a cultural phenomenon of a generation that courageously challenged social conventions and sparked debates about sexuality, race, disability and family. The episodes made a lot of people happy, but they couldn’t escape the gloom of Hollywood and the frenzy of nascent social media.”
Relatives and friends of the cast, professionals who worked on the set or linked to the production, such as set designers, stylists, costume designers, publicists and journalists from the entertainment sector who covered the Glee phenomenon, will participate in the documentary series. Undoubtedly, the deaths of Cory Monteith (overdose), Mark Salling (suicide) and Naya Rivera (drowning), will be one of the most important points discussed and that causes the most uncertainty among the millions of fans of the popular series.