David Cook's talent, not his brother, "is the reason he is doing so well"

The only issue I have with your story is to make it seem that David's rise on AI is due to the sympathetic "storyline" as you call it ( I call it real life, and sad stuff, at that)...of his brother's cancer.

David's talent and stage presence is the reason he is doing so well, he has not talked publicly about his brother's illness at all, and to make it seem otherwise is a misrepresentation of the facts.

Not to mention, it's pretty crass in light of the fact that it's an extremely tragic event for David and his family.

Mary McCulley
San Francisco, CA