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"Reality singing is the most noble gladiatorial competition of our culture"
"Why in these terrible times do we need a TV singing competition? Why do we need football? Why do we need to watch a bunch of guys in pajamas try to hit a ball with a stick? Reality singing is the most noble gladiatorial competition of our culture, with people fighting to the death not with rubber balls, but with song. Why does that upset you so much? We need competitive singing now more than ever."
—"American Idol" expert Richard Rushfield has finally visited "The X Factor." (Interesting: "X Factor films on the same stage as American Idol, but whereas the Idoldome stage faces south (if you are standing on the stage looking straight ahead) The X Factor stage is north facing.")
"My top Three: Lakoda Rayne. InTENsity. Marcus Canty." And that's when I closed the tab. (Lakoda Rayne is the ABSOLUTE WORST. Intensity contains a lot of awesome solo performers, which make sense considering the group was cobbled together arbitrarily from rejected awesome solo performers. Marcus's decent.)
I'd like to send all y'all back in time sing age 10 for a voice ejudicator. I mean. How fucking Soviet do we really want to be?
THANK YOU KATHERINE.
Lakoda Rayne is offensive on like ten levels. It's offensive to Native Americans. Offensive to porn stars who have thought up much better names. It's offensive to token brunettes. Offensive to the Dixie Chicks, even.
Also, don't I get to save my seat for at least 6 months as the Awl's American Idol expert? Are we really living in such transient times? I'm going to go buy coffee at McDonalds and this time I'm going to just go ahead and buy the breakfast burritos because really, who gives a shit anymore?
And Cho, don't tell me to shut up this time. YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!
@Jay Kang Offensive to good singing, offensive to country music, offensive to girl groups, offensive to my ears, offensive to 2Squar'd….
(The X Factor is SERIOUS BUSINESS, YOU GUYS.)
@katherine How did you get that name at #10,025???
@Jay Kang I am the only Katherine on the Internet. It's true.
And then, asked "What is best in life?" he replied: "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women."
Obviously the only solution is to bring back American Gladiators.
I was with him up until the last sentence.
It is lonely work to stand by Lakoda Rayne in the face of so much misinformation. But history will demand that you all apologize to me some day for your doubts.
But I'm very ready to switch to InTENsity also
"a bunch of guys in pajamas try to hit a ball with a stick" cannot be compared to a singing competition. Pajama-ball-stick is much more skilled and respectable, for participants and observers.