Originally Posted By gadzuux My guess? Pills - she's already halfway to the valley of the dolls. And K2M - I agree. I tried to watch the show last night, and I couldn't make it through. The first girl who was a make-up "artist" at mall of america was lurid to watch. She was terrible, but she was also very vulnerable. After the judges chew her up and spit her out we watch her break down and wail - for MINUTES on end! Enough already. I'm toying with making another new years resolution - don't get caught up in this ridiculous program again this year. In the early stages, it's on for three hours a week, and I'm not sure that I want to give up that much of my time. The first two seasons I ignored it completely, but the whole phenomenon grew so huge that I got caught up. And it can be addictive - once you start you want to follow it all the way through. Or maybe I'll just give it up for lent.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka Every year the show seems faker. I have a hard time watching the judges be so mean. They don't have to be as cruel as they do, especially to the kids. I realize that the entertainment industry can be tough but there's no need to annihilate these people. (What does it say about America that we eat it up?) I will watch the show tonight since I live near Seattle but I am not sure I'll watch it much after that.
Originally Posted By GrumpysWife I found out last season that you don't miss a thing if you skip all these audition shows and start watching when they really begin singing...
Originally Posted By onlyme >>I may be alone in this, but to me, this audition stuff makes for tedious television.<< Umm, no, I don't think you're alone. It's just not as 'funny' as it used to be. But, I can understand why people watch it. I sat down and watched the first girl...it was sad/pathetic. To see the horror in her eyes. I mean, by the look on her face, she was under the assumption that she was headed to Stardom. Just embarassing to watch.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter The auditions stage of the show sickens me. Yes, some of the people who audition are terrible singers. But I just can't stomach the vicious, destructive criticism the judges sometimes engage in. The sheer cruelty of it is not entertaining in any way, shape, or form to me. I do enjoy occasionally watching some of the competition once the contestants have been selected, but that selection process is very off-putting to me.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Oh, and to get back on-topic, they showed a segment of Paula's satellite interview with our local station last night. It certainly looked like there was some sort of chemical alteration involved--boy howdy.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I would actually like the audition part if they kept it to people who were serious about performing, and were offered some constructive criticism. But the guy juggling last night, that was the most fake crying scene ever, it was all just a schtick to get on TV, and it worked.
Originally Posted By SunshineOR I agree that this part is horrible. I sort of half-watch these early shows while I'm doing other things, then I start really watching and enjoying the show when they get to Hollywood. I think what bothers me about this part is that they have thousands of people show, and the people who make it in to the judges are a few hundred chosen out of those thousands. I feel really bad for the kids who feel really good after making all the cuts and being selected to go before the judges, then they get laughed out of the room. I feel for the good singers who don't get through to this stage because all the freaks who want five minutes on tv are getting the air time. It bothers me and I think the show would have more integrity without this side show.
Originally Posted By CrouchingTigger I'm actually inclined to give Paula a pass on this. I've watched the interview that gadzuux linked to a couple of times and the reactions of the reporters she's talking to hints that they were having some technical problems with sound. Paula's "Good morning everybody!", which I've heard ridiculed, sounds like she may just be blowing off a little frustration with the problems. After watching the last two American Idol shows, she does seem to move around a lot. She's constantly spinning her chair and fidgeting.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo <---not going to be first in line to see her new "Bratz" production.
