Who Watches the Country Singers?

Despite my affection for The Player and its cynical view of hollywood behind the scenes drama, I was not impressed by my second dip into Altman's filmography. I found Nashville overlong, unengaging becuase of its attempts to create a panorama view of society through twenty-four different main characters.
Sounds familiar. It reminds me of a certain superhero film I saw recently. Watchmen! Just like Nashville, it features an ensemble cast so large that each character is only allowed one characteristic. He's lazy. She's pessimistic. He's a naked and blue scientist. There are so many intertwining plot lines that you can't keep track of anyone's motives and it may be thirty minutes before a main character is seen again onscreen.
However, the most shocking similarity between Watchmen and Nashville is that they both contain blasphemous content. While one contains superheros without actual superpowers (only Batman can pull that off!), the other contains something even worse: country music!

*Let it be known that I actually did enjoy Watchmen, but because of its action scenes, cinematography and special effects, not because of the reasons above.