It Gets Stranger and Stranger

This week it was announced that Chaz Bono was going to be a contestant on the television show Dancing With the Stars.
We here at the Manor are not very television friendly, but we have heard of the program and know what it is all about. How can one listen to the radio, read the newspaper or the articles on the Internet and not hear about the show? It is as ubiquitous as American Idol.
This writer has a couple of questions about the announcement.
The first is why is Chaz Bono famous? S/he has done nothing to be famous. S/he is the only daughter of two famous parents, Sonny Bono and Cher, but s/he has done nothing but be a daughter/son who became a lesbian and later had plastic surgery and chemical treatments to appear to be a man. Her half-brother, Elijah Blue Allman is also the child of famous parents, Cher and Greg Allman, has pretty much disappeared despite the fact that he probably has more musical talent than his half-sister.
At one time a purported "trans-sexual" was news. Christine Jorgenson back in the 50's and 60's was big news. Christine Jorgenson was originally name George Jorgenson and he went to Sweden to have plastic surgery to make him appear a woman. It was big news then.
Nowadays one trips over a "trans-sexual" every time one goes to the local Wal-Mart. It's no news. "Trans-sexuals" are the modern version of the tattooed man at the carnival. They just have more money to pay for their stupid decisions. And the actual change physically in a "trans-sexual" is that when the person once squatted to pee is now standing to pee or vice-versa.
When a man to woman "trans" gets ovaries or a woman to man "trans" gets a prostate then you might have something close to a real "trans-sexual." the only creatures that have true sex changes are seahorses and snails. No mammals.
So Chaz Bono has to shave. A lot of women have to shave after they hit menopause. Hell, Kate Winslet has a pretty good growth of fuzz, and she's still a fairly young woman.
Is Chaz Bono on the show because of the "freak" factor? Or because s/he appeals to the queer crowd? S/he's got no discernible talent beyond that of shoving her mug in front of a camera.
Why is Dancing With the Stars so popular? It makes no sense. The entertainment value is less than that of the old dance line on Soul Train or the dancers on American Bandstand or Lawrence Welk. Dancing is something that one does (excepting "art dancing" such as ballet or "modern dance") in the same way that sex or tennis are things that one does instead of watches. And dancing is the most primitive of "arts" except for beating a skull with a femur. To quote Mr. Darcy from the novel Pride and Prejudice, "Any savage can dance."
Is that what we have descended to? Freak seeking savages?