Sugarland - Keep You - CMA Awards 2009

Recent TV Observations

I'm not proud, but when I was off of work yesterday for Veterans Day, I watched Tyra.  She was back in the fat suit learning that straight men discriminate against big girls.  What I found to be the most interesting thing about the show was that part of her sermon on the subject stated that prejudice against fat people is the last acceptable form of discrimination. 

 

Really?  Fat people can't get married because they are fat?  Do they have votes about the rights of fat people?  Can you not adopt a kid if you are too overweight? 

 

Another thing -- she was all self-righteous about the three guys she went on blind dates with as a big girl.  She thought they treated her differently than if she showed up as say, Tyra Banks.  Instead of dressing up as a fat girl Tyra, why not actually date a really fat man?  I'm sure there are lots of grossly obese men that would love to date her.

 

After Tyra, I watched Oprah interview Charla Nash, the victim of the chimpanzee attack earlier this year.  It was mesmerizing TV.  I have to admit that it took me a bit longer to fall asleep last night.  I couldn't get that image out of my mind.  That poor woman deserves every cent she can get from the chimp owner for the hell she has been put through. 

 

I also watched some of the Country Music Awards last night.  It was nice to see that Darius Rucker (formerly Hootie from Hootie and the Blowfish) won best new artist.  It is interesting that he is considered a new artist, since he's been a singer for years.  I guess he's new to country. 

 

It was the first time a major CMA was won by a black man since Charley Pride in the 1970s.  It was also interesting that as Rucker wondered around the audience during his number that he was the only African American person in the room.  I hadn't seen that many white people in one place since the Republican National Convention. 

 

The highlight of the CMAs was the performance by Sugarland.  They are awesome.  They won for best vocal duo (although only one of them sings).  Taylor Swift won entertainer of the year.  Is it me, or does she sound flat a lot during her live performances?  I don't get her appeal unless you're a teenage girl.  Maybe that is who votes on these things.