American Idol 101, brought to you by Ford Focus
Posted on October 27, 2004 @ 7:33 pm
From NinerOnline.com:
UNCC offers ‘Idol’ class
UNC Charlotte students may be better prepared than Clay Aiken was for “American Idol,” as a professor will teach philosophies of the show in a class offered next spring…
According to Jay Grymes, professor for the class, he will “use the show as a springboard for discussions about music style, terminology, performance and the music industry as a whole.”
The assignments will include projects, watching the “American Idol” television show and being involved in online discussion forums. Mondays, the class will discuss music terminology and history relating to the next night’s “American Idol” theme. Wednesdays will be a discussion of the performances from the show.
This, in theory, will lead to an understanding of what makes a good performance and good stage presence.
In all fairness, I have a cousin who minored in The Gong Show back in the late ’70s.
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Ha! Great stuff. I had a Popular Culture class in college (300 level English course at Michigan State University). We spoke at length about a lot of things, but mostly hip hop culture. It was odd and fantastic. Heck, I wish reality TV had been more popular when I was in college–would have made for some added course work!