Katherine Meizel
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Yes, yes, yes. I keep
Yes, yes, yes. I keep talking about this, but I think it might also have something to do with the recent focus on rock, which is traditionally more gendered as male than pop--which, as Maria points out, is ruled by young women. Re: the importance and d ... -
My Response Is Too Long!
so I'm posting twice! Thank you all so much for your excellent comments! @Maria—great point about Twitter as a campaign tool this season, and the Christianness of the Top Two. Thanking God or Jesus, deflecting the “glory” to a higher power, has bee ... -
Part 2
@Alfred—re: the issue of Southern winners—good call! There have only been 2 non-Southern winners out of 10 (the other one beside Lee was Jordin Sparks, who was from Arizona). For a while people were pinning this phenomenon on the fact that the mobile pho ... -
Ah, well, I still see your
Ah, well, I still see your point--I was actually a voice major at Oberlin (not telling you when!) and your reply made me think of a few things, for example: 1) that even in opera today, looks are emphasized today more than ever, especially (as always) fo ... -
Cobain
Right on. I do think the show has grown up a lot since the beginning-- watching the early weeks of The Voice, which is promising but still finding its footing, has really brought that home for me. btw, your clip reminds me that once Simon Cowell said to P ... -
I do think that S.Ty combines
I do think that S.Ty combines many qualities of both Simon and Paula (including--and I am self-indulgently quoting my own writing here--Simon's wandering eye and Paula's wandering mind). I also like to say that Simon was teaching America to judg ... -
Re: Too HAWT To Win
Bodies
I've always found it curious that Idol in general kind of discourages almost any explicit articulation of sexuality (even heterosexuality, and especially female sexuality). It's a pop show, and pop is so about the body. Usually there is very lit ...