Homage

Last night, Glee's newest episode featured a homage to possibly one of the greatest duets of all time, at least in gay terms (and let's face it that's what matters). First up Glee featuring Kurt and Rachel:

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Kurt took on the Judy Garland part and Rachel (with her sailor suit paying nod) to Barbara Streisand. Judy and Barbara sang the original mash-up duet on the Judy Garland Show airing on Oct 6th, 1963. Barbara was just 21 when she appeared on the show and had yet to appear in a single movie and had only released one album and had only been in one Broadway show "I Can Get It For You". Judy was 41 at the time and had been battling financial and drug problems for years.



While I love the character development for Kurt and Rachel and their beautiful rendition I still think the real life struggles of Judy Garland and the burgeoning career of Barbara Streisand make their version better. What do you think?

Later in the same show Ethel Merman stole the limelight and she and Judy battled it out for DIVA SUPREME. I wonder what the 21 year old Barbara was telling herself at this point in the show?