"From the perspective of its creators, NBC’s new drama Rise is the inspiring story of an English teacher (played by Josh Radnor) who ends up in charge of a high-school musical and decides to stage Spring Awakening, leading his students to all sorts of emotional realizations along the way," says Jackson McHenry. "From the perspective of a very confused person watching Rise, it looks like the story of a random white guy who seizes control of a high-school musical, decides to stage Spring Awakening, and makes many baffling directorial decisions. But perhaps most baffling is this: The fictional Stanton High already had a drama teacher named Tracey Wolfe running the musical, and she is played by Rosie Perez."
TOPICS: Rise, NBC, Josh Radnor, Rosie Perez