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    Adam Lambert's Crotch Is Connected to the 'Send Angry Email' Button of Parents Everywhere

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    Image of mimigoliath mimigoliath
    11/24/09

    In reply to Adam Lambert's Crotch Is Connected to the 'Send Angry Email' Button of Parents Everywhere
    Were they complaining about Eminem and 50 Cent at all? Half their song was bleeped out because of cursing, and I'm sorry, but even implied cursing gets my special garment in a wad.

    That said, I would concur with the vocal criticisms of Adam Lambert's performance because he can do better than that, but if he hadn't kissed a dude, I would have been thinking "Damnit, what a sellout." I wanted him to kiss a dude, I wanted him to shove someone's face into his crotch, and I got what I wished for. Except for the shrieking. I was not wishing for that.
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    11/24/09

    In reply to Adam Lambert's Crotch Is Connected to the 'Send Angry Email' Button of Parents Everywhere
    Im going to be honest. I have nothing against gay acts on TV.

    But I certainly have things against really bad signing and crappy dancing. Adam might be this classically trained singer, but I just don't see what people like about him. Every time I have heard him sing my ears have bled.

    One of my biggest issues is he is always just slightly out of tune. Like ALWAYS. Not blatantly, he is on key (though he was NOT on key for this performance) , just out of tune to it slightly. His intonation seems to be always off when he sings live.

    I guess its hard to explain unless you have musical training.
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    Image of ediebeale ediebeale
    11/24/09

    @Jim Topoleski: It's hard for me to watch American Idol, because I have perfect pitch.-Jenna Maroney
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    11/24/09

    @ediebeale: Exactly. I should have mentioned that I have perfect pitch, but yeah thats exactly why I cant stand him, or American Idol in general.

    They could have all the training and be perfect technically, but if its just slightly off tonally it drives me up the wall.

    Its why I have issues seeing a lot of acts I like live.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    11/24/09

    @Jim Topoleski: It's not that he's actually off key---he just seems to hover at the bottom of the note.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    11/24/09

    In reply to Adam Lambert's Crotch Is Connected to the 'Send Angry Email' Button of Parents Everywhere
    As a heathen prancing sissynanny gayboy (who can sing), I can't stand that Adam may skate away from this because people will come to his defense over the man-kissing alone. The fact is, his singing sucked donkey, and the rest of the act was tacky and stupid, and he shouldn't be able to get away with it. He looked like an amateur being handled by amateurs on that stage. He should be forced to reflect on just how awful he was, and rethink how he wants to enter this business.

    Honestly, if that is the voice he has to offer, he should pack it in. I was embarrased for his vocal performance to the point where I barely noticed the visual crapness.
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    11/24/09

    @unclevanya: My fellow on-key Nancy Boy--I couldn't agree with you more!
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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    11/24/09

    @unclevanya: It was a crappy song, and a crappy vocal performance. But the guy can sing.
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    11/24/09

    @curiousgeorgiana: His breath control sucks, his technique is amateurish. He is a showboater more than an interpreter. I know lots of ordinary people who can do that, and he is no more deserving of the spotlight than they are.
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    Image of hotpinklovesofa hotpinklovesofa
    11/24/09

    In reply to Adam Lambert's Crotch Is Connected to the 'Send Angry Email' Button of Parents Everywhere
    Two guys kissing on TV will turn your boys gay but Miley Cyrus dancing on the pole at the Teen Choice Awards won't turn your girls into whores? Interesting.
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    11/24/09

    @hotpinklovesofa: Obviously this is a non-issue. Girls can only be born whores, while boys can turn gay.
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    11/24/09

    @hotpinklovesofa: [www.parentstv.org]

    They flipped out about the Teen Choice Awards before it even aired.
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    11/24/09

    In reply to Adam Lambert's Crotch Is Connected to the 'Send Angry Email' Button of Parents Everywhere
    I was tempted to call in and complain myself about that god awful song.
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    Image of Dot Dot
    11/24/09

    In reply to Adam Lambert's Crotch Is Connected to the 'Send Angry Email' Button of Parents Everywhere
    But isn't Adam Lambert's crotch connected to everything?
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    Image of BowlingForDollars BowlingForDollars
    11/24/09

    In reply to Adam Lambert's Crotch Is Connected to the 'Send Angry Email' Button of Parents Everywhere
    People being shocked at Adam Lambert remind me of the morons who got up and walked out during a David Sedaris reading.

    The first step in watching/attending an event is knowing the talent involved. If it offends you, don't go or watch. Simple as that.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/24/09

    In reply to Adam Lambert's Crotch Is Connected to the 'Send Angry Email' Button of Parents Everywhere
    You had me at Aziz Ansari. Apatow, I'm still kinda pissed about Funny People, but if you promise to finally leave Seth Rogen out of one of your movies, I think I see some promise.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    11/24/09

    In reply to Adam Lambert's Crotch Is Connected to the 'Send Angry Email' Button of Parents Everywhere
    Does anyone really listen to the Parents' Television Council? I'd like to see that.

