More olympic ceremony fakery

[iamthebandfanman]

BEIJING (AP)—One little girl had the looks. The other had the voice.

So in a last-minute move demanded by one of China’s highest officials, the two were put together for the Olympic opening ceremony, with one lip-synching “Ode to the Motherland” over the other’s singing.

The real singer, 7-year-old Yang Peiyi, with her chubby face and crooked baby teeth, wasn’t good looking enough for the ceremony, its chief music director told state-owned Beijing Radio.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-china-lip-synchedsong&prov=ap&type=lgns

[Ian David]

1. OMG... they pulled a Smelly Cat Switch! n/t

[Evoman]

6. Girl you know it's true...oooh ooh ooh, I love you.

*Evoman lip synching*

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. In the U.S., they'd both get canned.

"too ethnic."

[gatorboy]

3. Eh. The opening ceremony was still damn impressive.

I'm still dumbfounded how they could pull off such perfect choreography with so many performers and I can't even get a single American to get my fast food order right.

[Evoman]

5. That's because the CHINESE USE ROBOTS INSTEAD OF PEOPLE!!!!

ROBOTS!

[JVS]

11. Awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ

[gatorboy]

12. I'll take the robot. The robot can comprehend "NO TOMATO".

Average American ...Not so much.

[Ian David]

7. The ones who didn't make the cut ended up in the organ banks. n/t

[hamsterjill]

4. This is so sad!!

Can you imagine what damage was done to the self-esteem of the little girl who really has the voice?

Yet another reason why China scares me.

[Warpy]

8. They'd have done it here, too

Remember all the musical films out there when the actors had to use voice overs for the singing?

We'd like to tell ourselves that competence is rewarded, but if competence isn't paired with a conventionally decent appearance, forget it.

[Stuckinthebush]

10. Bam

What Warpy said.

Don't fool yourself folks. It would happen here too.

[SallyMander]

9. And she's cute, too!

I posted pics here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3783502

[marmar]

13. The Milli Vanili Olympics.....

:)