Posted on 04/17/2007 2:48:10 PM PDT by voletti
Initially I thought Indian Americans are mobilizing as armies of Fanjayas, voting in large numbers to keep the 17-year-old on the show.
After all, most other barriers had been broken by the community. They were on Wall Street and on main street, in political parties and Silicon Valley, in government and in management, in hotels and motels, in medicine and in space. They were writers, analysts, advisers and policy makers. Perhaps the one last hurdle was for an Indian American to become a pop icon. When they saw Sanjaya, they felt he had a shot.
But as weeks went by and Sanjaya didn’t, I rejected my theory. Even if all of the two million Indian Americans voted, he wouldn’t make it unless others were voting for him too. Radio host and shock jock Howard Stern’s ploy of subverting American Idol by encouraging his listeners to "vote for the worst" may have mobilized many votes. But after a day of reading blogs, comments and articles on Sanjaya, I don’t think even that is reason enough for his continued presence among the finalists.
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Neither do I, for that matter. The only good part about the show is at the very beginning: the first few episodes. That’s when all the jerks who think they can sing, come on and embarrass themselves in front of the whole world. You can’t possibly say it isn’t fun to watch that! Lol!
After that, it gets really boring.
I dont even bother watching let alone vote.
Good point.
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