Glee’s Santana Was Never the Villain - How She Became an Icon

Was charismatic mean girl and queer icon Santana Lopez ever really a villain, or a secret hero all along? When it comes to characters to root for on ‘Glee’, it’s not as simple as ‘love the main character, hate the antagonist.' One name that continuously pops up on lists of ‘best’ and ‘nastiest’ Glee characters is Naya Rivera’s Santana - a character who was unmistakably introduced as a villain, with her signature snappy comebacks and harsh insults. But thanks to Rivera’s performance, an unorthodox coming out narrative, and her channeling her mean girl energy to fight the bullies, Santana ends the show as one of the most lovable, easy to root for characters.

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00:00 Was Santana ever really the villain?
01:24 How Naya built Santana into who she became
02:20 The iconic coming-out storyline
05:08 Santana pit her mean girl traits agains the bullies
07:38 Naya's Glee legacy

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