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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
12/10/08

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i have always wondered if the untalented

a. know they are untalented and will endure humiliation to be on the teevee

b. don't know and are delusional

c. a mix if a. and b.

d. other
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Bitter Poor
12/10/08

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: Whether or not you are "talented" is a loaded question. Talented is not the same thing as "has the ability to be commercially successful" -- a thing that has been proven many times.

For a lot of people who've never really been involved int he professional world, they honestly may have no way of knowing they suck. Their mom and their friends cheer them on, and most of the time, their circle of acquaintances has no idea of what it really takes to succeed.

And regardless of their reasoning, a dream is a dream. Just because you don't have the ability to realize that dream doesn't mean that its destruction is any less painful.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
12/10/08

@Bitter Poor: with all due respect, well, let me put it this way -- i **know** that when i sing dogs 10 miles away hide under beds
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BookishLookish
12/10/08

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This has elements of The Day of the Locusts, a soupcon of Network: screenwriters, get to it!
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BxgrlJeri
12/10/08

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I don't think this will have any impact on ratings.

For most AI freaks(both those who watch and those who participate), this story will be just a bump in the road to it's Walmart-sized place in the continuing saga of "All That Is Wrong With America."
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BxgrlJeri
12/10/08

@JLynRedux: *its. need. coffee.
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lobstr
12/10/08

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i don't buy it... if you watch the audition clip, Paula genuinely does look and act like she's never seen this chick before.. if you're sittin there as a judge on a TV show and your STALKER of 18 years strolls in, wouldn't you freak the fuck out and say something to the producers? I don't think she can play along and pretend that well, she really didn't appear to know who this kid was at the time. Lies lies lies!
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jasonelias
12/10/08

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I'm not sure the AI producers are that diabolical to let Paula's Lifetime Stalker audition for the ratings. She wasn't even that entertaining, the stalker I mean...
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Wrapitup
12/10/08

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if Abdul's allegations are true, then this would be just the latest instance when execs of a major company put short-term gain over long-term security. This could lead to terrible PR and lawsuits from the dead woman's family. Heck, even Abdul might want to sue. Her personal safety was compromised.

It seems particularly vicious to bring on one unbalanced woman simply to torment another, and then torment and taunt both until one of them commits suicide. If true, this is a new low.
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anxietydepressant
12/10/08

@Wrapitup: It's not an alt-term exasperastional
stop.!
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IBentMyWookie
12/10/08

@awhatsname: Are you the ghost of Paula Godspeed?
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Aaron Altman
12/10/08

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The Fox Network is going to borrow Fox News's "we wish her well" statement any minute now.
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contradicto
12/10/08

@Aaron Altman: Or something along the lines that Paula Goodspeed is now an American idle.
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Never Stop Dancing
12/10/08

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Paula Goodspeed was a performance artist who simply wrapped things up with her final act.
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Minsley Tortimer
12/10/08

but how do we get ALL performance artists to follow her lead?
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contradicto
12/10/08

@Minsley Tortimer: With the new Fox show: So You Think You Can Wow Us With Your Mime.
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llamalash★
12/10/08

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I'm not sure which is more shocking: that Fox would do this or that Abdul has a radio show.

(that's a lie, I totally wouldn't put it past Fox)
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contradicto
12/10/08

@llamalash: I thought it was Barbara Walters radio show.
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ouikant
12/10/08

@contradicto: Correct.
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llamalash★
12/10/08

@ouikant: Yeah, I read another article which made that more clear later. Ah well!
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Streeter
12/10/08

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If this is found true...then Fox should be held criminally for the death of this girl.

Purposely is one of the culpable mental states used in charging for criminal offenses.
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Minsley Tortimer
12/10/08

@Streeter: how long until this gets turned into a plot for law & order?
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MissNormaDesmond
12/10/08

@Minsley Tortimer: Someone is typing away as we speak, I have no doubt.
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podbaydoor
12/10/08

@Streeter: I smell a lawsuit coming from Ms. Godspeed relatives.
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blix
12/10/08

@Minsley Tortimer: Celebrity competitions happen and so does murder.
YEEEAAAHHHHHH!
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freedc
12/10/08

@podbaydoor: I don't know what grounds they would have. Paula Abdul could maybe sue for intentional infliction of emotional distress (though her contract probably bars her from any litigation) but that's a hard case to win. But the family of the girl could not sue for that, it has to be against you personally. Even if she hadn't killed herself, again, intentional infliction of emotional distress is hard to win. So this is like the Drew case where they had nothing to charge her with except they got her (for now) on a violation of an agreement and misuse of computers or whatever.

Hopefully, Fox will be punished by losing viewers. Does anyone even watch AI anymore?
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Colonel Mustard
12/10/08

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Fox hasn't felt shame yet, so I doubt this is going to do the job.
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Dot
12/10/08

@Colonel Mustard: In fact, I understand that Fox was founded with a mission statement of shamelessness (e.g., Married with Children).
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shag_carpet_bomb
12/10/08

@Dot: Celebrity Boxing?
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contradicto
12/10/08

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I always thought those audition shows exploited the mentally ill, kind of like how I used to manipulate my significant other.
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