Being an AdHo in the ad biz, I have to keep a bleary eye on what passes for “Pop Culture” Not because I think there’s anything of any lasting value in it… That’s why it’s called “Pop” and to be honest with you, as Colonel Bloodnoch would have said… There’s too damn much of it about these days.
But because it can sometimes have an effect on what you’re trying to do for clients who might be advertising to all those spotty teenagers who lap this stuff up, you have to pay it a bit of attention. That’s why I find it amusing to look at all the current fuss over “American Idol.” (Which as you all know is a rip-off of an equally bloody awful British program.) At least I can be thankful we don’t have “Big Brother over here.
Anyway, at the moment there’s a big brouhaha in the States about one particular contestant, Sanjaya Malakar Apparently, he really sucks, but through a combination of Howard Stern, tween girls speed dialing votes, and Simon Cowell kicking the crap out of him, he could end up winning the thing. Which all goes to prove… I have absolutely no idea what, other than you can’t overestimate, or predict the American audience!
George Parker
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