This is pretty much the worst reality show ever.In a robbery that would make the cast and crew of Money Train jealous, Jai Rodriguez was eliminated from "Celebrity Duets" on Friday. I would have written about it earlier, but I was too busy engaging in high class pursuits like finishing "The Bell Jar" for like the 12th time (the book is so good, it makes me wanna stick my head in an oven!).
Anyway, although some jealous folks questioned the validity of having someone with Broadway experience like Jai on a show like this, he was clearly the best singer, and the American public deserved to see him and Carlton duel in the final round. Instead, we're getting Lucy Lawless and Hal Sparks in the finals (along with Carlton, thank heavens), which is just awkward. They have to know they're much worse.
Really, it's got to be one of two things:1) People were tired of seeing someone obviously better than anybody else and wanted to vote for all the underdogs. The classic American ideal of punishing someone for being better than us at what they're trying to do.
2) Ol' fashioned gay bashing. Not a comforting thought, and given the considerable gay following Ms. Lawless and Mr. Sparks have, probably not actually the case, but suspicious enough.
Either scenario point to the assertion made in the opening of this post: this is pretty much the worst reality series ever.*
* although not actually nearly as bad as "Temptation Island," "The Will," "Unan1mous," "Who's Your Daddy," "The Littlest Groom," "Skating with Celebrities," "The Anna Nicole Show," "The Simple Life," "Tuesday Night Book Club," "House of Carters"** and many others
** just guessing on that last one, but come on.
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