American Idol 2007, fine just take the wallet...

Really, how much more of this can we as a society take. If it isn't the bad singing (and I'm not just talking about the rejected contestants), it's the slowly self-destructing judging panels. Last night's premiere in Minnesota was just about as unbearable as it gets in t.v. viewing. I'm not saying this in relation to the various singers who tried and were beaten down for either not being good enough, or being (let's face it) dellusional at their own talents or there lack of. I'm talking about the treatment of humans by the television show itself. From the locked door that made failed auditions look even more pathetic to the constant sheer evilness of the judges themselves. Jewel could not have come off any worse. She seems to be a very insecure popstar who is desperately trying to look away at her fading stardom that is rapidly getting ready to go supernova, and with all luck anhilate those next to her (Simon, Paula, and the black guy, I'm talking to you). I think Simon needs a reality check in the form of a hit to his midsection with a fire hydrant or maybe a tubesock full of batteries. I really think this show is headed for a real media storm the day some poor sap who has been a fan of the show since of the beginning gets the courage to bring his/her talentless ass up in front of the cocky trio to sing what he/she thinks is talent worthy. Upon getting shot down, dragged out (maybe told that his/her talent is the perfect sum-up of how bad their hometown's talent actually is), and overall beaten by what are three hyped up bags of blood, guts, and bones, they crawl their way to the hallway to awaiting cameras where they cry, sob, and grovel to a laughing American audience. A few days later this same person is found swinging from their neck in their parents' garage, and the lawsuits begin. The best part would be the pithy comeback Simon the ungrateful Englishman would have to say, expressing that we do no wrong and are essentially above the law. He'd probably continue with the fact the parents should be thanking him for the few seconds of fame the corpse had gained thanks to A.I., maybe go as so far to request more money for print of his name and the title of the show in any legal documents. I really can't wait for this day. More than likely most of America would side with Paula, Randy, and the Englishman in how right they were in their criticisms, and that those whom fall to the same criticisms deserve to go the way of of dodo. Call it is entertainment Darwinism.