It was to my consternation that I woke up this morning with a blinding headache and the realisation that the standard of TV is now in a very sorry state.
However, it would currently take too long to bitch about the WHOLE sorry state, so I shall just bitch about American Idol.
There is nothing wrong, in itself, with the concept of American Idol. Nothing wrong. In fact, I would salute whoever came up it for a genius idea that might possibly bring out the never-seen-before talent of various Americans. Unfortunately that only works in theory... the show has degraded into some awful farce that I can scarcely bear to watch.
Nevermind that you can vote twenty-thousand times for the same person as long as you have enough money, and presuming that your handphone doesn't dissolve from beta decay first. Nevermind that the voting process reflects pretty much none of what the American population really wants, and has degraded into some form of state-politics-rivalry thing. As long as it seems to be turning out people who appear to be credible enough, I shan't complain.
No, what I really need to gripe about are the shows. I fear they no longer (perhaps never did?) represent the idea behind American Idol; about finding -talent- amongst americans. I watched the show last night (which undoubtedly contributed to my presently blinding headache); I must report that it has become some kind of 'let's laugh at the losers who didn't make it' thing, which I find tremendously abhorrent.
I don't deny that there are failures. I don't deny that there are people out there who honestly think they can sing, and honestly have no talent whatsoever. The judges can say what they want to them; I think they probably brought it upon themselves. But when the show crosses the point where it's no longer about finding talent, but laughing at the people who have none, I say enough is enough.
So much for tolerance, then. So much for 'societal maturity'. If you're going to have a show that -publicizes- and makes fun of who we perceive to be failures, then I think that your TV shows are destroying the very 'mature society' that you're trying to create in your own country.
Imposing judgement and broadcasting, anybody? Sounds like Hitler, if you ask me.
I say American Idol has to go.
-Adam
Listening to: Halo 2 soundtrack. In Amber Clad.
5 comments:
agreed
-mattias
the laugh at the losers thing is only for the first few though. also i hate how clay aiken(lost to ruben) has more publicity. more momney has been put into clay than both of the black winners combined. i know i'm a conspiract theorist, but something's wrong w/ that. and the voting thing is stupid. aside from simpsons, tv is fucked, and simpsons is definitely markedly lower :)
Hey!! I resent that comment about Tv being complete shit. Well, okay so it is pretty shit, but don't you think who's line is it anyways is simply smashing? [who uses smashing anymore? Hahah..trying to revive it...] And Simpsons?! Okay, I do admit that SOME simpsons' episodes are funny, but come on what wit is there? It's just total slaptick sadistic comedy! I can get that by watching real life. Hahah...using up so much space here... sniff can't use msn till fri. hahah. No time. Gd luck for JG's.
well, yeah. Some shows are still decent, I have to admit. But a few good shows don't make good TV. The rest is crap.
what kind of weird tv are you watching? are you PURPOSELY watching those crap shows? hahaha... oh wells. you are right though, a few good shows do not make Good Tv.
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