Betty Buckley's Got Beef With American Idol!
Betty Buckley does not like it when you diss Broadway and its babies!
The Broadway star took to Twitter to hash out her problems with Randy Jackson's critiques of Broadway on AI.
Even though she states she's never seen or heard anyone who has the chops!
Betty B said the following on Twitter:
OK, I just have to say this: I am sick & tired of Randy Jackson bashing what they think is Bway singing! It's soo ludicrous! I have yet to see or hear anyone sound remotely like they are a theatre singer on Idol!! And, further, theatrical singing encompasses every kind of sound, voice & style. He doesn't know what he's talkin' about!!
But wait! There's more!
nd by these constant disses he is tellin' Amer. kids that Bway is some kind of inferior art form. Next to jazz, Broadway is the only indigenous Amer. art form & with respect, 'Dog', your opinion is whack & uninformed! I mean, I respect Randy Jackson & everyone certainly has their own likes & dislikes, but THIS constant diss of 'Bway' sounding, to his ear, singers is just so ignorant & stupid that I literally cannot comprehend the producers allowing such mendacity in his remarks! Beyond idiotic!!!
Oh snap!!! That's definitely more than 160 characters so she must have super PISSED!
We feel you, gurl. Everyone has their own voice and there's no reason to take it out on Broadway.
Nigel Lithgow did respond to Betty however. He stated that Broadway is a "Mecca for talent" and that the problem goes beyond Randy.
If we've learn anything, it's that you do NOT mess with Betty Buckley!!!
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Broadway had it's time and place…just like vaudeville…then it died.
I would rather pay to see a broadway performance, than pay to see an AI performance anyday…AI has already hit it's peak, and now it's just annoying and repetitive. It's almost an embarrassment that Broadway is ever mentioned on AI. If you have the voice for Broadway, try out for Broadway. AI will get you nowhere now.
You Go, BB!! Put that ignorant, self-important karaoke joke in his place! And Nigel Lithgow is right. The prob is bigger than RJ…..it's AI!
Randy is such a douche this season. He must have be panicking that this is his last yr at IDOL, so he is trying to step up his game. It isn't working and he is coming off stupid and irritating.
Go Betty! Texas Proud!
Re: luvs2hustle – How ignorant are you? You obviously don't have any idea what real talent is. Broadway will never die.
She is so RIGHT. Randy obviously doesn't appreciate Broadway theatre speaking of it only as a negative. Talk about TALENT. Broadway is loaded with more talent than American Idol…
Have though that about his remarks myself! Randy Jackson's been schooled, lol.
OMG!!!!!!! BETTY BUCKLEY USED TO BE PRETTY GOOD LOOKING BACK ON EIGHT IS ENOUGH DAYS… WTF HAPPENED TO HER. ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE. DAMN, LOOKS 90 HERE. PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR PLASTIC SURGERY, SMH. BUT SHE'S RIGHT. BROADWAY SINGERS HAVE WAY MORE TALENT THAN THOSE TWEENER IDOL CASTOFF'S. JACKSON IS AN IDIOT TO THE MAX!!!
Isn't this Ryan's mother from OZ? God, I love that show. One of the best.
Betty Buckley has put her finger right on the pulse point of what is WRONG with all of these music search shows. They're looking really only for ONE thing: a hot, young, female pop voice who is hopefully white but who sounds black. Cowell, Randy, the producers of AI, Factor, etc are all in another decade seeking something essentially money making and passe in the marketplace. These shows need to get real about what they're there looking for and pushing onto the "voting" public. What bigger POP music was/is there throughout much of American 20th century culture than songs related to Broadway, film and other shows? Everything song and vocal isn't so wannabe trilling Aguilera, you know. AI and other singing competition shows have got to get off their ONE NOTE agenda if they're to survive (and have any genuine purpose).