[ZT]其貌不扬 却一夜成名的“美国偶像”威廉姆.黄

[中国微笑]

http://www.wenxuecity.com/BBSView.php?SubID=news&MsgID=9914

最近有个CHINESE通过美国著名的“AMERICAN IDOL”出名了，他的名字叫“威廉姆.黄”。

威廉姆是香港人，11岁时到的美国，今年20岁，在UC-Berkeley读土木工程专业。

这孩子其貌不扬，呲着龅牙，在“美国偶像”节目中试演时，显得土里土气，跟美国偶像这个题目那么的格格不入。还没等他唱完，现场那位撇着浓重英国呛的以尖酸刻薄闻名的评判西蒙就喊停，并问他：你既不会唱也不会跳，你还有什么话说？

小伙子眨巴了两下眼睛，认真地说：“我已经尽了全力，我没有什么后悔的。”




也许就是这么一句简单的真诚、真切、真挚、真切的表白打动了美国观众吧，威廉姆出名了！

有人给他建立了个人网站www.williamhung.net，网站的访问量很大，甚至很多女孩...动，要把他顶顶顶，一直顶到好莱坞去，目前已经获得八万多个签名（我是第81832个签名者）。

威廉姆在参赛前接受采访是说自己喜欢音乐，并希望以音乐为生，现在看来他的愿望有成为现实的可能。。。

说实在的，在我看来，威廉姆的演唱表演只能用“滑稽”这两个字来形容，他自己也承认：“我没有接受过任何专业训练。。。”

就是这么一个没接受过任何表演专业训练的普通大学生，在遭受评判无情的讥讽和打击之后，却一夜成名。

从我在网上通过搜索引擎查到的情况来看，虽然有人恶意模仿威廉姆，对他进行讥讽，但大多数人都对这位愣头愣脑的小伙子发出了赞扬的声音。大家谈论威廉姆时用的最多一个词汇是“genuine”。他面对评判无情的讥讽时的那份坦荡和自然，赢得了无数观众的心。

当美国青年被威廉姆的真实所打动的同时，我也被美国青年正直的价值观和审美观所打动，在观看了威廉姆原始笨拙甚至令人捧腹的表演后，更多的人看到了他身上发光的一面。这种对美好人性的追求让我深为安慰。

我同时也注意到一些中国年轻人对这份genuine的追求，他们在中文网站上发广告，请大家去签名支持威廉姆进军好莱坞。

然而遗憾的是，后面一些中国小青年的跟贴让我感到悲哀。有人问威廉姆究竟有什么好？有人甚至说威廉姆是美国社会照顾智障青年。

以下是我对这些人的回答：

是的，威廉姆的歌唱的不够专业，舞姿滑稽可笑，难道这就是你们嘲笑他的全部理由吗？你们在发出咯咯笑声的时候可否想过？你们在自己的身上能找到这份勇气吗？你们有大胆做自己喜欢的事情追求自己梦想的事业的勇气吗？你们有在面对评判无情的讥讽时保持尊严和平静的勇气吗？你们有吗？请你们在高呼向台湾仍原子弹的同时也抽空关注一下威廉姆，你们可以从他身上找回自己所缺少的东西。

让我们为威廉姆欢呼。

签名网址
http://www.petitiononline.com/whfox2k4/petition.html

歌迷们为William Hung建立的网站
http://www.williamhung.net/default.php

 

[盗版情人]

http://members.cox.net/donchin/WilliamHung.wmv

 

[wuwei]

(ZT)He's a loser, baby
But William Hung, ‘American Idol’ reject, found fame anyway

Fox
William Hung's infamous audition earned no points from the judges, but plenty from fans.
By Jesamyn Go
MSNBC
Updated: 9:15 a.m. ET Feb. 20, 2004The "American Idol" contestants are yet to be whittled down to the final 12, but one contestant already got a record offer ― and he didn’t even make it past the first cut.

