The Whores March 5, 2008
OK, first, Rick and I use this term a lot, and though we probably shouldn’t, we still do. A lot. We did decide though that calling young people whores was cruel, so we developed the term WIT (whores-in-training) to compensate.
Anyway, two whore-related notes:
First, the journalist whores will be descending on Pennsylvania now that Hill has fought back to make things very interesting. You know what I would love? If people like Tim Russert, Chris Matthews, et al. would not be so obsessed with gotcha questions and horse races and scandals, but actually provided the public with in-depth reporting on what these candidates think and have done. That would be helpful to the American public. What is not helpful is daily poll analysis and constant suck-uppage to St. McCain. Whores.
Second, and only slightly whore-related. I have been reading much about the latest American Idol scandal: basically one of the male finalists not only worked at a gay bar but stripped at it. First, we should all call (racist?) BS on the producers who rode Frenchie out of town for some soft-core photos, but find it fine for Antonella Barba to have racy photos and this guy to prance around with no clothes on. The other thing I have to point out too is the sense of embarrassment that commenters have argued he should/must have. First, it’s a legitimate job. Second, I can’t help but notice that he should be even more embarrassed because he stripped for men. I just wish people would give up their hang-ups about smut and such things. I mean, I wish I could 
BTW, in case you were wondering, I’m not interested.
How sad is it that I found out about the David Hernandez debacle from CNN.com? I did click the link to the story, so I should be ashamed for supporting that practice.
Part of the deal with Frenchie getting kicked off was that, even though she was of age when she posed for the photos, the website promoted them as pictures of underage girls. I think if she had been on the show a few years later (after celebrity and pseudo-celebrity sex tapes became common), the producers might have let her stay.
Have a fantastic time in Vegas!
Yeah, I think you’re right: I think that the sexual politics of AI have definitely matured a bit — Frenchie might not be kicked out now, and I believe that Jim Verraros would have been out when he competed, because damn if Danny Noriega isn’t the campiest thing on broadcast TV: if he makes it to the top 12 (which is a question), I can’t imagine it won’t be addressed after long. Also, it feels like Ryan and Simon have cooled it on their gay jokes, and then there was that adorable kid from Iowa in the auditions who made the joke about his mom always wanting a homecoming queen.
In case you missed it, here’s the link to “The Unbearable Inanity of Tim Russert,” a must-read, spot-on piece that really takes that whore to task.
http://www2.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0712.yglesias.html