Classic AI recap from M.J.
As usual, M.J. gets it right in reviewing this week’s version of the reality show called American Idol.
…This is where I am supposed to yell at “America” for getting it wrong, but I don’t play it that way. As a long time IdolAmerican Idol is first and foremost a reality tee vee show that just-so-happens to feature some singing. Oh yeah, the singing! As much as the judges will wail on about how AI is a singing competition (they typically pull this card when they aren’t getting their way), well, we long time fans know better. watcher, I realized long ago that
I mean, I could whine that lesser singers like Haley and Sanjaya out lasted Chris–contestants who should not have even made the Top 24 let alone the Top 12 if we were to judge on purely singing ability. But it’s pointless. If AI were actually singing competition, it would run on the weekend, hardly anyone would watch it, and it would be called “Star Search.” And, I’d be off somewhere getting a life. Maybe…Read the rest at her blog.
Word is that M.J. got a life, all right. She’s traveling to hear the best live performer in recent times. In another life, I’d be here, after (of course) going here.
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