Last Nights American Idol

I've been watching this show for 5 years now and it's hard to explain but I find it fascinating and brilliant.
Fascinating like driving slowly passed an accident...Brilliant because it's all about marketing genius.
Think about it. You get people to watch amateurs sing, and then you get to vote and then you tune in the next night to see how your votes turned out. You're actually invested in the show, not only night to night but each week as the contestants are eliminated.
I've always liked it even when others thought it was just some stupid "reality" show. I felt it stood apart because it was just so smart.

Of course I also love to watch Simon rip everybody a new intellectual a-holes. It's amazing how dumbed down America is.
Here's what I mean.

Randee Jackson is a talented, very respected player/producer who I've seen interviewed and "Dawg" never comes out of his mouth. Yet on the show he's adopted a much dumber version of himself...although I will say this year he's not playing it up as much.

Paula is well Paula. I think there must be something wrong. Fell and hit her head, jungle blow dart, wrong prescription, who the hell knows, just something. She's less dizzy too this year but still sometimes incomprehensible.
"Your just, you and your artistry, just be the magic and your personality is, we just love you!" A fairly typical Paula sentence.

Simon Cowell is by far the smartest cat on the show. Yes even smarter than Ryan. He is the voice of reason and he knows that even though he's getting booed in the studio we're all cheering him at home. That's why he gets the big bucks.

Last night he was talking about how one contestant was so unforgettable he didn't know her name.
Paul said it's Haily.
Then Simon said, "what's her sir name?"
Both Paula and Randee looked at him like he'd just asked them, "What's her spleen size?"
I rewound it to watch it again and I'm telling you neither of them had clue-f-ing-one what he meant by "sir name".
That moment said a lot about America for me and how unfashionable it's become to uh, "know" stuff. Not just there, but here too.
Sure it's a small thing but it says something.

Anyway back to A.I.
The girls are all better than the guys, they should vote the men off and just keep the chicks.
Especially that delicious Barba girl who can't sing so much but is easy on the eyes.