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Sunday, viral perspective, and American Idol

4/8/2011

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Hey everybody - happy Friday! (is there a song out there that would be a symbol of that kind of joy that shows up simply by celebrating one day of the week...)

Well, you may know by now that our church's video "Sunday", which features my daughter Sadie, has accelerated in views over the last 24 hours due to being placed in many blogs, including Tosh.0, TV Guide online, Today's Big Thing, and others. We're currently hovering around 200,000 views.

Buzz was created for sure, but in the scope of all things internet, that many views is exciting but not record-breaking. So let's not get all crazy up in here. But it has been a fun 13 and a half minutes of fame...!

I tried to keep the comments up in the youtube placement of the video as long as I could, but the venom spewed by the pagans out there was far too violent and destructive. I don't fault them: they are only doing what they do with every other thing they see on the internet - we are not special in that regard.

And they aren't alone in behaving absurdly on the internet with regards to commenting on videos. Someone stole the vid and posted it on godtube, which tries to be a Christianish version of youtube, and the comments there have devolved into a debate about whether or not Sunday is actually the Sabbath. Seriously. So even though they may not be swearing, they are certainly missing the point.

And with regards to missing the point, it's hilarious to me that so many people don't understand that Sadie is in on the joke. That she is doing an imitation of Rebecca Black. And what does it say about the church culture in general that the pagans assume that a parody of something from a church "actually means it" and doesn't understand how Rebecca Black's song and video is perceived globally?

But enough on that for now. If you want to read the interview I did for Christian Post about the video, you can do that here.

Now for more important matters: AMERICAN IDOL. Why the face?

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I am surprised that people are surprised that Pia  was voted off. It's the first week that she did something other than what she's great at. She showed everyone (except the judges, who except for J-Lo continued to worship the ground she walked on) that she can't move. Her voice is not connected to her body, no matter how shapely it might be. And while she hit all the notes, to go for Tina Turner when what Tina does is SO CONNECTED from head to toe, it just was too much for her. This was one week where Simon's criticism would have been welcome to wake up the judges to what was actually going on.

But the other thing that I thought about at the end of that show was how it must have felt to be one of the other eight, knowing that EVERYONE thinks that one of you at the very least (and at the most, all of you), deserved to go home more than Pia. In all that shock and awe last night, I was waiting for one of the judges to turn on the other eight and ask for Barabbas instead.

Have a great day! Recording a podcast today to try and make sense of all this viral-ness...!

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Desiree Guzman
4/8/2011 01:41:09 am

Yeah, the comments are crazy. People really must not think it is possible for Christians to have a sense of humor. Hope Sadie is taking everything ok. We loved the video. And we love Sadie!

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Patricia
4/8/2011 02:47:38 am

I cannot stand people who comment and are nasty! Sadie did great and I really thought it was an excellent parody of the song.

As for Idol, I was not shocked nor were the co-workers with whom I watch the show each week. Ok, we watch from our own homes but connect on FB and discuss. Our comments were the same as yours. Great voice, beautiful girl, can't move on stage to save her life, no personality! I won't miss her. And yes, I was ready for one of the 8 to just give themselves up and let her stay.

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ellie link
4/8/2011 06:56:06 am

Maybe you should have included the word "parody" in your youtube title. Oh wait, you did.

As for Pia, she was boring. I went out of the room while she was singing, came back in during the judges' comments and DID not get it when I saw the recap. That was her moving? Eek.

So I for one was glad she was voted off. Or not voted to stay. Wooden woman.

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Amie
4/11/2011 12:06:56 pm

So glad to see that people agree with me about Pia! All I saw on my FB feed last week was that people were so shocked and upset, and it didn't bother me at all. Yes, she has a beautiful voice but she bored me to tears! I would often fastforward through her songs because it was the same thing every week. Anyway, just glad that I'm not alone - when I made a comment about it people got all worked up about it.
And congrats on the video - it has been fun to watch the number of views grow by the hours

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