On 2010-10-12 07:49, funsway wrote:
Well, AGT isn't a measure of talent either -- just a guess at who will be the best headliner in Las Vegas -- or will give the judges the greatest chance to increase ratings -- usaully by buying into someone's "tough road to success."

It's never about talent -- just about entertainment.

On 2010-10-14 05:47, Pakar Ilusi wrote:
I was going to say something but this says it all for me...

“It's not the critic that counts. It's not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena. Whose face is marred with dust, and sweat, and blood. Who strives valiantly; Who errors and comes short again and again; Because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. But who does actually dare to do the deeds. Who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; Who spends himself in a worthy cause; Who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. So that his place will never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
- Theodore Roosevelt -