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the background band


They should've had an episode about them, or a subplot about someone trying to undermine the club by making them go on strike or something, sad how in all the years of filler episodes, that never happened.

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I'm currently in a rewatch and I've been wondering the same thing.

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I get that it's heightened reality, just something that always bugs me. Like, the Glee club is so unpopular that it was a regular storyline that they struggled to maintain enough members to keep it going and meet qualifications. Yet, they're apparently popular enough that all these background characters who never get the spotlight are just willing to hang out and be their back-up at a moment's notice? Sure Jan

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I think it's because it was a tv show and those musicians received a generous pay for hanging around on set and playing some tunes from time-to-time.

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