I don’t know much about the American Idol tour, but I do wonder why it goes so well. I guess it’s a part of American culture for everyone to be instantly attracted to it, because we put so much on celebrity, and apparently it doesn’t take much to be a celebrity these days. You can put anyone on TV and suddenly everyone wants to meet them and they are in high demand. It often leaves me scratching my head. I guess if you showed the same stick on TV long enough people would line up to see it.
I don’t have anything against the American Idol tour or the television show that spawned it. I watched the first season, and parts of the next ones that came along. I genuinely like Kelly Clarkson, and I was glad to see that she had won. What surprised me was all the uproar about the American Idol tour that followed. The entire top ten from the show toured. I wondered why everyone was so keen on seeing this show in particular.
I guess my problem comes from the fact that some of those on the American Idol tour didn’t work for it. I’m not saying they weren’t talented, but I am saying that some of them didn’t earn it. There are performers out there who are far more talented, but have toiled for years. They didn’t have a television show to boost them, and they are far more deserving of such attention. The American Idol tour just seemed to amplify how fickle the public can be, and that in some cases you can just stick anyone up there and people will be into it.
Perhaps I am being too hard on the American Idol tour and those who perform on it, and perhaps it’s just me that feels this way. Perhaps it’s because I am married to a man who play guitar, and he plays it better than many out there. He’s worked so hard and there is no American Idol tour like event to help him when he needs it. Life isn’t fair though, and I certainly don’t wish any of them ill will. You have to take success where you can find it I guess, and as long as the people attending the shows are happy, there’s really nothing to complain about. You won’t catch me going, but I am over the target audience age, and I don’t think anyone will miss me.
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