I have absolutely zero interest in this cadre of talent reality shows that teach people to shoot for glamorized mediocrity by inflaming their petulant, fevered, little egos. But all of those shows may be worth the weight of their crap in gold if only because every once in a while they give us the opportunity to witness the bit of sincere, magical, Nietzschean overcoming that is Susan Boyle (h/t: David Robinson at The American Scene).
Seriously, this is like the underdog scene out of a million movies based on a million peoples’ stories come to life. I teared up a bit watching it. If you haven’t seen it already, you should go check it out.
Burt Likko 
Will Truman 
Teacher 
Mary 
James K 
Jaybird 
Borat: “I do a picture, only small, of the Tishnik Masacre. Where many Uzbeks…crushed!”
Kindly Gray Hippie: “How did you feel when you drew this?”
Borat: “Very proud!”.
KGH: “I’m just listening with sadness…a little sadness for your people…?”
Borat: “Yes…no, it is not sad. It is us who do the kill!”
When in doubt,
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Bitter much? Are you saying that young, talented and frequently good-looking kids are less deserving of public acclaim than a middle-aged matron? It’s not about inflating the contestants’ ego, it’s about making the people sitting home on the couch feel better about their insipid lives by getting them to participate in contestants’ newfound success; the bigger the sob story or underdog status, the better. You’re double-fisting the “crap” my friend.
“…teach people to shoot for glamorized mediocrity by inflaming their petulant, fevered, little egos.” Kind of like having a wordpress blog, n’est ce pas?
Bravo for leaving a snarky comment to such an unworthy post. You’ve clearly put me in my place, Ellen.
I think the level of my snark reflects the odd voracity with which you hate on the TV-talent show contestants. I don’t follow these shows closely myself, and find their fans a bit off-putting, sure. Your post is only unworthy in that it looks like you didn’t think about (or investigate) the subject past its appearance at the American Scene, so you’re just regurgitating a main-stream opinion.
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