A Bitching Blog

The following story reminds me of the movie Singing in the Rain.  In that movie, a Debbie Reynolds played a background singer/dancer who is dating a famous movie star played by Gene Kelly.  It is the era of talking movies but his onscreen female co-star has a horrible speaking and singing voice so Debbie Reynold does her voice overs even though the costar is a total bitch.

Now, why am I mentioning this?  You’d think that this story only happens in the movies but this is exactly what happened at the Beijing Olympics.  An adorable little girl sang the national anthem (?) of China during the Opening Ceremonies only to be found out she lip synced it.  Oh, I could have told you that as it was too perfect but here’s the thing… she wasn’t even lip-syching to her own voice!  It was another little girl in the background who sang the song!  Officials explained that Lin Miaoke sang the song for national interests.  “The child on camera should be flawless in image, internal feeling and expression. … Lin Miaoke is excellent in those aspects”.  WTF?!  There was nothing wrong with the other little girl who actually sang the song.   Yang Peiyi is her name and she’s plenty cute and such an amazing talent at 7 years old.  What message are these people sending at an international level to be THAT shallow?  That ugly kids should be hidden in the background while the good looking ones take are the face of the nation.  And seriously, there is nothing wrong with Yang Peiyi.   That was so damn affair.  They are going to give her a complex when she grows up.

And here’s the kicker.  So now the gig’s up, Yang Peiyi has been quoted as saying that “she was honored to have had a role in the opening ceremony, even though few realized just how big her part really was”.  Riiiiiiiiight.  Like a 7 year old knows how to spin that kind of story.