"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” is an expression coined by Andy Warhol in 1968 (wikipedia). He believed the media could enable anyone to be famous, if only for fifteen minutes. This could not be anymore true, take for example American Idol, where now all of the ‘nuts’ are coming out of the closet for their “fifteen” minutes, because the more bizarre they seem, the more media attention they will get.
American Idol has found some very talented artists in the six years that it has been on the air, such as Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, one of the highlights of the show are the “bad auditions”; I admit I looked forward to a laugh when they air them at the beginning of each season. But now the auditions have become a forum for the bizarre, abnormal and untalented to gather for the hope of only making the televised “bad auditions”, for their fifteen minutes of fame. Who can blame these people after all, William Hung received a $25,000 check and record deal from Koch Entertainment, multiple television appearance to include The Tonight Show and appearances and sporting events and all of this, after his horrid rendition of “She Bangs.”
Access Hollywood conducted an interview with Paul Marturano also know as Paula Abduls Stalker. His audition was televised on January 16, 2008, where he performed a love song that he wrote for Paula, called Stalker. To watch this video, it makes my skin crawl; this guy truly gives me the creep vibe. Simon had security take him out of the audition when he kept approaching Paula and the whole feeling was that this guy was in fact a stalker. Well, turns out that Mr. Marturano is an accomplished piano player and comedic song writer of ten years. He has a web site and CD's for sale and is your typical struggling artist. He explained to Access Hollywood that he had performed the song for American Idol a couple times prior to actually making it in front of the judges; that tells me American Idol knew the content of the song and still let him go on to the audition, eager for a reaction from the public. Now, Mr. Marturano has been on countless radio station interviews, scheduling television interviews and everyone is looking at the video and his web page; he may be a loser on American Idol, but he has won his fifteen minutes of fame and then some.
American Idol shouldn't have aired such a disturbing video; they are setting the precedence for your “Fifteen Minutes of Fame” even higher or lower depending on how you look at it. Come not only the bizarre, abnormal and tacky; but bring us your sexual predators, stalkers and psychopaths too. I think it’s gone far enough and that the show should be re-named American Idiot.
References
Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia. (2007). Fifteen Minutes of Fame, Retrieved January 18, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_minutes_of_fame
If you want to check out Mr. Marturano's audition be advised he acts creepy...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCAUoas_LaA
A site to book Mr. Marturano for work, it shows him actually playing the piano and being normal...http://www.gigmasters.com/rock/PaulMarturano/
Access Hollywood conducted an interview with Paul Marturano also know as Paula Abduls Stalker. His audition was televised on January 16, 2008, where he performed a love song that he wrote for Paula, called Stalker. To watch this video, it makes my skin crawl; this guy truly gives me the creep vibe. Simon had security take him out of the audition when he kept approaching Paula and the whole feeling was that this guy was in fact a stalker. Well, turns out that Mr. Marturano is an accomplished piano player and comedic song writer of ten years. He has a web site and CD's for sale and is your typical struggling artist. He explained to Access Hollywood that he had performed the song for American Idol a couple times prior to actually making it in front of the judges; that tells me American Idol knew the content of the song and still let him go on to the audition, eager for a reaction from the public. Now, Mr. Marturano has been on countless radio station interviews, scheduling television interviews and everyone is looking at the video and his web page; he may be a loser on American Idol, but he has won his fifteen minutes of fame and then some.
American Idol shouldn't have aired such a disturbing video; they are setting the precedence for your “Fifteen Minutes of Fame” even higher or lower depending on how you look at it. Come not only the bizarre, abnormal and tacky; but bring us your sexual predators, stalkers and psychopaths too. I think it’s gone far enough and that the show should be re-named American Idiot.
References
Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia. (2007). Fifteen Minutes of Fame, Retrieved January 18, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_minutes_of_fame
If you want to check out Mr. Marturano's audition be advised he acts creepy...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCAUoas_LaA
A site to book Mr. Marturano for work, it shows him actually playing the piano and being normal...http://www.gigmasters.com/rock/PaulMarturano/
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