The fallout over Adam Lambert's risque, homoerotic, crotch-centric performance on the American Music Awards has begun, but you might call it a boost instead from Lambert's perspective.
"Good Morning America" -- whose network ABC also aired the AMAs -- has pulled the plug on the "American Idol" runner-up's scheduled performance tomorrow. It has already been announced Lambert will appear on CBS's "Early Show" instead. See ya! "The Early Show" is more desperate for ratings, so don't exactly applaud it for supporting artistic freedom. But you can bet CBS will kill ABC in the ratings tomorrow morning.
That's not why "GMA" screwed up here, though. Unlike MTV -- which milked the Kanye/Taylor Swift incident at the VMAs for its own benefit -- ABC is missing out and playing right into Lambert's black-polished hands. A pop or rock artist stirring up controversy at the way-vanilla American Music Awards and then getting banned by "GMA" is like declaring yourself a rebel because your grandma told you to turn your music down. Whoopee. This whole thing is only going to help Lambert, but it's also just a wee bit too easy and obvious.
For those who have a vague sense of caring, do you think "GMA" did the right thing? And do you think Lambert can be a legitimate envelope-pusher, or is he just a poseur?
