ArchivesPop Idol is “a way for viewers to make a telling anti-corporate statement.”
Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland argues that Pop Idol is actually working against perpetuating traditional stereotypes and industry prejudices, because its audience is “rebelling against the music industry edict, voiced explicitly, which says a pop idol has to be lean and gorgeous.” In a recent poll, viewers voted “overweight” finalist Rik number one, possibly because of his pleas to look beyond his image and vote based upon his voice.
Pop Idol
Pop Idol is “a way for viewers to make a telling anti-corporate statement.”
link to this story + posted Dec. 14, 2001 at 7:34 AM by Andy Dehnart
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