I am an American Idol fan. That's not going to change, but I found this article interesting and thought I'd share.
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=213379&mpc=2
"In the past, 'American Idol' (airing Tuesday and Wednesday) upped the age for contestants to 28 and divided the finalists evenly between men and women. This year, it's trying a little anti-tenderness.
Weight and sexuality are favorite targets, as in previous seasons and just like around the typical school yard. But there is new venom in everybody's blood, and emotional fragility be damned.
In last week's Chicago audition, a heavyset woman with an exceptional voice got a thumbs-up from the judges and then chief provocateur Simon Cowell suggested the show might consider a bigger stage.
This especially cheap insult came from a man who also knows how to wittily target the performance, not the person......However, when it comes to the show's bluntness about contestants, heavy or otherwise, that's simply reality, said Peggy Howell, spokeswoman for the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance.
'We're burying our head in the sand if we try to pretend people don't have those attitudes and think and say those things,' said Howell."
I don't have anything to add, really...just wondered what others might have to say about it. I admire many of these people for exposing themselves in this way...whether good or bad...it takes guts...or perhaps ear plugs, in some cases.
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=213379&mpc=2
"In the past, 'American Idol' (airing Tuesday and Wednesday) upped the age for contestants to 28 and divided the finalists evenly between men and women. This year, it's trying a little anti-tenderness.
Weight and sexuality are favorite targets, as in previous seasons and just like around the typical school yard. But there is new venom in everybody's blood, and emotional fragility be damned.
In last week's Chicago audition, a heavyset woman with an exceptional voice got a thumbs-up from the judges and then chief provocateur Simon Cowell suggested the show might consider a bigger stage.
This especially cheap insult came from a man who also knows how to wittily target the performance, not the person......However, when it comes to the show's bluntness about contestants, heavy or otherwise, that's simply reality, said Peggy Howell, spokeswoman for the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance.
'We're burying our head in the sand if we try to pretend people don't have those attitudes and think and say those things,' said Howell."
I don't have anything to add, really...just wondered what others might have to say about it. I admire many of these people for exposing themselves in this way...whether good or bad...it takes guts...or perhaps ear plugs, in some cases.
