He seems like a very personable and charming young man
So you know that girl on Myspace who is apparently on a hunger strike to get Sanjaya voted off American Idol?
Everyone’s like “haha that is so dumb,” with which I surely agree, but I really think the more profound craziness of using an extreme method of political protest (employed by Gandhi, early suffragettes, and recently, prisoners at Guantanamo Bay) to try to change what is truly going wrong with a television show is too depressing to contemplate.
Someone is so committed to the purity of Fox-produced, Coke- and Ford-sponsored American Idol that they are willing to starve themselves. In a country that is at war. This is what Adorno and Horkheimer were talking about.
3 Responses to “He seems like a very personable and charming young man”
Sara on 25 Mar 2007 at 6:25 pm #
Is it wrong that I am now wishing I could vote for him?? haha me = bad person.
nic on 25 Mar 2007 at 6:57 pm #
Right on. In true protest, I plan to gorge on a double decker taco supreme with nacho cheese from Taco Bell this Tuesday as Sanjaya takes the stage.
brenda on 25 Mar 2007 at 7:50 pm #
I know, I know. I hope he stays on for weeks and she has to quit and the shame of failure forces her re-evaluate her sad, sad life.