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taumbu & cupofadam!!!
Adam has a pretty good sense of comedic timing in the DS presentation! He did a great job, and I love seeing him on TV!
Interesting reading the Steve Barnes review again. I remember thinking long and hard about it when it came out.
The reviewer loved Adam's all out performance, but didn't like his "safe" banter
between sets and felt that Adam was too nice at heart to be the next Freddie Mercury, and that the nice guy banter, indicating that Adam was just playing at being a rockstar, would hold him back from actually being one.
That guy saw one concert, noticed the discrepancy between performing Adam and banter Adam and put out an interesting theory. But I don't think he had it right. For one thing,
Adam is not trying to be the next Freddie Mercury; he is trying to be Adam Lambert, and while he will always be figuring out what that means to him as a performer, that is what will make him have authenticity in the end.
This reviewer saw Adam at the beginning of his headlining journey, thought the nice banter was significantly weaker than the wild performance that he loved, and tried to make the pieces fit critically for his review, but, after following Adam for all this time, I disagree with the place where the review ultimately goes.
Adam is nice and Adam is wild; that is who he is; ultimately, it is a combination that is every bit as intriguing to his fans as Freddie Mercury's persona was to his.
I love all the sides of Adam, especially when they slip into and over each other, surprising and mercurial in nature, one moment intensely fierce, the next radiantly joyful. It is at the base of what keeps me here after all of this time, waiting to see what comes next.
I believe Adam will be more spontaneous with his banter as he feels more safe and comfortable headlining tours, and that when he does, the discrepancy between his performance and banter will not be so jarring for reviewers like this one.
But, hey, Steve Barnes, naughty and nice is fun; it's sexy, and can be every bit as "rockstar" as anything else.
