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Published Friday, January 20, 2006 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

AMERICA IDOLIZES KARAOKE

If you don't believe me, then ask yourself, what's the most popular show on TV? And what, pray tell, is the most popular show on TV about? Just ask Marti Speranza, founder and owner of Limelight Stage + Studios in downtown Boston. “It’s really the same thing. Amateurs singing covers over prerecorded tracks. Only ‘American Idol’ doesn’t have that stigma of being karaoke.” Read more of my interview with the enchanting Ms. Speranza here.

In the meantime, already with the Idol kids in jail? And it's the twins? I mean, the good twins? Well, maybe not-so good twins. Argh.

By the way, I believe the Disco Marmalade tribute at the end of Idol's first episode was all a pre-planned sham, designed to maximize the shaming process. That is all.