Florida man sues 'American Idol'

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: tcsenter

I think you probably meant to say prosecute, but the term you used certainly fits the facts quite well.

Yes well it was by no coincidence that it fit quite well.

Appellate courts have long held that equal opportunity and discrimination protections DO NOT APPLY to the entertainment industry where the role in question is a crucial component of the entertainment. So while the managers, cooks, and dishwashers at Hooters ARE positions to which equal opportunity and discrimination protections apply, the coveted Hooter Waitress positions ARE exempt from these laws because that role is a crucial component of the entertainment.

There is nothing different here than what goes on in a dinner theatre, where the 'entertainment' comes from one side of the dining room, and the food service comes from the other side of the dining room. Since the food service is separate from the entertainment, there is a clear delineation between 'food service workers' and 'entertainers'. The food service workers are protected by discrimination laws, the entertainers are not.

Hooters simply took that concept and merged the two into one role, where the waitress IS both the food service worker AND the entertainment rolled up into one. There is nothing wrong with that and there is no reason why a position cannot be food service AND entertainment at the same time.

It may be a long standing presidence but it's not consistant. Not saying I disagree with the bias twards fine 20 something cocktail waitresses at the RIO hotel but it's still discrimmination.

 

[StageLeft]

I was in florida over the weekend. If I'd of known this beforehand I could have taken a detour to kick some ass.

 

[tcsenter]

It may be a long standing presidence but it's not consistant.

Its perfectly consistent with the vigorously protected 1st Amendment and creative license rights of authors, playwrights, musicians, cartoonists, etc. You cannot have 1st Amendment rights and liberties if the government gets to tell you who will be the characters in your book, your play, your movie, etc., how old they will be, what gender they will be, what they will look like, which races or cultures they will represent, etc. As long as its a form of entertainment and expression, its protected.

Not saying I disagree with the bias twards fine 20 something cocktail waitresses at the RIO hotel but it's still discrimmination.

haha, well I always remember the SNL "Chippendale" skit featuring Chris Farley and Patrick Swayze, and it makes me envision a female version of that skit. THANK GOD FOR SOME FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION!

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: Jellomancer
So it would be okay with you guys if the show only allowed white people if that's what the director wanted?

Sure. If they make a movie about KKK, isn't it only natural that they would want a white guy to play the Great Dragon (wan't that one of the titles in KKK) of KKK? The part is meant for a white guy, but it's definitely not racist. If a part requires (as written in the script) 16-22 year old, it's not age-discrimination. I fail to see how this case is any different.

 

[skace]

Our next skit is about a family. Well, it was supposed to be about a family, but the kid is a 77 year old man with a broken hip, the father is a 17 year old punk teenager and the wife is a guy. Sorry.