The ancestral muse for this is choreographic-editing wizard Busby Berkeley. There seem to be about two million shots, each designed to arrive in perfect sync as a snap, pop, and crackle of Gleek delirium. The big-cult TV show spawned a touring concert event, filmed in 3-D at New Jersey venues. Most of the top TV figures appear, though the absence of the funniest, Jane Lynch, is quite a donut hole. Some sing very well (belter Amber Riley and the perky neo-Streisand Lea Michele), and all receive epic amplification. Cutaways to fans, such as San Diego’s cute Kellen Sarmiento, age four, underscore the Glee embrace of humanity: the gay teen who came out, the dwarf cheerleader, the Asperger’s girl with dyed magenta hair, etc. A fair rating of this richly canned event must land between the loyal-fan verdict (three stars?) and the non-fan shrug (one star). (2011) — David Elliott
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