These past few days have been filled with poetry and what not and I'd like to break away from all that for a while. I've had an amazing week, to say the least, and my readers probably miss young adult anger so that's just what I'm going to give. The entry we'll be revisiting is one filled with reckless swear words written by a young man angry at YouTube. Well, you can't get mad at YouTube--just some of its users, actually.
So, yeah! Here goes!
This was originally posted on Sep 28, '08 1:10 AM on Multiply.com.
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Imagine: I go surfing for good Musical theatre videos on YouTube. I click on something entitled Don't Cry for Me Argentina by Elaine Paige. I finish watching the video. I think to myself, "Such amazingly powerful performance," so I scroll down to type my comment but then I get distracted by something that goes, "she's absolute nothing compared to Patti LuPone."
Another scenario. I post a video of Lea Salonga's version of As If We Never Said Goodbye. Two days later, I get a comment saying "Elaine Paige is way better than this piece of crap!"
Again with Dreamgirls, I listen to Jennifer Hudson's version of And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, but then some pathetic-lowlife-ne'er-do-well blurts out a big "she sucks compared to Holliday."
Finally, the stroke that pissed me off. A video of Lea Salonga and Sharon Cuneta's duet of Sana Maulit Muli. Some a**hole commented, "only an egotistical person like Sharon would think that she is better than Lea."
God! Some people are just complete idiots!
One, why would Elaine win an Olivier and a SWET if she were nothing compared to Patti? Come to think about it, LuPone was awarded the role as a worthy performer after Paige had garnered considerable acclaim for Evita. For that matter, Patti became a legend without trying to bury other performers and demoralize people. She's a star who got to where she is now by being exceptionally good - certainly without the help of the likes of you!
Two, not considering the fact that Elaine actually held the role of Norma Desmond in Broadway's and The West-End's Sunset Boulevard, we all know Elaine Paige is better than Lea at singing the song since she's been doing it her whole life. However, Lea's version is not some piece of crap! As if you commenting could do a-hundredth as good! Who ever argued that Lea's was best? Dumba**!
Three, Jennifer Hudson wouldn't be awarded an Oscar, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe or a SAG if she sucked. She's got talent that's why she got picked to play the part in the movie, you pinhead commenter. Yes, Holliday owns the song. She made a name for herself with that song. Nobody could do it like her. Nobody else has the same fire as her when performing the song. But nobody ever posted in the video blurb saying "Hudson's is indubitably the best version!"And, please, don't even start talking about Charice Pempengco!
Four, Sharon never said she was better than Lea and Lea never said anything like such either. Yes, Lea has garnered worldwide acclaim. She's won a Tony, Olivier, and what have you--but to utter demeaning comments comparing her to Sharon simply because they sang a song together is downright obtuse. Why can't you just say "I like Lea/Sharon better"? Or maybe something like "Sharon's/Lea's voice has a better appeal to my ears." Why do you have to use trashy terms? Are you as up-there as Leonard Bernstein?
And five, finally, what sort of authority are you to make such remarks, anyway? Who the f**k do you think you are? Ryan Cayabyab doesn't even say that! And if you're a Simon Cowell fan, do a little reality check! You're not Simon Cowell! God! You people really get to my nerves!If you like an artist, then like him/her! And if you don't, then by all means don't. Nobody's forcing you to! Close the friggin' tab. You'd do your karmic vibes a little good by doing so. Go eat a cork like it's a marshmallow, poke your right eyeball with a needle, jump off a window of the 79th floor of some skyscraper, chop your leg off with a spoon or peel off the skin on your face with pieces of a broken incandescent lightbulb! Don't go demoralizing people just because they don't appeal to you. Why bother? Either way, they'll die rich not ever hearing about your names.
So bug off, losers!
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