The show, which has seen its recent ratings skyrocket care of its spring lead-in American Idol, is now a pop culture phenomenon, complete with chart-topping music and a hotly anticipated concert tour.
The present recession, the first major one in the age of globalization as we know it today, be even more tragic if that vision is set aside just when parts of the developing world are not just about catch up and but are about to spring into the lead, economically speaking.