This month, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation or GLAAD, called the show homophobic after Simon Cowell advised one male contestant toputon a dress, and Randy Jackson asked another if he was a girl.
Dramatically, the German soprano worked hard to fulfill Decker's vision of an exhausted, consumptive courtesan compelled toputon her red dress and high-heel shoes to entertain her savage admirers.