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[mlknchz]

When did "A person can do anything they set their mind to turn into "It's wrong to try to discourage people from doing things they clearly have no talent for"?
I'm speaking, of course, about American Idol. Some of those people are so patently horrible that I find it impossible for no-one to have noticed how ghastly they are. Apparently though, no one brought this to their attention. People didn't want to be "cruel to them" or "rob them of their dream".
For some thing (a great many things) merely wanting it and working hard don't do it. These things require talent to do well.
Everyone has a talent, everyone can do something extremely well. It is not doing someone a favor to let them live in ignorance of the fact that what they WANT may not be it. Indeed, it is diverting them from finding their REAL talent. It wastes time and energy that could be better spent doing something else.
That having been said, it needs to be presented to people in a diplomatic and kind way, whilst still making your point clear.
*shrug*

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[inertiam.livejournal.com]

People didn't want to be "cruel to them" or "rob them of their dream".

There's already a time and place for that - they're called open mics.

[mlknchz.livejournal.com]

LOL..there ya go. But see, here's the thing, there's karaoke, and these people STILL think they can sing.

[inertiam.livejournal.com]

Yes... but... we live in a country where Pres. Bush's press conferences are taken seriously, as if the man was actually saying something -- you know, one can't expect too high of standards in a standardless millieu.

[mlknchz.livejournal.com]

Ture...
BUT, if you had a friend who was an amateur poet, and he was fine, in that context, who told you he was going to turn pro....wouldn't it be your duty as a friend to advise him not to quit his day job?

[inertiam.livejournal.com]

I'd never advise any poet to quit their day jobs.

[malcarne.livejournal.com]

well put

I've noticed a trend on this season's AI for contestants to belt their selections in complete monotone; not flat, not off key...just a loud, blaring monotone. WTF?

[mlknchz.livejournal.com]

I've also noticed that every man-jack and woman-jill of 'em have taken singing lessons from "voice coaches".

These people should be strung up