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I'm thinking the 60's and early 70's. What killed the show - entertainment value wise - was when all the contestants had a real talent to display. Excellent musicians, accomplished ballet dancers, etc. It just wasn't fun anymore. The fun part was watching someone get up there and halfway juggle, or extremely amateur gymnastics, or poetic interpretation. Good times, there.
It's just, also, not politically correct to judge women on their bodies and faces, and make them parade across the stage dog show style, turning this way and that.
But it sure was fun while lasted - and it will never return to that height.
No, it was still happening in the 80s. I remember, as a little kid, watching those shows every year. Everyone watched back then.
We didn't have quite the...'entertainment' that we have now with talent contests, voice contests, insipid reality shows (I assume those are still going, I haven't had TV in almost a decade), etc. We also didn't have YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Prime streaming, I forget what all the others are - the point is, yes, we had cable, but those Miss America and other shows were watched by a large number of people, even in the 80s.
It's kind of like the Oscars - which are not quite dead, but getting there. The Oscars used to be huge. Same with the Grammy awards show. The majority of the country would watch those shows on those nights, and everyone would talk about it the next day.
Now? We don't care for those shows unless Ricky Gervais roasts the ego out of them, or Will Smith slaps the crap out of someone. A very small number of people watch those shows, even when they are on YouTube for anyone to see.
We have become a country who doesn't, overall, really give much of a .... uh...care...about those shows anymore. Celebrities are no longer on some pedestal, except in the pre teen and teen age groups. We also have a lot of plastic surgery that is now out in the open, and now females kind of look the same. They took away what made them unique because they wanted to look like everyone else. Well, they're getting there.
Well, the only time that this issue will be fixed is when biological females stand up and demand justice. Honestly, the parents of the biological girls in that pageant should have pulled their kids of that contest for “medical” reasons and not participate in any further pageants since it’s beyond obvious that it is rigged.
What’s next? I guess he is a shoe in for both the Homecoming Queen and the Senior Prom Queen.
All I know is that this is more proof that we’re now living in Clown World where everything is a sad joke.
I wonder if this is just a part of something bigger.
I mean, I thought the Feminists would have shut down L&O:SVU from the very start, but that's going into its 20th year.....a show, entertainment about sexual violence? That has always puzzled me to how it exists.....but there it is.
The other thing I wish my sisters would wise up to is not to alienate allies. Men have been told to shut up when it comes to reproduction rights because they don't have a horse in that race. So be it........but realize what you are doing for when you are asking for donations or for them to vote for someone, well you told them they didn't have a say.....so why should they?
Which may be another part of something bigger for it seems that a lot of people are only seeing one point and not realizing the bigger picture.
Totally forgot about that movie. I fricken loved it.
Well, one of those things. One of my liberal friends posted about "Mrs. Doubtfire" (never seen it myself) saying if we think that flick is great, why are we getting upset about things now?
On that particular note, hard to say. I mean, what of the players in two Christopher Plummer flicks, Silent Partner or The Return of the Pink Panther?
Now consider our headline here......".....weighs twice as much as closest competitor".......well, in a beauty contest, what does that mean? As "Miss Congeniality" showed us, we are talking about a segment of the population that is rather known for starving themselves.
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I've never understood the appeal of that show.
It's disgusting.
Thank you! I was about to start up a thread about why is it (L&O:SVU) so popular, what was I not seeing in a show about sexual violence, but I guess I will just let that go for another pass since I am not the only one.
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