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PLEASE NOTE: The Reality TV World Message Boards are filled with desperate
attention-seekers pretending to be one big happy PG/PG13-rated family. Don't
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"Interesting article from the New York Times"
Karennz 112 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson"
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There actually were two articles about American Idol in today's paper. The main article discussed the voting system, which has been talked to death on this forum. However, some comments buried in the story were much more interesting. There are some fairly incriminating comments about why/how some less-talented singers got through this year. The article puts much of the blame on the three judges. Here's an excerpt:Perhaps no one should be shocked that race is as complicated a matter on "American Idol" as it is in, well, America. Some of the criticism has been hyperbolic, or at least reductive. According to one racial conspiracy theory, Ms. London's fall was blamed on the mysterious popularity of Jasmine Trias. But Ms. Trias, who is Hawaiian, is also a woman of color — she's Asian-American. As for the judges, they might have lowered their standards in order to assemble a group with the widest possible audience appeal. Specifically, they picked John Stevens and Jon Peter Lewis to be among the pool of contestants. These two cute, nerdy white boys were out of their league even in the earliest auditions. Mr. Stevens forgot the words to his song and received a withering lecture from Mr. Cowell; Mr. Jackson told Mr. Lewis he sounded "cartoonish." Yet both were chosen for the semifinals. Their value was clear: they attracted girls, particularly the young girls who are likely to watch, vote and buy. The fact that Mr. Lewis and Mr. Stevens made it past the try-outs based solely on their looks might be what caused "American Idol" to cease being the show it's supposed to be.
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