Tuesday, August 21, 2007

America's Got Hasselhoff
So for some reason unknown to man my mom has been watching America's Got Talent for a while. Since I usually hang out around any TV that's on (I like the background noise), I end up watching it too. And god, is it awful. It's like American Idol but for everybody, which means you get not only bad singers but also people with really stupid "talents". Personally, I would take Simon over the Hoff any day, because at least Simon doesn't base all his decisions on how much he was aroused by the performances. I'm pretty sure Hoff just puts through the girls with big tits and knocks off any guys he doesn't deem manly enough. Just my kind of guy. He would make a good, hmm, stuffed paperweight? Hunting trophy? Dartboard?

My least favorite of all the performers so far is Butterscotch. There are so many reasons. First is her "talent" of beat-boxing--alone it's pretty cool, but she likes to combine it with singing, which is about as effective as playing the flute and singing at the same time. It just doesn't work, sweet-cheeks. Pick one and go with it. The second reason I can't stand her is her stage name. It is not a stretch to say that it sounds like a stripper name. What sane woman trying to make it big on vocal talent uses a handle that makes her sound like a pole-dancer? She seems fairly sensible as far as the everyday, but when it comes to publicity, it seems she can only manage to appeal to the porno-watching crowd.

This brings me to something else that's been bothering me: wanton "femme fatales" as heroines. Pretty much every show starring a "powerful" woman ends up copping out and making her sex-starved and easily won over by a rough hot guy, or else she can't ever get her way except by seducing anyone and everyone in her path. I'm not surprised women have these fucked-up images of themselves with this kind of crap on TV, in books, everywhere. I would like to give at least some guys more credit than they're getting from popular media; not every male runs on sex and beer. But according to this strange media entity, the only way to get by in a man's world is to sleep with them so you don't get trampled. It's sick, really, that people put up with this and are then surprised that gender roles haven't changed much. I may not be an optimist or an idealist, but I would like to think that the human race is worth sustaining.

Anyway. I hate people still. I believe they can improve, but they haven't yet, so until that day, screw people. >:O
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