Atlantans Too Idol
Too many Atlantans have Idol time. Theaters across town saw their attendance dip on Wednesday, May 24. Why? American Idol. People stayed home to watch Fox rather than seeing live actual people in plays, comedies, dramas, and yes, musicals. Even the Atlantix Booths showed significant drop off in people buying theatrical tickets. One local theater saw a night that usually draws 30 to 50 people, draw 3. Yes. 3.
Other cities did not suffer the same fate. Hot Tix in Chicago had a normal night and sold out of its allotment for several shows. Theaters in Detroit and Boston had normal nights.
So what about Atlanta makes people stay home? Traffic? Not on a Wednesday. Braves, Force, Gladiators? Not in town on the 24th. Too some degree, we’re just a Fox kind of culture here. Perhaps, Atlantans have been operantly conditioned to watch more TV than folks in other cities.
In any case, this event is disturbing. No non-news television program should have that large an effect on a populace or arts scene.
Hey! You! GET OFF THE COUCH and hear Really Talented People Sing!!!!
May 25th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Well, there was that whole ‘TBS’ thing a while back…which make this no less disgusting. Then again, maybe it’s a sign that stupid amounts of post-show success lie in store the winner.
May 25th, 2006 at 2:51 pm
*makes…
May 25th, 2006 at 6:30 pm
It was a religious holiday (Eve of the Ascension), so some of us were at church (though probably only Catholics and a few Episcopalians).
I will say that Mellow Mushroom was PACKED with people playing trivia, so not everybody was watching Idol.