There used to be cooking shows. Now there are competitions to be the next Iron Chef, the next best cupcake maker, doughnut maker, next best maker of anything you can think to eat and lots of things you would never in a million years want to eat. There are competitions to see who can eat the most. Really? When did eating more food at one sitting than a reasonable person would eat in a week, become a good thing? And more to the point, why does anyone want to watch it?
The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, at least both sexes have an equal opportunity to make idiots of themselves. Yeah and same sex unions are threatening the sanctity of marriage!
ALL TALENT SHOWS. Thank you Simon Cowell, please stop.
Toddlers in Tiaras. Who thought of this? How do you judged a group of baby dolls with fake hair, fake teeth, fake tans, fake smiles, who all look exactly the same?!?
Back in the mists of time, when I was dancing, there was no such thing as competitive dance. I did however coach some competitive dancers, didn't last long, and I did for a while teach dance to elite competitive skaters. It seems to me that in the rush to be the shiniest, sparkly-est, most scantily dressed dancer, something gets lost. Musicality, soul, creativity! If you are concerned about your every move being judged, how do you develop the freedom to take chances, to risk, to try? There is more to dance than the perfect arch or the best extension. I want to see an artist let the moment move through her/him and share the magic when it happens.
I think in the end that is my biggest beef with the rush to the bottom of the competition game. It turns everyone into interchangeable, generic automatons. I want to cheer for quirky, fierce, individual folks too busy doing their own thing to worry about competing against anyone.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.~ Ayn Rand
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