Barbara McDowell

Last week, I noted that the auditions of were a bit of a let down.  Sadly, I have to say ditto for the first two sessions of Hollywood week.  The first night is a whirlwind of auditioners flashing by with name captions that ends with a pathetic hook.  Day two is watching the wanderings of some contestants who should get bopped on the head for coming to Hollywood without a simple strategic plan.  With the scattershot approach of both shows, it was hard to document a concrete list of additional “ones I’ll watch” or know if all the contestants I wanted to follow have made it as part of victims lucky ones making it to the group rounds.  Continue reading →