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Why is American TV programming so lacking in cultured and classic performing arts as a part of our prime time tv shows? Does America really have any talent?

British reality TV has discovered and popularized such talents as Paul Potts and most recently Susan Boyle. Ordinary people with real talent that isn't tied to performing animals and other three ring circus acts.

Why is it all we seem to be able to produce in this country on national TV is half naked, butt grinding, blonde females who need air brushing and voice sythesizing to be 'stars'? Are we Americans so lacking in classical/theatrical/cultured education of the performing arts that we don't know we are being spoon fed garbage?

I wonder how many people under 20 (over 20 for that matter!) have an understanding of Nessun Dorma   translated? I wonder if they even know what an aria is much less the plot of Turandot or know that it is an Italian opera? Do they fathom an idea who Puccini is? The music is familiar as it appears as the score for tv and movies far and wide but can most people name the score when it rises?

How many of those same young people under 20 know Les Miserables has developed from a French novel by Victor Hugo? Do they know that the stage adaptation was first developed and performed in 1980 in Paris and has gone on to become the most successful musical production in history? Does anyone know the musical score was composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg and is popular the world over?

When did we loose a main stream love for real art in America?

It seems I am full of questions today.