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William Hung’s try-out, a spirited, if tuneless, rendition of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs,” was icily received by the show's three-judge panel.

After suffering through Hung's 90-second tryout, during which he shouted the song's chorus and failed miserably at imitating Ricky Martin’s gyrations,Hung was interrupted by famously acerbic judge Simon Cowell. “You can’t sing, you can’t dance, so what do you want me to say?” asked Cowell.

“I already gave my best, and I have no regrets at all,” Hung replied. His hilarious effort ― as well as his earnest response ― quickly gained him fans. Although he was bounced from the show, the 21-year-old now has a cult following.

Inadvertent cult hero gets 15 minutes
Soon after his tryout aired on Jan. 27, Hung received about 150 e-mails from resourceful fans who looked him up in a student directory at UC Berkeley, where he is a civil engineering student. The first and most comprehensive of many Web sites spotlighting him, William Hung.net, sprang up and received 4 million hits in the first week.

Video files of his performance were uploaded and forwarded all over the Internet, making William the latest in a line of Web cult heroes, not unlike the “Star Wars Kid,” the Quebec teenager who filmed himself twirling a golf ball retriever like a light saber.

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Soon, audio mixes of Hung's singingwas arranged to OutKast’s “Hey Ya!” and Howard Dean’s infamous “I have a scream” speech. They’re played all over the Internet and even have garnered play on some California radio stations.

Then came the apex of idolatry: Two weeks ago, Hung was spoofed on Saturday Night Live by Jimmy Fallon.

Now, Hung is basking in his goofy international fame: Enter “William Hung” on eBay and you’ll get over 50 different items that bear Hung's image, from caps and notebooks to T-shirts ― and people are bidding. His fan base stretches all the way to Asia, where he was invited to perform at the MTV Asia Awards. Don Chin, manager of William Hung.net says his site, which isn't associated with Hung, gets plenty of fan mail and even love letters meant for the singer. The Web site even has a special section called “Marry Me, Will!”

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Hung is now keeping busy on the talk-show circuit. Entertainment Tonight took him to LA's Fantasy Studios for voice lessons with Eric Veto, voice-coach to stars like the GooGoo Dolls.

On the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Hung had the chance to perform four songs, adding Martin’s “Shake Your Bon Bon” and Enrique Iglesias’ “Bailamos” to his repertoire. DeGeneres even joined him on a duet of Elton John’s “Rocket Man,” helping out when Hung appeared unsure of the lyrics.

Fox is capitalizing on Hung’s popularity as well. Producers announced a special American Idol show “Uncut, Uncensored and Untalented,” scheduled to air March 1, and is using footage of Hung's now-infamous audition to promote the episode.

Ovewhelmed with attention
On Wednesday, Hung performed at UC Berkeley’s men’s volleyball game, where he received a $25,000 check from the Fuse music channel and a record offer from Koch Entertainment. If he accepts, Hung will be in good company, the Koch Entertainment stable of talent includes Ringo Starr, Montell Jordan, and the Bangles. The deal reportedly includes a music video that will air on Fuse.

‘That is fantastic to me because not everybody in this life can be a winner. To celebrate a loser is fantastic!’


― Nigel Lythgoe
‘American Idol’ executive producer


What is it about Hung that has caught America’s eye? When asked this by MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, Hung said he thought people responded to his “attitude and charisma,” regardless of the quality of his performance.

Fan site manager Chin thinks it’s Hung's personality that people respond to. “He’s just very real," Chin said. "He doesn’t care whether he’s fashionable or not. He has a really good time performing, and he really gives it his all, just for the love of it. I think his joy is really infectious.”

Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer of “American Idol,” told Entertainment Tonight that it was great to see the nation embracing a loser. “That is fantastic to me because not everybody in this life can be a winner,” Lythgoe said. “To celebrate a loser is fantastic!”

But some say Hung is walking a fine line between entertainment and mockery.