    Oh, and don't they understand that they're just playing into his hands?
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    11/24/09

    @i'm a bottle: The PTC long for the days when Lawrence Welk would fire a performer for showing a little leg.
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    Image of Atilla the Bun Atilla the Bun
    11/24/09

    In reply to Adam Lambert's Crotch Is Connected to the 'Send Angry Email' Button of Parents Everywhere
    Anyone that can piss of the Parents Television Council is okay in my book. Didn't like Lambert on American Idol, but I'm kind of a fan now.
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    Image of senatormayer senatormayer
    11/24/09

    @Atilla the Bun: I don't even like him now, but I hate the PTC with a passion so he's got a pass.
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    Image of homoviper homoviper
    11/24/09

    @senatormayer: ditto
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Dollhouse Cancelled; Begins Journey to Nerd Martrydom
    No one should be upset at the cancellation of this dreck. It was a mercy kill. Doesn't Joss have enough clout now to a) avoid Fox and b) retain creative control over his product? Honestly, though, I still can't get over him thinking that Faith could do anything but be Faith. Why not just follow Dushku around South side Boston and be done with it? #dollhouse
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    11/11/09

    In reply to Dollhouse Cancelled; Begins Journey to Nerd Martrydom
    Speaking of Fox: On this week's "House," they had a Whedonesque, beloved-by-geeks writer whom the doctors suspecting of roofie-ing and taking advantage of a teen girl fan in his hotel room. It turned out he didn't do it (she had a medical condition that made her lie about everything, or something -- who can ever tell?), but he still came off as a sleazeball.

    Maybe that was the network's way of telling Whedon goodbye. #dollhouse
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    Image of eleusiswalks eleusiswalks
    11/11/09

    In reply to Dollhouse Cancelled; Begins Journey to Nerd Martrydom
    I love Buffy and Angel to death, and enjoyed Firefly. Dollhouse, I will admit, really grabbed me once it hit its stride. The season one finale "Omega" is a great bit of television.

    But Whedon is really starting to show his limits: half the characters on Dollhouse were retreads of characters he'd done before, for example, and I think he handled the 'memory and personality as comprising identity' thing with more subtlety and grace during the Dawn and Illyria plots on his first two shows.

    I'm also getting tired of his work invariably involving rape (symbolic or literal) as a transformative agent for women, because it's starting to really come across as his sexual fantasies on screen. I couldn't get into Serenity (the film) because of this - it just read to me as a broken little girl being tortured until she became someone/something Joss wanted to bone.

    Basically I think he needs to take some time off for self-reflection and maybe learn to edit a little bit. He's a talented guy, but he's worn himself thin enough that all his flaws are showing. #dollhouse
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    Image of once once
    11/12/09

    @eleusiswalks: Interesting take, you might be onto something. For me, "Buffy" was the only truly great show. I've often wondered if this might be due to the writing of Marti Noxon, now working on "Mad Men," and not Joss Whedon. #dollhouse
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    Image of eleusiswalks eleusiswalks
    11/12/09

    @once: That's definitely not the case, as Marti Noxon's tenure as show-runner on Buffy (season 6 in particular) was its absolute nadir. He may be a limited fetishist, but she was a total mess on that show. I think she's even apologised for it. #dollhouse
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    Image of Poop Cooper Poop Cooper
    11/11/09

    In reply to Dollhouse Cancelled; Begins Journey to Nerd Martrydom
    Wow, a lot of bite in this article. Of course, I can see why you're jaded - we've been through this song and dance once before, but the condemnation of Dushku seemed uncharacteristically strong.

    Of course, what's Sarah Michelle Gellar doing these days...? #dollhouse
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    Image of secretagentman secretagentman
    11/11/09

    @Poop Cooper: She shot a great HBO pilot that did not get picked up, and I think she's pregnant. #dollhouse
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/11/09

    @secretagentman: She just had the baby about a month ago. What was the HBO pilot? #dollhouse
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    Image of secretagentman secretagentman
    11/11/09

    @DahlELama: The Mathesons? The Millers? It was the last name of this insane family in NYC. Very very funny script, brilliant even. #dollhouse
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/11/09

    @Poop Cooper: Of course, what's Sarah Michelle Gellar doing these days...?

    Living as the answer to a trivia question. #dollhouse
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    Image of hadees hadees
    11/11/09

    In reply to Dollhouse Cancelled; Begins Journey to Nerd Martrydom
    Firefly was a show so amazing its hard to put into words. Dollhouse did not live up to that. #dollhouse
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