...As Bowie says.
Well, he didn't win. It sounds so silly, but I feel tired in a way that makes my bones ache. That kind of talent was not enough for people. He didn't fit masculine norms, hetero norms, or Protestant norms.
He was just another Glam-rock gay Jew in eyeliner.
What stuns me is the role that Evangelical Christians played in this debacle. The 3rd Place Contestant's pastor tweeted, "Everyone who voted for @dannygokey should vote for Kris Allen! We need a believer to represent! Kris is an awesome young man from a great…"
And so "Christians" did.
It didn't matter that their new Champ's musical talents lie more in producing than performing; what mattered was that a Christian win. Because, apparently, God is not glorified when someone who's not a Christian attains any sort of influential position in this world, deserved or not.
As if the Creator was not in every aspect of Beauty in this world.
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