musical, though I disagree with your first point, I think it is just as valid a perspective as mine is. But your second point is questionable. the show, for better or for worse, is a variety show and talent show very much in the tradition of 80, 70, and 60 years ago, even before television and in its earliest days. The idea isn’t new, nor is it something two to three generations of Jews in America haven’t encountered before. I’ve not made up my mind, but I don’t see it as a chilul hashem; perhaps not a kidush hashem per se, but a good boy from a good family using the gift HKBH gave him? He sings Jewish songs too, apparently.
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