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American Idol used to be one of my favorite shows. I mean favorite as in, I would sit and watch all the damn filler, and ever single performance and even call in to vote in an almost religious manner. So what changed? I mean, this is arguably the season with the biggest talent ever, and I’m just not into it. Am I growing up? Is the new found intellectualness of school finally getting to me? (side note: did anyone else know that intellectualness is ACTUALLY a word? I just found out cause of the spellchecker…..but I digress) I think the disappeal of Idol for me this season can be summed up in a word: Blake.
See, there is usually only one of two reactions to Blake, you either love him, or you find him corny as hell. I happen to be in the Blake love camp, which is why it is so disheartening to me to see him slammed so regularly by fellow Idol fans and the judges alike. I happen to think that he’s the most original thing to come to Idol in a long time. And in six seasons of Idol, I have only been wrong about the winner once, and what can I say, I still love Bo Bice. So what’s the deal? I’ve been pondering this far more than I really should, and I think I’ve come up with an answer: rascism.
I’m not even kidding about this. Think about it, if Blake weren’t white, would the beat boxing be corny? If he were black, would we call him misunderstood? I mean, didn’t beat boxing start as a hip hop thing? This theory makes far more sense to me than I can even say. Think about this: Eminem. The only truly successful and serious hip hop artist who is white……Blake being dogged for beat boxing.
I mean, it’s fine and all, cause I don’t actually want him to win the thing, but come on, give a guy a chance. You don’t have to like dance music, which is ACTUALLY what Blake is trying to do when he does his stuff, but dammit, I don’t really like country music, but that didn’t get me dogging on Carrie……
And give me some credit here, I know I’m probably just spouting nonsense, but you know what? I have a 3.9 GPA right now, so at least it’s partially educated nonsense, and you can take that to the bank!
See, there is usually only one of two reactions to Blake, you either love him, or you find him corny as hell. I happen to be in the Blake love camp, which is why it is so disheartening to me to see him slammed so regularly by fellow Idol fans and the judges alike. I happen to think that he’s the most original thing to come to Idol in a long time. And in six seasons of Idol, I have only been wrong about the winner once, and what can I say, I still love Bo Bice. So what’s the deal? I’ve been pondering this far more than I really should, and I think I’ve come up with an answer: rascism.
I’m not even kidding about this. Think about it, if Blake weren’t white, would the beat boxing be corny? If he were black, would we call him misunderstood? I mean, didn’t beat boxing start as a hip hop thing? This theory makes far more sense to me than I can even say. Think about this: Eminem. The only truly successful and serious hip hop artist who is white……Blake being dogged for beat boxing.
I mean, it’s fine and all, cause I don’t actually want him to win the thing, but come on, give a guy a chance. You don’t have to like dance music, which is ACTUALLY what Blake is trying to do when he does his stuff, but dammit, I don’t really like country music, but that didn’t get me dogging on Carrie……
And give me some credit here, I know I’m probably just spouting nonsense, but you know what? I have a 3.9 GPA right now, so at least it’s partially educated nonsense, and you can take that to the bank!