Why does slam poetry all sound the same?

[milo]

Well since Slam is more akin to "American Idol" than legitimate poetry, and kept that way by being a contest judged by the overall lowest common denominator of the crowd, what else would you expect? I doubt very few on this site would have any success in Slam. I know I wouldn't. I forced myself to become a competent reader at one point, but I never liked it, and that was many years ago. Energetic public display is what gets the tribal blood rushing, certainly not cold intellectual Miloisms  N'est-ce pas mon ami ?

well, I am not that familiar with it.  Is it all navel-gazing?  (I, me, my, I, me, my).  You usually find this type of "poetry" from beginners but they usually don't stand in front of crowds reading it in the most melodramatic way possible so I guess I am confused.