Epic theatre was confrontational, alienating, and called attention to its artifice in order to wake the audience up from its stupor in order to convey the importance of what was being presented. Brecht said of this style that it should primarily avoid a staple of most theatre, “the engendering of illusion.” Brecht came up with this approach as a revolt against naturalism in theatre, which he felt produced complacency in the audience. ….and yet, there I go again, dwelling on the simple things that “Glee” refuses to do in order to produce an episode that at least pretends to fit together as a cohesive whole. Were I to give the show any type of benefit of the doubt, I”d throw together a defense of the show as a modern-day example of Bertolt Brecht”s epic theatre.