I had planned to wait to write my blog until the top 36 were chosen for American Idol. But, every once in awhile something comes up that causes me to want to put my two cents in. This time it is the sense of entitlementthat many seem to feel regarding getting on the show. Passing the auditions, so to speak.

Take Dennis. Now I said he was a con in my last blog. I stand correct! The guy was the devil underneath all that “shuck and jive”. Attacking mercilessly after first refusing to leave the stage…AGAIN. What a loser.

Then there was the blonde woman, who at least left the stage gracefully  after expressing her sense of entitlement.

Look at the many who bawl and wail. It is startlingly weird. Out of the thousands who audition, what in the world makes ANYONE think that they will get on the show, much less win the contest!?

It must start with a fantasy. A fantasy that becomes a sort of manifest destiny. I suspect this happens particularly to those who have not much else going on in their lives. Their entire lives are invested in this contest.

I would feel more sorry for them if they weren’t so annoying and deluded. Self-delusion on this scale is hard to sympathize with. There is an arrogance and sense of entitlement that becomes, frequently, simple unmitigated gall.