Why I Watch America’s Got Talent | Sojourners

Why I Watch America’s Got Talent

It’s not just to see people win.
Richard Goodall putting his hand on his chest as he performs on the America's Got Talent stage.
From America's Got Talent Season 19

IN HIS FIRST performance on season 19 of America’s Got Talent, Richard Goodall was shaking. The 55-year-old middle school janitor from Terre Haute, Ind., pushed his glasses up from his perspiring face. “Whew,” he said.

“Are you a bit nervous?” Simon Cowell, one of the judges, asked.

“This has been a long time coming,” Goodall replied. He patted his chest and took a deep breath.

My husband, Michael, sitting beside me on the couch, was nearly in tears, and Goodall hadn’t even started to sing.

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