No, not Fidel.
No, not Raul.
I'm not a closet Miami Cubano, longing for the day when the Castro brothers are gone from this Earth.
I'm talking about Jason Castro and the American Idol television show. This show is about the search for the next great singing star. Unfortunately, it becomes more of a popularity contest with talent relegated to the background. This is so true in the case of Jason Castro.
This young man is getting by on looks alone--the cute little white boy with dreadlocks, killer dimples, and hauntingly blue eyes. It is there that his appeal ends...
You see, this boy has no strength to his voice, just this hollow monotonous drone. Worse yet, is the interviews the public has to endure. Castro seems unable to put together a single coherent sentence...Then again, from the look of his eyes, he just might be on something every show.
While talented performers are ousted (case in point: Carly Smithson), Castro sneaks through unabated. Thanks, I'm certain, to gaggles of giggling teen girls who've mastered speed-messaging on their ever present cell phones.
For me, there is no appeal, there is just a desire to see talent rise to the top...
With that in mind...
Jason Castro must go!
4 comments:
I don't watch that show, but I know what you mean. Want a good white dread-locked singer? Look no further than Shadows Fall. That guy has crazy-long dreads (they go practically down to his knees), and if you're can appreciate death metal, he's amazing.
He's a dork. He can't sing. He can't articulate much more than vowel sounds. He sucks so badly, he's nearly perfect to win American Idol... not that I have an opinion about or anything...
As long as David Cook is still in . . . I don't care! I loves me some David C!!!
I am mildly surprised that he is still in the competition -- but hey . . . he's an Aggie too!
I am with you though . . . Carly is more talented than he is. Her rendition of Dolly's "Here You Come Again" was amazing.
Well you know I will agree, mostly. There is nothibg wrong with keeping a pretty face around, though, as long as talent wins out in the end. I just wish he would get rid of the dreads, he would look so much better.
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