tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post3641457246229776766..comments2023-11-02T02:36:21.399-07:00Comments on Check the Fien Print: "Idol" Top 24 Quick Thoughts: The GuysDaniel Fienberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875425500395284200noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-17879716101458641622007-02-16T13:05:00.000-08:002007-02-16T13:05:00.000-08:00There's no precedent because there hasn't been a c...There's no precedent because there hasn't been a contestant like Paul (a good-looking Southeast Asian-American male who can vaguely carry a tune), at least not since William Hung, and his celebrity still rankles the Asian community. (Yul from Survivor said he basically went on that show to provide an alternative image of Asian men.) <BR/><BR/>I do think there's going to be a different vote for Sanjaya than for Paul, just like there was that time at press tour when a critic kept asking Jeff Zucker when "ER" was going to add a South Asian doctor and he kept not understanding why Ming-Na didn't count, or like Kellie Pickler and Katharine McPhee having different types of fanbases despite both being pretty white women. Same continent, different community.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-8836424734219089112007-02-16T09:54:00.000-08:002007-02-16T09:54:00.000-08:00You'd need to cite precedent for me to buy that th...You'd need to cite precedent for me to buy that this is as much of a foregone conclusion as you seem to be implying. Beyond Jasmine Trias, whose voting block was allegedly Hawaiian more than Asian-American, it's hard to know when the Asian-American Idol voting bloc was ever properly mobilized, much less if such a voting block actually exists. And is Sanjay Indian-America? Will the Southeast-Asian voting bloc be different from the Asian voting bloc?<BR/><BR/>It could happen, which is why I put Paul as 6a or 6b among my Top Males.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110645467194876282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-19019826950044237222007-02-15T21:10:00.000-08:002007-02-15T21:10:00.000-08:00I think Paul Kim has, like Chris and Sanjaya, one ...I think Paul Kim has, like Chris and Sanjaya, one of the inside tracks to the finals. Never underestimate a community (in this case, Asian-Americans hoping to erase the memory of William Hung forever) latching onto an otherwise mediocre contestant and power-voting like mad until their pony outlasts some far better singers.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.com