In the newest (May 28th 2009) issue of RollingStone, Rob Sheffield approaches the phenomenon of Adam Lambert writting the article ‘How Adam Lambert Single-Handedly Saved “American Idol”’. What we read is among others:
Adam Lambert saving American Idol
American Idol is back on top, and it’s all one little black-leather-clad demon prince’s fault. For the past few seasons, Idol seemed to be dying of boredom, but Adam Lambert, a goth studlet with mascara, black nail polish and a falsetto from deep in the larynx of Lucifer, has single-handedly rescued the franchise. He can do sincerity and ridiculosity all at once, exactly the algorithm Idol has been striving for all these years. Lambert combines the different Idol archetypes, delivering the complete star thrill heretofore doled out one sliver at a time.
Adam Lambert ‘s personality
Where the hell did they find this guy? There’s a “boy who fell to Earth” quality about him, like David Bowie’s Lady Stardust come to life. It’s a little hard to believe that, until a few months ago, he was toiling away as an obscure understudy in the L.A. production of Wicked. He’s easily the most fun Idol ever, a flam-bam-boyantly queeny California boy (…).
Adam Lambert’s sexuality
We don’t know for sure if Glambert is gay — all he says is he has nothing to hide or deny — but if not, it’s the gayest embodiment of flaming youth by a straight guy since Bowie sold the world. Glambert plays off the new gay stereotype that has been reality TV’s gift to our culture: the hyperfunctional gay dude who has his shit together in contrast to all the neurotic, insecure straight guys around him. (…)
See more fragments of the article here.
And the whole scanned version of the here.
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#1 by Laine - June 1st, 2009 at 23:07
I loved this article on Adam Lambert. It actually got this former subscriber to buy it and I’ll have to think of re-upping because the whole issue was pretty good too.
#2 by nancy - June 2nd, 2009 at 06:52
Great Article….Never watched AI, until a friend of mine said you have to watch this guy ADAM,,,,so I did, I haven’t seen anything like him in years……the others are a dime a dozen….YAWN….
#3 by Janet - June 2nd, 2009 at 14:08
Adam is the Elvis of the New Millennium,
You are completely right that he saved American Idol. I wasn’t going to watch it until someone showed me his performance. I and CERTAINLY wasn’t going to vote but thanks to Adam, I spent 4 hours hitting ‘redial’ on the night of the finale. I’ll buy, go see, read, whatever is related to Adam!