3.4.11 Adam News & Info

I applaud you for this post. I have been struggling with my ambivalence about this issue. If the diagnosis of Aspergers is correct (not suggesting it is a ploy, but the diagnosis is difficult, and people are sometimes misdiagnosed), then James is doing very well dealing with this condition. He interacts with others more significantly, engages in appropriate hugs, looks directly at people more than I am accustomed to with people with this syndrome. However, his irritating or off-putting manner might be unavoidable; he may not have any idea how he appears to others.

Still, I don't believe James should be held to a different standard than other contestants because of his syndrome. As many of you know, my profession is working with people who have a disability. I am an advocate for "reasonable accommodations" that allow a person with a disability to function to the best of their ability. That said, if they cannot do the job, they cannot do the job. (I am not about to demand that deaf people be hired to work as flight controllers speaking to pilots over the radio.)

American Idol is, and always has been, a popularity contest, not just a talent contest or a singing contest. If it were a singing contest, that's all we would see them do. Or better yet, we would not see them at all, but just hear the voice. Idol contestants are voted for because people like their sound, their type of music, their look, their fashion, their persona, their personality, their back story, and the relationship the develop with the other contestants, and the audience in the studio and at home.

Since that is the design of the show, I think that James needs to be judged on those things just like any other contestant, and let the chips fall as they may.

J/S

The problem I have with James comment to Hollywood Gossip is that HE is the one that invoked Adam's name! HE is the one who chose to sing ACIGC with Adam's lyric change!
Did anyone besides me notice that he used the phrase "we are different stylistically" like Adam did in his tweet about James?

[shadow=red,left,300]WELCOME BACK JADEDXPF [/shadow]


I am glad you stuck your head in. I have missed you. I don't do twitter.

One of the things that turned me off of Gokey(one of the many) was that he kept giving that heart message with his hands. It was part of a commercial for an eye glass company at the time of Idol and he kept wearing new eye glasses each week. I always thought that he was pimping for the eye glass company.

But, so what? Hasn't Adam said that when he was criticized for being theatrical, he thought 'well, pop music is theatrical - look at Gaga.' But, he got tired of the comparisons, eventually. Durbin got tired sooner. Does that make him so horrible? Yes, I noticed he made the same point Adam did. That's because . . . he's trying to make the same point.