American Idol has succeeded in taking a few musical non-entities and making them over into wealthy celebrities.
It has, in other words, followed through perfectly in its mission and capacities.
American Idol has succeeded in taking a few musical non-entities and making them over into wealthy celebrities.
It has, in other words, followed through perfectly in its mission and capacities.
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Andy Warhol's prediction that everyone will be famous in the future...for 15 minutes...seems unfortunately very applicable these days.
Modern technology has made it possible for mediocrity - its size or ubiquity magnified by the technology - to imitate creativity. The result is that real creativity is chased away by an ersatz Gresham's Law, where in a showdown of Culture vs. Kulcher, the latter wins.
Celebrity trumps artistry.
Has everyone seen the movie (available currently on Netflix) called "God Bless America"? (the first 5 minutes are a bit gory, but after that it keeps getting better and better)! Our protanganist Frank says what we are all saying.
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