The French must be loving this. Secondly, I think its success tells more of our particularly sadomasochistic vein in watching young hopefuls crash and burn. Who cares if they don t have talent?
We as a nation are watching kids from 15 to, what?, 25 audition in front of one of the meanest British guys around, one of our number one washed up dancer/singers around, and a bass player from Journey (he should try and not lose Steve Perry s number, just in case there s that very long over due comeback tour that no one is waiting for). I m speaking of Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson, respectively.
And just to break thought for a moment, when did it become chic to interview drunk? I mean Danny Devito does it on , granted he bad mouthed Dubya - which was great, but he still was three sheets to the wind from an all nighter with George Clooney. Then Paula Abdul who was just plastered and decided to do a series of interviews one after the other.
One interviewer even asked if she was all right. As Dean Wormer said in Animal House, Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son. These three have the be all, end all, opinion of what makes a star.
That knowledge was apparently divinely inspired. And, they, in their infinite wisdom, know what America, as a whole, will like. Well, not entirely, America gets their say as well.
Each show millions of viewers call from home to vote for who they think is best. ! We have a new American Idol who was elected by the modern populous.
That doesn t mean I m going to buy any of these idiot s CDs. It takes a lot more effort than that to separate me from my money. And, let me tell you, I ve made some really stupid purchases in my day.
I bought Fred Schnieder s solo album and No Joy in Mudville 11/08/2005: The Lighter Side of ADD The French must be loving this.
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