Wednesday, March 14, 2007
American Idol: The Waste of Time and Energy Edition
When I speak of waste of time and energy, I’m not just speaking of the time I spend on a weekly basis watching American Idol; I’m talking about the things our government does when we aren’t paying enough attention. Example? Glad you asked.
From Shawn at the American Spectator’s blog, comes this story of aluminum bat banning fun. Or how about working hard to make sure that Angel Raich, a woman dying of cancer, can’t legally obtain the marijuana that eases her pain, gives her enough of an appetite to actually eat, and, essentially, makes living livable. Both of these stories represent time that the government spends doing things that government shouldn’t do: meddling to a completely unreasonable level in our lives.
Just sayin’.
Lakisha is safe. Gina is safe. Brandon looks worried. And for good reasons. He is in the bottom three for the evening.
Jordin Sparks is safe. Chris R is hideous. But he’s also safe.
Melinda is safe. Which, otherwise, would have been a horrible miscarriage of justice.
Phil is in the bottom three. Which makes sense.
Chris Sligh looks worried, too, but his goodwill carries him through an otherwise rough week.
Stephanie is safe. Blake is safe. Sanjaya or Haley? Can you really go wrong putting either of them at the bottom of the pile?
Catty aside: Diana Ross may no longer be spectacular, but she certainly is quite a spectacle.
That wasn’t very nice, was it?
Haley sits down because Andy had her number on speed dial. Or because Sanjaya was horrible yesterday--and, yet, he still gets to stay on the show.
Which is something close to criminal. Brandon didn’t sing or perform well enough to have survived much longer, but his vocals were miles above Sanjaya’s timid, unimpressive singing. For that matter, Haley’s performance was good only in comparison to Sanjaya’s. I’m starting to feel a little ill will toward the kid.
Brandon, though, goes out with class and dignity. He’s got a pretty voice--and, as the g-phrase would tell you, a pretty face--and he should have been on the show at least another week. Here’s hoping the future holds good things for the guy.
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Bats shouldn’t go ping.
I wouldn’t disagree with that.
I like Haley. Maybe next week I’ll listen to them sing.
Don’t ruin the illusion. It’s not worth it.
Brandon did not deserve to be the first to go. The guy has a good voice, I think one of the best of the guys when he’s on, and at least he had a shot at giving us a performance worth watching next week. Now we’ll have to sit through another inane few minutes of Sanjaya attempting to sing like the big kids. Grrrrrrrrrrrr. Who the h3ll is voting for that kid?!
Amen
If our idols were allowed to get old gracefully, Diana Ross could be respectable instead of a spectacle.
It would be nice, wouldn’t it?
I have to admit a little anti-Diana Ross bias, though. I’ve heard so many gossipy stories about how she treated the other Supremes that I started thinking she isn’t a particularly nice person. Of course, I have no way of knowing if any of those stories are true…
Either way, I’ve always been more of an Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight kind of guy.
As for who votes for Sanjaya--man, I can’t imagine that there are enough people voting for the loser that they are keeping him in, but I don’t know who he really appeals to. He isn’t that cute, he isn’t that nice, he isn’t talented. I just don’t get it.
http://www.votefortheworst.com
These are the folks who are keeping Sanjaya in the running. He’s going to be their poster child all year.
I honestly wouldn’t have thought that there would be enough wrong voters to make that big of a difference.
Sanjaya’s success makes me think I was wrong.
I like Haley. Maybe next week I’ll listen to them sing.
Uh, I’m pretty sure it’s her mouth that sings and not the yabos.
As for Vote for the Worst, I suppose it’s possible they’re keeping Sanjaya on the show, but I think it will soon reach a point where the votes become so consolidated that the worst will see the door.
Hell, maybe half of India is calling to support him…
Andy:
When I said “them” I was referring to all of the contestants since I haven’t heard any of them sing, but you’re right - she might as well be singing from her chest as far as I’ll ever know.