Comments on broadcastellan: Television and the Individual Talent

Thank you both for commenting. Future generations...

2009-06-03T14:08:36.546+01:00

Thank you both for commenting. Future generations will probably be bewildered by our obsession with celebrity; but they will also have forgotten the meaning of privacy.

I suspect that radio could have set someone like S...

2009-06-03T13:03:36.817+01:00

I suspect that radio could have set someone like Susan Boyle up for ridicule if it wanted to. It was, in my opinion, a more respectful time in history. Given today's manners with shots of the eye-rolling Simon Cowell and today's media way of ridiculing the non-hip, not beautiful looking (read most of us) people who populate this world, it is more of a requirement for popularity among

This was one of my favorite posts, Harry. And by ...

2009-06-02T21:05:07.549+01:00

This was one of my favorite posts, Harry. And by far the best-written of all the posts written on the topic, as numberless as the stars on the air.

There's a presumption that the purpose bringing amateurs to talent shows is to become a star. I wonder how many contestants don't just go hoping to share something they love with a wider audience. I suspect a lot of blogs are written