today's today newspaper got some gossips abt the opening
ceremony rite? anyone has the news url?
Taken from Today's Today
Not only
were the Olympic fireworks fake, so was the
singer:
BEIJING — The little girl who starred at the Olympic
opening ceremony was miming and only put on stage because the real
singer was not considered attractive enough, the show’s musical
director said.
A member of China’s
Politburo asked for the last-minute change to match one girl’s face
with another’s voice, the ceremony’s chief music director, Mr Chen
Qigang, said in an interview with Beijing Radio.
“We were
thinking about what was best for the nation,” Mr Chen said in the
interview that appeared briefly on the popular news site Sina.com
yesterday before it was wiped from the Internet. “The child on
camera should be flawless in image, internal feelings, and
expression.”
The news follows reports
that some footage of the fireworks exploding across China’s capital
during the ceremony was digitally inserted into television
coverage, apparently over concerns that not all of the 29 blasts
could be captured on camera.
The country’s quest for
perfection apparently includes its children.
Nine-year-old Lin Miaoke’s
performance Friday night, like the ceremony itself, was an
immediate hit, with the official China Daily yesterday hailing her
as a rising star.
But the real voice behind
the pigtailed girl in the red dress who wowed 91,000 spectators at
the National Stadium on opening night really belonged to Yang
Peiyi, 7. Her looks apparently failed the cuteness test with
officials organising the ceremony, but Mr Chen said her voice was
judged the most beautiful.
“We combined the perfect
voice and the perfect performance,” Mr Chen said.
A picture of Peiyi posted
yesterday on Sina.com showed a smiling girl with bangs and crooked
teeth. A China News Service story that accompanied the photo said a
China Central Television reporter asked the girl whether she felt
regret over the opening ceremony.
Peiyi replied that just
having her voice used for the ceremony was an honour.
But some people were angry
with the switch, according to the report. One blog posting said,
“Fake singing is bad, to make a lip synch is worse.”
Another said, “Leave the
last bit of innocence to the children.” AGENCIES
