Look at this little angel. Isn’t she precious? Her name is Lin Miaoke. You may remember her from the opening ceremonies at this year’s Olympic games in Bejing. She was the adorable little sweetheart singing China’s national anthem, ‘Ode to the Motherland.’ Only, guess what? It wasn’t really her. Nope, Lin may have been the face of China, but chipmunk-cheeked, snaggle-toothed uggo, Yang Peiyi, was the voice.And now people are all pissed off at China for being image-obsessed. You know what, people? There are a lot of other things to be pissed off at the Chinese about than a lip-synching scam. What about all those human rights violations everyone seems to be talking about these days? Or the fact that the Chinese government shooed all the migrant workers out of town before the games started, so foreign visitors wouldn’t have to share the streets with a bunch of pathetic poor people. And last night, the pepper steak at Grand Asia Buffet, while perfectly tasty, was stone-cold. Oh, and Tibet.
Come on, USA, our culture is built firmly on a Botoxed foundation of image-obsession, so let’s not take our Sharpies to our homemade China protest signs just yet. Milli Vanilli did the same thing and we forgave them. Well, I have!When children are involved, though, it seems a whole lot more sinister. I mean, imagine this happening in the United States. Next thing you know the pudgy kid with the tore-up grill has got an eating disorder and her parents are suing America for bruising their precious daughter’s self-esteem.
What the event organizers did was weird, but I guess I can’t say it was wrong. China wanted to put their best foot forward, but they ended up kind of looking like jerks. Oh, but did you see those light-up drums? That shit was outrageous!
