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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I watched the whole thing.  I love the spelling bee!  I am amazed at how those final eight did not miss.  Unprecedented!  It reminds me of how James Holzhauser (sp?) is “breaking” Jeopardy.

I didn’t click on your thread earlier because, on DCUM, discussion of the spelling bee usually devolves into bashing of Indian-Americans and tons of stereotypes.[/quote]
I'm an earlier poster who said the bee was losing it's charm. I didn't want to go there and I really don't want to bash Indian-Americans, but the bee is also losing its charm because it is turning into a thing for only one cultural sub-group. I get that Indians approach spelling bees the same way whites approach soccer (as an example) but that also makes it less fun and makes it harder to relate to the bees.[/quote]
I don't think it's Indian-American bashing to lose interest in the spelling bee. If it's an event that you can't relate to the participants, then your interest can wane. I've heard the same thing about professional basketball from white people. They love college basketball because they can relate to many of the white kids (especially those who choose to stay at the school for 4 years). However, they often complain about the rich, entitled, black professional players who only stay in college for 1 year. I won't even get into the love for baseball and hockey (eventhough most hockey players are Russian or Canadian).[/quote]

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