Pretending: Not just for Kids Anymore

I think I have heard it all now! At least, I thought I already had until I heard this piece of news about a competition. That's right, a competition; yet, this one is quite different from anything I have ever heard about in the past. This is a guitar-playing competition, with lights, cameras, costumes, much ado about what, I'm not sure. What makes this competition so strange you ask. It's done without guitars! That's right: contestants don't play a guitar; contestants don't play instruments of any kind. What kind of competition is this? The people just jump around, pretend to be playing guitars, just as you or I would do in our living rooms. The winner is then off to some European country for international competition. We now have every kind of reality show on every network; and, to add to that, we have added some nutty "pretend" show. Who will win this weird "talent" (?) show? Will we unveil the next "Elvis"? What a hoot! Oh, to be so talented!!