Posted on 01/19/2007 11:01:04 AM PST by meg88
Paula humors and patronizes a lot of people. I'd say it's wrong of her, but that's her role on the show. She's probably contractually obliged to find something nice to say.
her voice and soulfullness carried her through... it outshined to the point where she didn't have to rely on "pop-style" looks...
Check this:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2458532
So it's OUR fault. Like we knew they were going to humiliate two people to the degree that the did. I was appalled and thought it cruel and in terrible taste. Whatever happened to "Love Thy Neighbor?" Oh yeah, that's right, celebrities haven't read the book! Overall, it's a good show and considering television these days, rather mild and still can be watched by families. I put another spin on it though and say, let's teach our children that this is NOT the way to act and also it's a good lesson to show that money and fame do not give one character, soul, or any number of qualities that one would consider as virtues.
Comedic gold mine, thank you!
The Taylor Hicks wannabe was not as scary as Red. I think Seattle was looking at its next serial or spree killer there.
"Don't be...not wait...don't be it, just sing it...don't bring it, just sing it..."
I should get that printed up on t-shirts.
Was he the pie-eyed software developer from Utah? Mrs. P. and I concluded he had Asperger's Syndrome and some devilish co-workers who put him up to it.
They do but are passed through anyway.
Keep in mind that when this whole thing started the judges were lesser figures. In the public eye Paula was pretty much an 80s has been (she's actually been fairly successful out of hte public eye but most of the audience didn't know that), and Simon and Randy were both "behind the throne" powers in the music industry (Simon actually invented the show, and at least at the start the record company he worked for was the one handing out the contracts to winners). And Simon got to where he was as an A&R guy, so listening to lots of people who can't sing and telling them so was nothing new to him. And the threesome made good TV as a judge panel, sacharine sweet, nice but honest, and downright brutal is TV gold in a threesome.
Really if the people would stop walking into the beartrap this whole section of the show couldn't exist. If wannabes would take the time to get honest real assessments of their talent, then there wouldn't be the crowd of hideous singers begging for Simon to insult them.
Heroes is indeed stupid. I made my husband sit through a rerun of Sleepless in Seattle last week and then forced myself to watch Heroes with him. It is all about compromise. However, both of us would have to be tied down to get us to watch Idol.
I would flip Chuck Barris on in like 1978 or 1979 when he was just about to get cancelled and he was pulling the hat over his head all of the time, some wild shows back then! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq3oKdY67u8
This morning I talked to Katharine McPhee, who did not watch the audition shows this week but heard about the controversy on "The View." On the subject, she told me, "There crosses a point I think where you start actually being mean about people's appearances and I think that kind of really is just wrong. I've never liked that part of the show. So, that's why I don't really tune in for the early part of it."
The contestants in Seattle deserved to be mocked mercilessly. These people were right out of a carnival freak show.
http://www.americanidol.com/videos/view/?vid=497
For the rest; It's entertainment. Not everyone in the world has a right to be not offended.
Some of you sound like a bunch of libruls, "I'm so offended and my feelings are hurt". Geez!.
:)
PS: I thought "Red" could be the next unibomber too.
heh. They're not getting those honest assessments from their parents - that's certain!
He reminds me of my son. My son has Asperger's and is a great kid, but doesn't pick up on social cues well. On my support lists Nick Zitzmann was a hot topic. Most of the parents thought he was treated cruelly as well. Compared to the usual treatment given to contestants, I would have to disagree. After Simon's initial remarks, I think the judges picked up that there was something not quite right and backed off. I had to admire Nick's attitude, though.
Sure they did. This is TV... there are no "accidents". They put the worst of the worst out there specifically so 37 million people could laugh at them in unison and then talk about it the next day.
(And here I am posting on an American Idol thread....[sigh]).
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