What is up with this new Entertainment Weekly cover? No, the problem isn't that Adam Lambert's on it alone - Idol is the biggest show in America, and Adam Lambert might be its best contestant ever. And it isn't even those ridiculous pink stars. No, it's that damn asterisk...
*And Not Just Because He Might Be Gay
WTF IS THAT? Lambert isn't discussing his sexuality, so what's the deal? Yes, he sure seems gay. And he's not denying. And there are those pictures. But are you really going to use a non-development with this guy's non-disclosure of his homosexuality to try to sell magazines, national entertainment magazine? Do you have new information? Have you been sleeping with Adam Lambert, Mark Harris of Entertainment Weekly? And does anyone who's watched American Idol this year not know that Adam Lambert might be gay?
Also, how does being gay make Adam Lambert more exciting? The world abounds with boring gay people. Adam Lambert is exciting because he's a kick-ass performer. Yes, some of that is flamboyance, which stands out on Idol. But in the world of pop music, is flamboyance really that shocking? Or are you excited because you think Adam Lambert is some sort of pioneer, American Idol's homosexual Jackie Robinson? We've got news for you, Entertainment Weekly - he ain't the first. No, we don't get this at all, and neither does Bob Payne of the Seattle Times:
Come on people. What century is this?
1. Plenty of gay and bisexual singers and other performers have done just fine commercially, so don't worry about Adam's chances of attracting an audience if he does say he's gay. Examples: Michael Stipe of R.E.M., Freddie Mercury of Queen (though both never really talked about their sexuality) and Ellen Degeneres.
2. Lots of people are making a big deal about the chance that Idol could end up with a gay winner, saying that that is somehow noteworthy. But how is that noteworthy? Is it because you think American voters are not accepting enough of homosexuality to support such a singer? Is that really the case anymore?
3. When you find an entertainer who fulfills some kind of need for you, be it visceral, cerebral or whatever, would the single element of the nature of that person's sexuality somehow deaden the entertainment you receive from the person if that sexuality is not the same as you?
Don't put big pink stars around the guy and make him the Big Pink Star. He'll do just fine without that.
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