Enzo wrote:I used to watch AMerican Bandstand - with host Dick Clark - when I was a kid. Mostly they played records and danced, but often there was a live guest in the studio. The guest would lip sync to the record. SInce the performance sounded exactly like the record, and there were no backup singers or band in the studiio, it was not meant to be a mystery. Simply an appearance by the star. of course they lip sync.
One time, they had Jimmy Dean on to sing his latest hit - pretty sure it was Big Bad John. They chatted a moment and then Jimmy smiled and started snapping his fingers. Unfortunately the music that came out was something else, like a Sam Cooke record. JD all but fell over laughing, and Clark apologized profusely. They tried again and got it right, but I never forgot that.
In show biz you can make a case for both sides here. The people bought tickets to a show. Not everyone prefers out of breath panting during the song and dance numbers in the interest of purity.
By the way, DOlly PArton's hair... it is not real, it is a wig.
Once again it is a TV audience and they do not pay to attend. In theory the viewers at home do not pay to watch either.
People pay big bucks and wait in long lines to attend a live performance. If the artist is not performing live, he or she is ripping off the audience and in a situation with Rock in Rio she is not being fair to the other performers who spent weeks and months preparing for the show.
In addition Rock in Rio is a symbol of national pride for Brazilians and she is offending and cheating them as well.
The Rolling Stones played their largest show ever in Brazil. They danced and sang and performed for hours nonstop. They did not have to rely on any prerecorded soundtracks. If these old guys can do it, Spears could have as well.
She is a liar and a cheat and a con and a fake. She is a poor role model for young woman by using first her virginity as a sales tactic and then her promiscuity. She is a poor mother who has put her kids in danger and then later abandons them. If you like her because she is a singer, there are many much better singers. If you like her bacause she is a dancere, there are many and much better dancers. If you like her because you think she is beautiful, I question what you define as beauty. If you like her because she makes out with women, there are women who do that better as well.