I’m not exactly sure why everyone seems so stuck on Glee, the breakout hit about a high school glee club, but it has overtaken pop culture this year. The only aspect I really enjoy on the show is Jane Lynch, who has created another brilliant comedic character in Sue Sylvester. The kids sing and dance well enough, I guess … but is the whole point of the show simply to have these kids recreate songs and pop culture moments?
Anyway, Lynch and company showed up for the extended song and dance number that opened last night’s Emmy awards. Host Jimmy Fallon really went for it here, and it was nice that so many stars from other shows came out and participated as well. Well done!
The thing that kills me about what’s happened to honest dialogue in America is that both sides – liberal and conservative – use tactics of fear, mockery, hyperbole, and sarcasm to frame the debate. But sometimes the target is just too juicy and obvious to ignore:
The Republican party must be a joke. It’s filled with religious Nazis who think the Constitution is a chapter in the Bible, homophobic loudmouths who invariably end up fucking dudes, and women who cannot comprehend the English language. It needs someone to stand up and lead them to the final distillation of their craziness. That someone is Christopher F. Young.
Young is the Mayoral candidate for Providence, Rhode Island. To promote his candidacy, Young stopped in on a local television show called The Rhode Show (clever!). Once on live television, he proceeded to disembowel himself so spectacularly that, if he happens to win, it will only be by the grace of God in order to bring about Armageddon.
Meanwhile, host Elizbeth Hopkins showed steely reserve as she somehow managed to not laugh directly into his fat face. She clearly needs a job on a major network after her performance here. Or perhaps she should run for Mayor. Not only did she keep a straight face, but she also proved to be genial under pressure when she flatly turned down his offer to come back and sing for her again later in the week! WHAT A PRO!
I think this guy should team up with Basil Marceaux to form a new party. We’ll call it the Retard Party. It’s very much like the Republican Party, except just slightly less intelligible. They’d be UNSTOPPABLE!
Even though I do like some of Lady Gaga’s music, her ascension underscores what’s wrong with American music – it’s far too often driven by looks, camp, and visual style. Can’t sing or play an instrument? WHO CARES! Just have an interesting look!
Even though America’s Got Talent is supposed to be searching for the next big star, the show has been taken over by some deranged freak who calls himself Prince Poppycock. Granted, the guy has a pretty nice, operatic voice when he actually sings. But, as it is made painfully clear in this video, the guy’s look and the camp aspects of his performance vastly overmatch his vocals.
Sharon Osbourne is completely wrong about this “guy” being the next superstar. NO WAY. What kind of music can this guy produce that doesn’t come across like a made-up Tiny Tim?? He might have a fine future haunting gay bathhouses, but a pop superstar on the order of Lady Gaga? It will never, ever happen.
I’ve never watched Real Housewives Of New Jersey because, well, I have a life. It apparently follows a group of women who are all somehow interrelated by blood or marriage, with the exception of show “villain” Danielle Staub, who seems to like causing trouble among the other housewives. I guess she doesn’t return the borrowed sugar … I don’t know.
The show has only been on television for one season, and they’re already having a reunion show – huh? Apparently the bitches got too bitchy, and some of the women left, including Ms. Staub. So now they need to be brought together again for the sake of the fans … um, what?
Meanwhile, Ms. Staub is showing us that she doesn’t need a television show to launch her talents into the stratosphere. (more…)
