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Pop Idol

Ganesh

19:39 / 19.11.01

Thoughts on this? How much of its appeal (and I think it has an appeal) is 'music' and how much 'television'? Is it an updated 'Opportunity Knocks'? Is it televisual child abuse?

(Cross-posted to Film, TV, etc. As this is Music, however, you score extra for using the terms 'talentless', 'integrity' and 'bubblegum'...)

Cop Killer

06:10 / 20.11.01

Damn, I thought this thread was about Iggy and Billy...damn talentless thread about bubblegum having lack of integrity...

Spatula Clarke

15:58 / 24.11.01

Fuck integrity. Pop Idol is just atrociously boring. If it achieved nothing else, Popstars at least got a lot of attention for what it was doing - deconstructing the Pop myth, getting a lot of music snobs very upset.

The only time Pop Idol comes up in conversation is when someone mentions the judges.

[ 24-11-2001: Message edited by: E. Randy Dupre ]