“About one percent of the e-mails I get are concerned that people are making fun of William,” said Chin. “But I think he’s happy with who he is, and he likes making people happy with his performance. It’s just such a breath of fresh air how his video clip just makes people smile ―young or old.”

For now, Hung is overwhelmed by the attention. School is still his priority, and he has enlisted his father’s help in managing all the media appearances.

Music is still his long-term goal, though. During the audition, Hung said that although his civil engineering studies are “totally not related to music,” he someday aspires to make his living through the craft.

To that end, Hung is taking singing lessons and has joined a university choir. He’s also reading Cowell’s book about becoming a pop star, “I Don’t Mean to Be Rude, But…”

Although his audition has led to all this attention, Hung still would have traded it all for a chance to have advanced through the American Idol finals.

“If I did get to the final and actually get to [perform] to the audience, to America, I think it would probably be more, not less, in terms of fame,” he told MSNBC.

He may get his chance yet ― petitions to bring Hung back as a wild card contestant are now at over 70,000 signatures.

Jesamyn Go is an associate Web producer for MSNBC-TV.

 

[mike]

感觉CNN里镜头实际是在把他当取笑的傻瓜看。

 

[阿搜]

看了那期的AMERICAN IDOL里他的表演，真的很好笑。
但是最后这个故事却真正反应了美国社会。

 

[wuwei]

“I already gave my best, and I have no regrets at all”

他的这句话使他成为我心目中的英雄！

 

[Kuta]

嗯，他其实挺棒的！

 

[流云]

挺佩服他的勇气的。

 

[六哥]

得了吧！佩服他的勇气可以，但是，佩服美国社会对这个事情所张扬的“真诚”的话，你们也太单纯了！！

（ZT）美国是个多元化的社会,什么难以想象的事情都有.有比尔盖茨的神话,也有许多无聊的炒作. 美国偶像”威廉姆.黄则属于后者.

是的,就是彻底的炒作.听说有无数人支持他,但我们看看这些支持者支持威廉姆.黄的理由是什么?仅仅是在他拙劣滑稽的表演后,在回答评判的问题时,认真地说了一句：“我已经尽了全力，我没有什么后悔的。” 就是这么一句话,被支持者捧为:真诚、真切、真挚的表白!就是这样打动了美国观众?!

我相信威廉姆.黄确实没有说慌,他确实尽了力.然而,就因为他这么一句话,观众就把他捧上天,简直是不可思议,荒唐极了.中国有句话:台上一分钟,台下十年功.为了能在舞台上的精彩演出,无数的表演工作者流了多少汗水,付出了多少努力,才得到观众的肯定.即使是“AMERICAN IDOL”这样的挑选人才的节目,认真的参赛者相信也在平时花了大量的时间精力去排练,最后的胜利不知是用多少努力换来的. 威廉姆.黄以其拙劣滑稽的表演,可以说是对比赛,其他参赛者和广大观众的不尊重.他说是尽了力,但看了他的表演,任何人都可以肯定:第一,他完全没有天分,第二,他比赛前根本就没有好好练习.两者必有其一.

如果你去看一场表演,演出者的表现差极了,难道演员道个歉,说声我已经尽力了,你就要为他鼓掌?

如果你去看病,医生医术很不高明,医不好病,难道医生说声对不起,我已经尽力了,你就要支持他?

如果你去餐厅吃饭,厨师的手艺烂透了,饭菜超难吃,难道厨师说声对不起,我已经尽力了,你就违心地说他做得很好?

如果你是学生,平时不用功读书,考试时成绩很差,难道你跟老师说声”我已经尽力了,我没有什么可以后悔的”,老师会因此给你个满分,并号召所有的同学学习你的诚实坦白，果真如此,以后大家都可以不用努力了,不行的话随便说句”我已经尽力了,我没有什么可以后悔的”.

