[nabs-l] American Idol in the Making?

[Beth]

Whoa.  I don't call Scott a hero either.  But I would still not
audition myself because I'm a music major in a college.
Beth

On 1/14/09, Sarah Jevnikar <sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca> wrote:
> I would agree with you Marc (I remembered the c this time). Overcoming a
> handicap for American Idol? I don't get that. It's great that he's doing it
> but he's not a hero in my books.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of mworkman at ualberta.ca
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:39 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] American Idol in the Making?
>
> Alright, so I watch American Idol too, though I would never admit that
> anywhere other than a public listserve.  I thought you might like to know
> this is not the first blind person to make it to Hollywood on the show.  A
> few years back, 2005 I think, a blind woman made it to Hollywood as well.
> Her audition for the judges was never shown on TV, and I think she said she
> only appeared on TV very briefly while in Hollywood.  I'm sure you could
> find some info on her if you did some digging.  She did an interview about
> her experience on some blindness related podcast.
>
> I don't know why, in the one case, the producers didn't show the audition or
> discuss the blindness, and yet in the recent case, they really focused on
> it.
>
> As per Joe's request, I won't mention why or why not Scott made the blind
> look good, but you can't ignore the way his story was told, at least I
> can't.  The stuff about overcoming his handicap and his being an inspiration
> just makes me gag.  I can't stand that stuff.  Either you're pethetic and
> worthy of pity, or you're a hero and an inspiration to us all.  They are
> just two sides of the same coin.
>
> But I don't blame Scott, just the producers.  He was actually quite
> impressive, though I was personally more impressed by the fact that he
> entered college at 14 than I was by his singing.  It will be interesting,
> but more than likely disheartening, to see how they portray him in
> Hollywood.
>
> Marc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
> Behalf Of Joe Orozco
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:03 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: [nabs-l] American Idol in the Making?
>
>
> Check it out?  A blind guy made it to Hollywood?  Yeah, I'm an American Idol
> fanatic.  Scary stuff when they saved him for last, but he wasn't all that
> bad.  I'd give him a 7 out of 10.  But, please, no twenty thousand posts on
> why or why not he made the blind look good.  The guy's got talent and has
> him so goalballs for going out there and competing.  I'm personally proud of
> this Scott character.
>
> Joe Orozco
>
> "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."--James M.
> Barrie
>
>
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