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Published Tuesday, January 17, 2006 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

AMERICAN IDOL: SEASON FIVE, DAY ONE

The madness resumes. Who knew that the nation's number one TV show would somehow combine the power of karaoke with the nostalgia of The Gong Show? And yet. And yet, American Idol. The fifth edition began tonight with the first two hours of what will be many devoted just as much to the downright awful lengths people will go to get on TV, now with the added twist of even meaner comments from Simon Cowell and mean contestant-on-contestant comments. If this is a reflection of our culture, methinks I don't like what I see.