Mr. L

Adam Lambert is not ony a great performer with the amazing talent and vocal range. The huge part of Adam’s popularity is his strong and positive personality.
Sharma Howard from Norwich Bulletin on 31st May 2009 has written a comment about how valuable lesson all of us – and especially teenagers – can learn from Adam Lambert’s gracious and dignified attitude.

Sharma Howard writes about her son’s reaction to his favourite – Adam Lambert’s – ‘loosing’ American Idol:

Ultimately, though, I think the disappointment was good for my son. Especially afterward when we were glued to the TV watching Ryan Seacrest grill the season’s competitors. Lambert possesses another quality other than his phenomenal voice — that rare grace under fire.
It was as if Lambert could see beyond “Idol,” the judging, the fervor and the hype. Yes, he had come to win and wanted it badly. But he also could see this was just one competition during what will be a lifetime career as a singer. He soothed a potential flare-up about the controversy of his loss with perspective and a genuine respect for Allen.

What she observes in general in the TV entertainment shows is

(…) a problem that the inherent drama of competing, from the humiliation of others to the pain of defeat, has become entertainment to many. Are these shows emphasizing to our youth that the sum of their worth hinges upon their abilities to best another? The world is competitive, and we as humans have a competitive streak in us all that I’m sure harkens to a time when we needed the trait for survival. It is harder to lose gracefully than to win, obviously. We just aren’t wired for it.

And obviously, for Sharma Howard the most valuable lessons the young people ought to learn from those reality shows

I think other accomplishments in children’s lives that may be taken for granted ought to be praised to offset this obsession. Such as when they are patient in a trying circumstance, when they encourage another, stand alone in an unpopular view, when they are honest, humble or turn the other cheek. You know, all those things that comprise character — something you can’t judge in a competition — at least, it hasn’t been done yet. It’s just not that marketable.

This is one of the best comments on Adam’s personality I have read so far. A highly recommended reading.

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