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In the episode "[[Sexy (Glee)|Sexy]]", Brittany confronts Santana about the nature of their relationship, but Santana deflects her. They seek counseling from [[sex education]] teacher [[Holly Holliday]] ([[Gwyneth Paltrow]]), who has them express their feelings through song, and joins them to perform "[[Landslide (song)|Landslide]]". Later, Santana confesses her romantic love to Brittany. She states that she has been angry and mean for so long because she only wants to be with Brittany, but has hidden her feelings; after witnessing Kurt's experience as a [[homosexual|gay]] student at McKinley, she fears being ostracized by the student body for being in a [[same-sex relationship]]. Brittany reciprocates her love, but states that she loves her boyfriend Artie just as much and will not break up with him, leaving Santana heartbroken.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Sexy|episodelink=Sexy (Glee)|series=Glee |series link=Glee (TV series) |credits=[[Ryan Murphy]] (director), [[Brad Falchuk]] (writer) |network=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] |airdate=March 8, 2011 |season=2 |number=15}}</ref> Subsequently, in the episode "[[Original Song]]", Santana pulls away from Brittany and denies being sad over the incident, continuing to date Sam. She then writes a song for him called "Trouty Mouth". Sam objects to the song, and throughout the episode refuses to let his girlfriend mock or manipulate him.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Original Song|episodelink=Original Song|series=Glee |series link=Glee (TV series) |credits=[[Ryan Murphy]] (writer), [[Bradley Buecker]] (director) |network=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] |airdate=March 15, 2011 |season=2 |number=16}}</ref>
In the episode "[[Sexy (Glee)|Sexy]]", Brittany confronts Santana about the nature of their relationship, but Santana deflects her. They seek counseling from [[sex education]] teacher [[Holly Holliday]] ([[Gwyneth Paltrow]]), who has them express their feelings through song, and joins them to perform "[[Landslide (song)|Landslide]]". Later, Santana confesses her romantic love to Brittany. She states that she has been angry and mean for so long because she only wants to be with Brittany, but has hidden her feelings; after witnessing Kurt's experience as a [[homosexual|gay]] student at McKinley, she fears being ostracized by the student body for being in a [[same-sex relationship]]. Brittany reciprocates her love, but states that she loves her boyfriend Artie just as much and will not break up with him, leaving Santana heartbroken.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Sexy|episodelink=Sexy (Glee)|series=Glee |series link=Glee (TV series) |credits=[[Ryan Murphy]] (director), [[Brad Falchuk]] (writer) |network=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] |airdate=March 8, 2011 |season=2 |number=15}}</ref> Subsequently, in the episode "[[Original Song]]", Santana pulls away from Brittany and denies being sad over the incident, continuing to date Sam. She then writes a song for him called "Trouty Mouth". Sam objects to the song, and throughout the episode refuses to let his girlfriend mock or manipulate him.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Original Song|episodelink=Original Song|series=Glee |series link=Glee (TV series) |credits=[[Ryan Murphy]] (writer), [[Bradley Buecker]] (director) |network=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] |airdate=March 15, 2011 |season=2 |number=16}}</ref>

It was revealed on AfterEllen that Santana was 100% lesbian <ref>http://www.autostraddle.com/glee-santana-lesbian-kurt-blaine-prom-tuxes-81648/</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==

Revision as of 07:56, 21 March 2011

Santana Lopez
Glee character
File:Santana-Gleester.jpg
Naya Rivera as Santana Lopez.
First appearance"Pilot"
Created byRyan Murphy
Brad Falchuk
Ian Brennan
Portrayed byNaya Rivera
In-universe information
OccupationStudent

Santana Lopez is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Naya Rivera, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Santana was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. Introduced as a minor antagonist and a sidekick to Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) in first episode of Glee, Santana's role grew over the course of the show's first season. In the second season, Santana has seen more high profile storylines, such as her romantic feelings for her best friend Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris). Rivera, who has been vocally supportive of the love story between hers and Morris' characters,[1][2] has received praise for her portrayal of Santana, as well as for her for vocal work in numerous songs performed as part of New Directions.

