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We like American Idol. Too much.
Two hours of dying, illiterateand malnourished children is about all I can take before I feel so guilty and ashamed that I make the ultimate donation and take my own privileged, well-fed life. And the addition of Queen Latifah and the Black Eyed Peas makes it that much worse. But luckily my DVR cut off so I'll live to be snarky another day. (Speaking of my DVR cutting off, why in God's name can't the producers of Idol fit two hours of programming into the fucking two hours it was slotted for? Seacrest already has a death grip on my Tuesday and Wednesday night for at least an hour a night. Instead, I frantically called people to find out the winner only to have my friends tell me to "Shut the fuck up, asshole" and remind me that I'm one of a small community on men in their mid-20s who actually cares about American Idol. Some friends, right?
Anyway, the whole Idol Gives Back thing is a little overwhelming for me. And while I appreciate the cause and effort, most of the people performing for the event kind of suck. Case in point, BEP (but what else is new?), Joss "DON'T LOOK ME IN THE EYES!" Stone and even Alicia Keys. The whole thing was exhausting to the point that I was little relieved to see my DVR cutoff. Sooooo many desperate and needy children, how can we even start to make a difference?!
Then once I found out it was Tim Urban who got the boot, a smile spread across my face and I thought that maybe there is a hero in each of us, with the ability to change to the world for good.
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