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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Idolatry
I am the king of creativity today. Not only did I get my daily word goal written before noon, but I'm closing the show at the Comedy Studio tonight.
Last night, on the other hand, was just a simple descent into sloth. I did NOT make my pages, because I got distracted by American Idol, which has gotten just too mean for my tastes. Yes, yes. I know all right thinking hipsters everywhere already avoid the show, but I got stuck in its honeypot about 4 years ago and haven't looked back since. Hell, I feel guiltier than most people because of it, because I was once upon a time very good friends with one Brian Dunkleman. Remember him? Seacrest's co-host who got disappeared after the first season? Started comedy together and used to pass out drunk at each other's houses.
Anyway, the first few episodes of the season are always heavy on bad auditions, and those can be kind of fun. It's very satisfying to see a cocky deluded no-talent chump get their comeuppance. And sometimes, it's fun to see the freakiest of the freaky just splutter and screech. But last night, they ended up absolutely savaging more than one person who I'm pretty sure wasn't all there mentally, you know?
There's something just wrong about watching millionaires make fun of the retarded. It is, of course, an inevitable byproduct of a society that's made celebrity a commodity and desperation a dervative to be bought and sold like refinery waste.Labels: american idol, celebrity culture, sloth
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