Santana is introduced alongside Quinn and Brittany as one of the three most popular cheerleaders at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio, where the show is set.[3] She joins the school's glee club, New Directions, as a spy for Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), coach of the cheerleading team the Cheerios. As the season progresses, she becomes more sympathetic to the glee club members, saying she is staying in the club not because Sue is forcing her, but because she likes it. She has several romantic relationships, briefly dating Puck (Mark Salling), taking Finn Hudson's (Cory Monteith) virginity, and carrying on a friends with benefits relationship with Brittany. In season 2, the show delves into the motivations behind Santana's antagonism and her sexual aggressiveness towards boys; it is later revealed that her cruel attitude is because she is struggling with her romantic feelings towards Brittany, and subsequently with her lesbian sexual identity.

Development

Rivera drew on her own high school experience of unpopularity to prepare for the role, as well as watching films such as Mean Girls to "really get in the zone and feel like a bitchy Sophomore".[4] She has described Santana as "your typical high school cheerleader, for the most part,"[4] explaining: "She's really mean and loves boys. She's really witty so I love playing her."[4] She has characterized Santana as "a bit of a bad girl" who is "really snarky and always has these really witty one-liners she throws out there."[5] Rivera enjoys the fact Santana is competitive and headstrong as she herself shares those traits, but dislikes Santana's mean streak.[6] She auditioned for the role as she loves singing, dancing and acting, and had never before had the opportunity to combine all three skills in one project. She finds the show's pacing challenging, especially the dancing, and commented in June 2009 that her most memorable moment on Glee was performing the Cheerios' glee club audition piece, "I Say a Little Prayer".[4] Santana played a more prominent part in the last nine episodes of Glee's first season.[7] Rivera commented: "Santana's been wreaking havoc with people's boyfriends and people's babies and teachers—she's the high school terror, and she's going to continue to be the villain." Although Santana continues to step over others to get what she wants, she exhibits moments of compassion and loyalty to the glee club.[8]

Rivera has been vocal in her support of the Santana/Brittany relationship, and her attitudes toward Santana's emotional attachment have informed her portrayal of the character. In April 2010, when asked if any of "the guys" were Santana's soul mate, Rivera answered, "I think that Brittany is her soul mate. I think that they should end up together. They're in love."[1] A month later, when interviewed by The Advocate, she reiterated this point, saying, "Maybe they’ll fall in love. I do think they're soul mates. Brittany just gets Santana, even though a lot of people don’t like her."[9] On December 8, 2010, after a surge of fan disappointment over Twitter at the recent absence of Brittana, Rivera tweeted, "There’s been a Brittana fan uproar…Don’t worry, I miss it too."[2] In January 2011, after several more "Brittana fan uproars", in an article entitled "The future of Brittana: Outlook Not so good", Rivera expressed the reason for such strong fan response: "Honestly, on a deeper level, to the girls that are going through that and it's not so comical in their world, in their everyday lives, they kind of looked up to us, in a sense. That's kind of my reason for hoping they continue the storyline."[10] Ironically, soon after this pessimistic article, Brad Falchuk, co-creator of Glee, tweeted on January 20, "Brittana is on. Brittana was always on."[11]

Santana's arc following "Sexy", where she admits her romantic feelings for Brittany, sees Santana come to terms with her sexual orientation. Falchuk describes Santana, from this point, as having come out internally to herself, but being afraid of coming out to her peers. "Santana is a lesbian. She might not be ready to come out yet, but she is."[12]

Storylines

Season 1

Santana is introduced as a popular cheerleader at William McKinley High School. Her friends are fellow cheerleaders Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) and Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris), and she dates football player Noah "Puck" Puckerman (Mark Salling). She is usually seen with Brittany as Quinn's sidekick, until Quinn's pregnancy, when Santana takes over Quinn's spot as "top dog". Cheeleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) encourages the cheerleaders to join the school glee club, New Directions, in order to help her bring it down from the inside.[13] Santana helps convince the club members to hire the notoriously critical professional dance coach Dakota Stanley (Whit Hertford), but they are able to withstand his criticism. She breaks up with Puck, confronting him over his bad credit score and stating that she needs someone who can support her.[14] During a party line conversation, Brittany reveals that she and Santana have slept together. When Santana and Brittany are accused of giving Sue New Directions' set list for Sectionals, Santana defends herself, but Brittany admits she was the one to do it. When Quinn reveals that Sue has ordered the Cheerios to spy on the glee club, Santana admits that no one is forcing her to stay in the club, stating that she likes glee and it is the best part of her day. Previously Santana wasn't very keen on the club, but realises that she can enjoy it while still being in Sue Sylvester's good books.[15]

