I think the point is the reaction she got before she started singing: the smirks, the eye-rolls... why was all that justified, exactly? What had she done, exactly, to deserve the scorn and derision at that point?
My comment to the audience would be: sure, if she sings awfully, boo her then if you must, but before she sings a note, show the woman some goddamn respect.
What had she done, exactly, to deserve the scorn and derision at that point?
The stage is reserved for the beautiful, you don't go up there if you are not pretty.
We are forced to make an exception for the particularly talented, but anyone who is talented will have been recognized previously by a pretty person and it is expected that they will come grant them dispensation.
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Date: 2009-04-17 04:15 pm (UTC)My comment to the audience would be: sure, if she sings awfully, boo her then if you must, but before she sings a note, show the woman some goddamn respect.
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Date: 2009-04-17 04:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-17 04:38 pm (UTC)The stage is reserved for the beautiful, you don't go up there if you are not pretty.
We are forced to make an exception for the particularly talented, but anyone who is talented will have been recognized previously by a pretty person and it is expected that they will come grant them dispensation.