Reality check. If your son came in with a 'ganster' swagger and raised his hand as though holding a gun over a crowd whilst he sang as is the trademark for today's young musically gifted and black; or if he back chatted so automaticallty that he volunteered that he had a problem doing so, whilst doing so, you wouldn't have a bar of it. So I applaud Ella's article on x factor's Curtiss Moore.
Its a new milestone for the badge of honour. Not just an authentic vogue asbo teenager with a genuine freshly glowing history of petty crime; the type that established entertainers would give another fifteen per cent of their contracted eanings to claim as an image investment, but he tops it with a bona fide tag on possibly the country's most viewed programme. Top of the proverbial pops . Pukka
But for the exploitive moguls of popular culture aka judges it was a spectacle of pure enterprise.
Simon Cowell described him as 'Incredibly current'. "I actually like your swagger" advising him only to listen to the industry's designers.
How telling that Loius Walsh said "I could never work with him", after " the swagger suits you" but nothing of his singing
And as the camera consistantly sold the story of Sheryl Cole's soft spot for brown skinned boys she oozed out endearing comparison to Chris Brown, the other asbo esque impressario currently doing community service on an injunction
Having unwittingly made a mark for anti-social youth, he received four unquestionable yes votes. The next week he was out. Why ? Because he was mediocre at best
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