One shouldn’t write or even think too much about ‘American Idol.’ To be honest*, one probably shouldn’t even watch it. But I’m committed to doing so this season. And all the attendant thinking and writing as well.
First, let it be said that I am involved. ‘American Idol’ tells a story, and unlike other reality shows it does so in near real-time. I’m not so cynical as to think that the voting is rigged. No, I believe in the power of a single telephone vote to affect the careers of 36 individuals. That being said, the show has been on the side of Danny Gokey since the beginning. And how can it not be? Still, I think it was unfair to put him on at the end. We knew it would be a barn burner; he doesn’t need the bump of having his voice be the last we remember.
‘Unfair’? I am involved.
* ‘To be honest’ is one of Simon Cowell’s trademark phrases.
