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   XPost: alt.music.prince   
   From: jon'osull@yahoo.com   
      
    wrote in message   
   news:1175790253.810612.121750@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...   
   > It is precisely because the industry wants to perpetuate the fantasy   
   > that being anti-establisment is cool that people like Sanjaya are   
   > being voted for, thanks to propaganda that the members of the herd are   
   > not smart enough to notice. I have studied this very basic problem   
   > long and hard. This is an issue that does not help the real artists   
   > with talent, and it may well cause a backlash, but that backlash will   
   > probably not be enough to get American Idol off the air, because   
   > people who say it should go off the air will be seen as being pro-   
   > musical establishment. This is a classical example of how to co-opt   
   > the membership of the opposition. It will not cause American Idol to   
   > go away, it will just help perpetuate the myth of the American Dream   
   > that someone with no talent or style can rise to the top of the heap,   
   > when it is critical discernment that people should be using.   
   >   
    I don't think those who are part of this 'movement' really want American   
   Idol to 'go away'. It's more of a statement that the show and it's   
   process....sucks donkey balls. And It's very embarassing to Simon which is   
   fun.   
      
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