Nothing about this world is surprising anymore.
Example number seven thousand from this month: The ratings success ofThe Masked Singer.
I am already hooked.
Credit: Michael Becker / FOX
Like, I want to plan a Masked Karaoke party.
Like, I look at Monster and see myself.
So I watched Wednesdays third episode and reviewed all five masked musical numbers.
Michael Becker / FOX.
The results were beyond cromulent!
Lions song choice was an absolute Ms. Simone classic.
She killed it, though I have to apply some demerits for the rather blah staging.
She was mostly imprisoned within a silo of bright lights but this beast cannot be caged!
Some demerits removed for the moment when the Lion emerged from the silo.
Deers performance was very meta.
He sang on a stageon the stage, surrounded by black-outfitted dancers.
The message was clear: Deer was reliving tragic memories from episode 1, when he lost to Lion.
The crowd, so cruel!
What a sorrowful life Deer lives onstage!
Some awkward steps taken on bad knees implied an athletes background.
The dancers had flashlights, a nice touch.
I dont think youre a professional singer, said Nicole Scherzinger, and shes always right.
the crowds chanted, as the avian warbler described a career with different incarnations.
Despite a terrible fear of heights, Peacock began singing from 30 feet high in the air.
Panelist Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg said she got youthful vibes, which means Peacock is definitely a nonagenarian.
Thats not the crowd work of a man born during the Coolidge administration!
He could be an actor, said Nicole Scherzinger.
Maybe he was inGods of Egypt, that movie where all the gods kept turning into giant robo-peacocks?
Like, why is she channeling Queen Elizabeth I in a wedding dress?
So many questions, not enough answers!
Monster brought the fire this time, hyperbolizing a country music number into a mini-rock opera.
The Monster hit the big high note with primal-scream intensity.
That was my favorite, said Robin Thicke, agh, I guess we agree!
Does Monster have a spinoff yet?
He could be a life coach or a barista for a struggling Philadelphia mom n pop cafe.
He could be anambassador.
