For A.I. Fans Only: The San Francisco Treat
By Cathy Sokolowski
sokocathy(at)gmail.com
Why did A.I. bother to go to San Francisco in the first place? We didn’t see any talent and one co-worker described watching the show “As exciting as watching the Yule Log.” We did see three hopefuls who may have been on our lists of 12 but they each only got 3 seconds of airtime and they went by so fast that we didn’t even catch their names. Meanwhile we watched 20 minutes of Akilah, the girl with the long black and gray dreads, who was neither talented nor humorous and was basically just a waste of time. The person who edited these auditions hopefully, for our sakes, didn’t edit any other segments.
Louisville, KY was a much more talented city. Alexis Grace, the young blonde mom with the powerful voice who sang Aretha Franklin’s Dr. Feelgood, received a vote from a co-worker. Brent Keith Smith, the very American Idol-looking guy who sang Bad Company’s Can’t Get Enough, was liked by couple of family members. The biggest vote-getter of the night was Leneshe Young with most of us picking her. She was the young girl who told her story of living in poverty with her siblings and single mom. You are rooting for her to do well after hearing her story. Did we like her because she could sing or did her tale of woe make us believe she could sing? One co-worker has had enough of the sob stories already.
A family member has had enough of Kara. “I’m sick of her already,” she says. I was very excited about Kara after the first week. I found her to be a lot more articulate and honest than Paula and thought she should replace her. After this week I think I will have to agree with my family member.
What’s your opinion of Kara, San Francisco and Louisville?
Until next time…