"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure." -- Helen Keller
OK, part of me feels really bad for posting this, since I'm sure American Idol alum Kellie Pickler is a really sweet girl. However, she did place sixth out of thousands of hopefuls on season five of American Idol. That says it all really; You get the idols you deserve. Music idols used to have real passion rather than feigned emotion, because they talked and sung about stuff they really believed in, and used their talent and position to try and make the world a better place. How are we going to find the next John Lennon, Dylan or Bono if we continue to mistake light entertainment for real artistry?
Like I say, I'm sure Pickler's a very sweet girl, after all she did do this TV show for charity, but she's not going to be changing the world with her music and the fact that she's one of our idols, along with the likes of Britney and Lindsay, is a poor reflection on us not her. But, hey, I don't want to get too high on my horse. Life is all about balance. I love my guilty pleasures. We all need a bit of yin with our yang, and a brain break from life's pressures once in a while. But perhaps it's us who should be wearing the dunces hat for putting up with too much of this stuff, which leaves little room for anything more thought provoking on our airwaves. Then again, perhaps the fact that an average American girl doesn't know that France is a country and Europe isn't is all the provocation we need to realize that something is very wrong in our corner of the world. After all ignorance isn't really bliss, it's effing dangerous as we see in the non-reality-TV real world.
