On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Fox states the contestants were cut loose when it was revealed the > contestants had criminal records. The contestants believe they were > not judged by the content of their character, but by the color of > their skin. > > Just so we're clear, I honestly don't care about AI, but I know that > after the season of Big Brother (I think it was the 2nd) when one of > the contestants brandished a knife in a threatening manner, it has > been policy to cut reality show contestants with criminal records. > Based on that, and based on the volume of African American contestants > (and winners), no way the lawsuit proceeds. > > http://www.businessinsider.com/american-idol-racism-lawsuit-2013-1 I can't tell from Kevin's last paragraph if he means the volume of African American winners on Big Brother or American Idol. From what I can tell from the wikipedia page, AI has had 3 AA winners in its 11 seasons (counting Jordan Sparks), and, as is well known, the last five seasons have been won by white guys with guitars. I don't think that reflects racism by the producers, but it does reflect that the audience for this show, at least in the last half of its life, is white girls and older women, particularly in the south. Perhaps it was an attempt to broaden the demographic that led them to add Nicki Minaj to the judging panel, but I do agree with Melissa, she is so relentlessly obnoxious that she makes the show unwatchable (notwithstanding its watchability even without her). I detest Mariah Carey, though she is less annoying than I thought she would be, and Mr. Kidman is a non-impact player. You know something is seriously wrong when Randy Jackson is the most appealing judge on the panel. Adam Levine was one of the worst SNL hosts I have seen in a long time (well, literally in a week, since the Hunger Games girl was not very good either), but I would much rather Levine and the country boy on The Voice shoot the shit for an hour than expose myself to 5 minutes of the current AI panel. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
