American Idol Offends The South

January 22. 2009

"American Idol" judges

Yesterday's episode of "American Idol" offended a lot of Southerners in slamming and falsely accusing a contestant of issuing them a death threat on air. The contestant said "be careful" as he left the audition and the judges went overboard stating it was a threat, when it is a commonly used phrase in the U.S. While, I think Simon Cowell is a horrible person due to his conduct with the other Simon (Fuller) in wantonly infringing copyrights, he's from Britain.

Paula Abdul (is the black dude to the right...I'm just kidding, she's the one standing in the middle) 

Paula, who I also think is terrible for her shenanigans, really should have known better and shown the contestant a little more courtesy, considering what happened with the other Paula. People use that phrase as a pleasantry, instead of saying upon parting "take care" "be safe" or "drive carefully." I even used it yesterday in joking about the First Family. I have to wonder if the judges really are this clueless or cruel or doing this for publicity, like the corny, inappropriate joke they made about the blind last week.

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"Idol" Judges Lack Southern Hospitality

Posted Jan 22nd 2009 9:30AM - The judges on "American Idol" need to learn a little sumthin' about their southern slang -- before they crush another innocent gent. A contestant on last night's episode was given a quick "no" from all four judges and on his way out told them, "Take care and be careful ... in whatever you do." All the judges took the remark as a threat -- but in actuality, odd as it may be, "be careful" is a common parting expression in some areas of the south...

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