为什么威廉姆.黄就说了一句那么普通的话,无数人就为他喝彩.除了是支持者的肤浅外,最主要原因是,在现在慌话连篇,丑闻百出,炒作攀比的演艺圈里,连一句普通的老实话都难得听到了.听多了谎话,大话,性炒作的观众,突然听到这么一句,感动得仿佛救世主出现了.毕竟,比起有些作假的明星, 威廉姆.黄算是最诚实的了.

诚然,现在是多元化的社会,我们可以接受威廉姆.黄的出现,但绝对不值得喝彩. 威廉姆.黄事件只是一出闹剧,反映了许多人的肤浅和演艺圈的浮躁.

 

[ray902]

最初由 六哥 发布
得了吧！佩服他的勇气可以，但是，佩服美国社会对这个事情所张扬的“真诚”的话，你们也太单纯了！！

（ZT）美国是个多元化的社会,什么难以想象的事情都有.有比尔盖茨的神话,也有许多无聊的炒作. 美国偶像”威廉姆.黄则属于后者.

是的,就是彻底的炒作.听说有无数人支持他,但我们看看这些支持者支持威廉姆.黄的理由是什么?仅仅是在他拙劣滑稽的表演后,在回答评判的问题时,认真地说了一句：“我已经尽了全力，我没有什么后悔的。” 就是这么一句话,被支持者捧为:真诚、真切、真挚的表白!就是这样打动了美国观众?!

我相信威廉姆.黄确实没有说慌,他确实尽了力.然而,就因为他这么一句话,观众就把他捧上天,简直是不可思议,荒唐极了.中国有句话:台上一分钟,台下十年功.为了能在舞台上的精彩演出,无数的表演工作者流了多少汗水,付出了多少努力,才得到观众的肯定.即使是“AMERICAN IDOL”这样的挑选人才的节目,认真的参赛者相信也在平时花了大量的时间精力去排练,最后的胜利不知是用多少努力换来的. 威廉姆.黄以其拙劣滑稽的表演,可以说是对比赛,其他参赛者和广大观众的不尊重.他说是尽了力,但看了他的表演,任何人都可以肯定:第一,他完全没有天分,第二,他比赛前根本就没有好好练习.两者必有其一.

如果你去看一场表演,演出者的表现差极了,难道演员道个歉,说声我已经尽力了,你就要为他鼓掌?

如果你去看病,医生医术很不高明,医不好病,难道医生说声对不起,我已经尽力了,你就要支持他?

如果你去餐厅吃饭,厨师的手艺烂透了,饭菜超难吃,难道厨师说声对不起,我已经尽力了,你就违心地说他做得很好?

如果你是学生,平时不用功读书,考试时成绩很差,难道你跟老师说声”我已经尽力了,我没有什么可以后悔的”,老师会因此给你个满分,并号召所有的同学学习你的诚实坦白，果真如此,以后大家都可以不用努力了,不行的话随便说句”我已经尽力了,我没有什么可以后悔的”.

为什么威廉姆.黄就说了一句那么普通的话,无数人就为他喝彩.除了是支持者的肤浅外,最主要原因是,在现在慌话连篇,丑闻百出,炒作攀比的演艺圈里,连一句普通的老实话都难得听到了.听多了谎话,大话,性炒作的观众,突然听到这么一句,感动得仿佛救世主出现了.毕竟,比起有些作假的明星, 威廉姆.黄算是最诚实的了.

诚然,现在是多元化的社会,我们可以接受威廉姆.黄的出现,但绝对不值得喝彩. 威廉姆.黄事件只是一出闹剧,反映了许多人的肤浅和演艺圈的浮躁.

说得太对了!

 

[泛蓝]

搞不好是一“呕像”

 

[wuwei]

最初由 六哥 发布


为什么威廉姆.黄就说了一句那么普通的话,无数人就为他喝彩.

如果你能在面对失败时也说这么一句那么普通的话我也会为你喝彩。