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healingmirthAmerican Idol last night was horrible, so I'd already had all the soul sucked out of me by the time the less-bad parts happened. Andy Garcia sang Forever, and all I could think was that he was hunched over his guitar really awkwardly. And that he had a string section accompanying him from the audience, wth. Lee Dewyze shows up with an up-tempo song that's not staged like its a Vegas act, and all I can think is that "you've got to treat her like a lady, she'll give in to you" is a horrible lyric. Seriously, really horrible. Also, awkwardly sort of third-person once-removed song. I don't see any way that someone singing that song can connect to the audience over it.
Crystal Bowersox, still awesome, but I couldn't be excited about her performance, either. Sigh.
And this has nothing to do with the entry I was going to make today, but OMG, I can't remember the last time I was so depressed after two hours of television, and that includes embarrassment-squick reality programming, and movies where the pet dies.
ETA: Okay, just when I thought this week on Idol couldn't get worse. I. What? What was that opening to the results show? That is taking mashup culture and sponsorship/product placement/synergy/whatever to a place that makes me want to turn off the TV for the rest of my life. I can't even describe it. It was the closest thing I've ever seen on tv to inexplicable badfic.
ETA2: Why why why why why does big Mike have a rat tail hanging off the back of his hat. Is the country being punked? Am I suddenly a participant in some sort of experiment to see at what threshold I will throw something at the TV, like that experiment for how long it takes rage to set in when you're on hold?
ETA3: my impotent rage cannot be contained in text. I literally yelled at the tv 4 times during the results show, and none of it had to do with the actual results.
Crystal Bowersox, still awesome, but I couldn't be excited about her performance, either. Sigh.
And this has nothing to do with the entry I was going to make today, but OMG, I can't remember the last time I was so depressed after two hours of television, and that includes embarrassment-squick reality programming, and movies where the pet dies.
ETA: Okay, just when I thought this week on Idol couldn't get worse. I. What? What was that opening to the results show? That is taking mashup culture and sponsorship/product placement/synergy/whatever to a place that makes me want to turn off the TV for the rest of my life. I can't even describe it. It was the closest thing I've ever seen on tv to inexplicable badfic.
ETA2: Why why why why why does big Mike have a rat tail hanging off the back of his hat. Is the country being punked? Am I suddenly a participant in some sort of experiment to see at what threshold I will throw something at the TV, like that experiment for how long it takes rage to set in when you're on hold?
ETA3: my impotent rage cannot be contained in text. I literally yelled at the tv 4 times during the results show, and none of it had to do with the actual results.