Following the team's victory at Sectionals, Sue assigns Santana and Brittany to go after glee club co-captain Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) in order to humiliate his girlfriend Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) and get her to quit the glee club. They invite him on a date, but ignore him throughout the entire evening.[16] In the episode "The Power of Madonna", Sue tells the Cheerios to emulate Madonna and date younger men. Brittany advises Santana to date Finn, suggesting that she take his virginity. Finn accepts, though later regrets it, concluding that the sex was meaningless.[17] When Puck begins dating Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley), Santana is jealous and confronts her, singing an aggressive duet of "The Boy Is Mine" with her.[18]

Season 2

At the start of season two, it is revealed that Santana got breast implants over the summer. When Sue finds out, she demotes Santana from captain of the Cheerios and replaces her with Quinn, who revealed Santana's surgery to Sue. This results in Santana becoming furious and attacking Quinn.[19] In the episode "Duets", Brittany and Santana are shown kissing in bed. Brittany suggests that the two of them should sing Melissa Etheridge's "Come To My Window" for the glee club duet competition, which alarms Santana, who claims that she was only sleeping with Brittany because Puck was not available. Santana opts to partner with Mercedes, because she knew they would be able to perform a strong duet, which they did with "River Deep - Mountain High". Brittany then dates Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale), and signals to Santana that she will no longer be available to her, which causes Santana to become jealous. She breaks up the new relationship by telling Artie that Brittany is using him for his voice.[20]

"The Rocky Horror Glee Show" is the first Glee episode in which Naya Rivera (pictured) is featured singing a solo performance.

When the glee club puts on a performance of The Rocky Horror Show, Santana sings her first solo song, "Science Fiction/Double Feature", for the episode's opening sequence.[21] In the episode "Furt", she feels left out when Rachel excludes her from a meeting of the female glee club members because she does not have a boyfriend. When Santana mentions that she is dating Puck, the others dismiss it as just sex. Santana threatens Finn that she will tell an oblivious Rachel that she and Finn slept together last year. She follows through with this in the episode "Special Education", ultimately resulting in the break-up of Finn and Rachel.

In the episode "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle", Santana, Brittany and Quinn are asked to make a choice between the Cheerios and the glee club. They initially choose the Cheerios to stay popular, and therefore quit glee club, but are eventually convinced by Finn to reverse their decision. On Valentine's Day, Santana is annoyed to find herself without a boyfriend, after unsuccessfully attempting to convince Puck to go out with her again. When she realizes that Finn and Quinn are seeing each other behind the back of Quinn's boyfriend Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet), she contracts mono and passes it on to Finn, leading to both him and Quinn getting the illness. In "Comeback", Santana makes Sam realize that Quinn cheated on him with Finn, and he then breaks up with Quinn and takes up Santana's offer to be with her.

In the episode "Sexy", Brittany confronts Santana about the nature of their relationship, but Santana deflects her. They seek counseling from sex education teacher Holly Holliday (Gwyneth Paltrow), who has them express their feelings through song, and joins them to perform "Landslide". Later, Santana confesses her romantic love to Brittany. She states that she has been angry and mean for so long because she only wants to be with Brittany, but has hidden her feelings; after witnessing Kurt's experience as a gay student at McKinley, she fears being ostracized by the student body for being in a same-sex relationship. Brittany reciprocates her love, but states that she loves her boyfriend Artie just as much and will not break up with him, leaving Santana heartbroken.[22] Subsequently, in the episode "Original Song", Santana pulls away from Brittany and denies being sad over the incident, continuing to date Sam. She then writes a song for him called "Trouty Mouth". Sam objects to the song, and throughout the episode refuses to let his girlfriend mock or manipulate him.[23]

It was revealed on AfterEllen that Santana was 100% lesbian [24]

Reception

When a promotional clip for the episode "Sectionals" indicated that Brittany and Santana had slept together, Dorothy Snarker, writing for lesbian entertainment website AfterEllen.com, praised the pairing, referring to them by the portmanteau "Brittana".[25] Snarker called the two her "new favourite Glee pairing", commenting that: "While Heather Morris (Brittany) and Naya Rivera (Santana) have had minimal screen time, they’ve made it count. [...] Never mind Finn and Rachel — I’m on Team Brittana now."[25]

