Friday, May 2, 2008

I'll take her spot

Apparently, being a judge on American Idol is much tougher than it appears. On Tuesday night, Paula Abdul proved that drinking alcohol and smoking crack are harmful to one’s short term memory. Yes, Tuesday night’s show was rushed and ‘fast paced’ for the normal Idol show; but how hard is it to remember five performer’s shows? For those of you who missed the show, here’s a recap:

Each performer was required to sing two songs in the regular one hour period. Due to time restraints, each performer was supposed to perform both songs before the judges critiqued them. Ryan Seacrest talked a mile a minute in-between performances and kept commenting that the show was running out of time. After the contestants finished their first songs, Seacrest went off script and asked the judges their opinions of each performer’s first song. Randy rattled off five critiques for the five performers and then passed the mike to Abdul. Abdul, oddly resembling a deer caught in the headlights, stumbled through a critique of Jason Castro’s first song. Instead of moving on to the other contestants’ performances, however, Abdul went on to critique Jason’s second song- a song, he had not yet performed.

Awestruck, I sat on my sofa and watched. I’ve made my share of mistakes and can empathize with slip-ups. But, I’m also not getting paid a million bucks a year. Abdul has got to go. She’s an embarrassment to women, unattractive, and dull. All I can think is that she must be one amazing lay. And that’s Hollywood for you.