January 15, 2008Can we just say ... "actressing"?The two-hour premier just wrapped up and I have to say, it sure took Simon a while to get mean. It took 45 minutes for Simon to let go of one of his mean-spirited quotes. "Nothing about that was right. You've got zero chance of winning," he told Udgeet "Udi" Sampeet after his rendition of a Barry Manilow song. From that point on, Simon's mean spirit stuck around. He likened one female competitor to Willem Dafoe as the Joker. Another as "possessed," and a few dudes were just "creepy" and one girl was "identical to a nightmare." Are these insults tamer than usual? Or is it just that we're used to them? Maybe it's just me, but there was no real "wow" factor here. Perhaps I'm just desensitized to this stuff by the 7th season, but I just didn't feel blown away by anyone -- good or bad. |
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January 15, 2008
Can we just say ... "actressing"?
The two-hour premier just wrapped up and I have to say, it sure took Simon a while to get mean. It took 45 minutes for Simon to let go of one of his mean-spirited quotes. "Nothing about that was right. You've got zero chance of winning," he told Udgeet "Udi" Sampeet after his rendition of a Barry Manilow song. From that point on, Simon's mean spirit stuck around.
He likened one female competitor to Willem Dafoe as the Joker. Another as "possessed," and a few dudes were just "creepy" and one girl was "identical to a nightmare." Are these insults tamer than usual? Or is it just that we're used to them?
Maybe it's just me, but there was no real "wow" factor here. Perhaps I'm just desensitized to this stuff by the 7th season, but I just didn't feel blown away by anyone -- good or bad.