At the 2010 AfterEllen.com Visibility Awards, Brittany and Santana were nominated for the "Favorite Fictional Lesbian Couple" award, and Rivera was nominated in the "Favorite TV Actress" category.[26] Also that year, Rivera was nominated in the "Best Supporting Actress/Television" category at the Imagen Awards,[27] and she and her co-stars won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.[28] They were nominated in the same category the following year.[29]

References

  1. ^ a b dos Santos, Kristin (April 13, 2010). ""Glee" Gets Romantic". E! Online. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Rivera, Naya (December 8, 2010). "December 08 Tweet". Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  3. ^ Kelly, Mike (May 17, 2009). "'Glee' series set in a Lima high school has Toledo connection too". The Blade. The Toledo Times. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d Steinberg, Jamie (May 2009). "Naya Rivera - Filled With Glee". Starry Constellation Magazine. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  5. ^ "TWIST Chats With Glee's Naya Rivera". Twist. Bauer Publishing. September 15, 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  6. ^ Simpson, Melody (March 17, 2009). "Meet Cory Monteith & Naya Rivera of Glee". Hollywood the Write Way. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  7. ^ Ninojosa, Stacy (December 3, 2009). "Naya Rivera From 'Glee' Talks Santana, Singing and Spencer Pratt". Just So You Know. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  8. ^ dos Santos, Kristin (December 14, 2009). "Spoiler Chat: Is Jenny Humphrey a Gossip Girl Homewrecker?". E! Online. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  9. ^ Voss, Brandon (May 4, 2010). "Naya Rivera: Bring It On Bitch!". The Advocate. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  10. ^ Bendix, Trish (January 12, 2011). "The future of Brittana: Outlook not so good". AfterEllen. Logo. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  11. ^ Falchuk, Brad (January 20, 2011). "January 20 Tweet". Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  12. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (March 17, 2011). "Ryan Murphy says "Santana is a lesbian"". AfterEllen.com. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  13. ^ Ryan Murphy (director, writer), Brad Falchuk (writer), Ian Brennan (writer) (September 9, 2009). "Showmance". Glee. Season 1. Episode 2. Fox. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ John Scott (director), Ryan Murphy (writer) (September 16, 2009). "Acafellas". Glee. Season 1. Episode 3. Fox. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Brad Falchuk (director, writer) (December 9, 2009). "Sectionals". Glee. Season 1. Episode 13. Fox. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Brad Falchuk (director), Ian Brennan (writer) (April 13, 2010). "Hell-O". Glee. Season 1. Episode 14. Fox. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Goldman, Eric (May 11, 2010). "Glee: "The Power of Madonna" Review". IGN. Retrieved September 24, 2010. [dead link]
  18. ^ Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (director), Ryan Murphy (writer) (May 11, 2010). "Laryngitis". Glee. Season 1. Episode 18. Fox. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |series link= ignored (help)
  19. ^ Brad Falchuk (director), Ian Brennan (writer) (September 22, 2010). "Audition". Glee. Season 2. Episode 1. Fox. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |series link= ignored (help)
  20. ^ Eric Stoltz (director), Ian Brennan (writer) (October 12, 2010). "Duets". Glee. Season 2. Episode 4. Fox. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |series link= ignored (help)
  21. ^ Adam Shankman (director), Ryan Murphy (writer) (October 26, 2010). "The Rocky Horror Glee Show". Glee. Season 2. Episode 5. Fox. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |series link= ignored (help)
  22. ^ Ryan Murphy (director), Brad Falchuk (writer) (March 8, 2011). "Sexy". Glee. Season 2. Episode 15. Fox. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |series link= ignored (help)
  23. ^ Ryan Murphy (writer), Bradley Buecker (director) (March 15, 2011). "Original Song". Glee. Season 2. Episode 16. Fox. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |series link= ignored (help)
  24. ^ http://www.autostraddle.com/glee-santana-lesbian-kurt-blaine-prom-tuxes-81648/
  25. ^ a b Snarker, Dorothy (December 7, 2009). ""Glee" spoils us with an unexpected coupling". AfterEllen.com. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
  26. ^ AfterEllen.com Staff (December 1, 2010). "The AfterEllen.com 2010 Visibility Awards – Vote Now!". AfterEllen.com. Logo. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  27. ^ "Nominees for 25th Annual Imagen Awards Announced". Imagen Foundation. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  28. ^ "16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards scorecard". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  29. ^ "Nominations Announced for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". www.sag.org. Screen Actors Guild. December 16, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2010.

External links

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