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The singers perform for a panel of judges.
ButThe Masked Singeris weirder, sillier, and stupider than those shows.
It may also be more entertaining than them.
Its definitely more inane.
The host is Nick Cannon (I have no idea who any of these people are!
Some of them may be friends.
Some of them, I may have married!).
The judges are Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong, and Nicole Scherzinger.
Was the whole studio audience stuck there for several days of production?
Would some celebrities only commit if they were guaranteed itd only take up two days of their schedule?
That means in a group!
In my family, anonymity is a foreign concept, says someone dressed as an alien.
Ahhh, famous family, Robin Thicke nods, wisely.
I just cant figure this out!
Given the general tone of the picks, I have to believe thats the case.
No one seems up to any of those tasks.
I cannot imagine anyone underneath that mask whose identity would excuse a judge frequently leering at them.
These are not the myths of American identity that pulse underneathThe Masked Singer.
The main point is not merit or authenticity or the myth of pulling one up by ones bootstraps.
Its about the difference between image and self.
Little about this production seems self-aware enough to suggest its charming, interesting moments happened on purpose.
Except for the costumes!
The costumes, really, are good.
Its unclear yet whether whatevers underneath them is magnetic enough to have lasting appeal.
