American I-dull

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Oy. Spare me. Please. While I enjoy American Idol as much as the next person, what is WITH these people who honestly think they can sing? How unkind for their families and friends to encourage what is so obviously NOT something they are even remotely good at. Real love and real friendship means telling the hard truth when it needs to be told. When little Bobby Shearer wants to go audition and you know he sounds like a dying goat, PLEASE tell him so. Better to hear it from family or friends than to be humiliated on national TV. And better to spare the audience from the horror that comes once they open their mouth and begin to "sing." Urgh.

The gal that went last in WI? Very scary. Someone needs to help her learn to apply her makeup. I actually had nightmares from viewing her portion. Eeek! And the kid before her? The 16 yo juggling/dancer/singer? His mom should have smacked him one for the language that left his mouth once he left the audition room. Don't hide your face behind your hands, mom. Use them to smack him good and hard. That kid is going to make an *excellent* functioning member of society someday. Yes, of couse I'm being sarcastic! Don't be firing that kid or he'll come in in the middle of the night and torch your office or home. Scary. Scary.

I've never understood this draw to being on television. When the price of admission is international humiliation, it's amazing the number of people that are battling to get in. Bizarre. I think that public humiliation is a *bad* thing - guess I'm just one of the odd ones. At least I've kept my dignity!

I liked very few of the singers in last year's competition. Here's hoping that this year ends up with a better choice.