Up in Smoke: What’s Your Exit Plan?
For a week now wildfires are raging all around where I live and many parts of Texas due to one of the worst droughts in Texas history. Many homeowners were ordered to evacuate and later allowed to return, some to find a home unscathed while others lose everything. The question is what would you or [...]
Bittersweet Blessings
Many have expressed their opposition that Yang Peiyi was only the voice behind a lip-synching stand-in because, according to a member of the Chinese politburo, she was not pretty enough to be seen at the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It was a paradoxical moment for Yang Peiyi to be given the honor [...]
Lip-Synching Confessions
Many people are voicing outrage over China using a young girl to lip-synch at the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, while the real singer, Yang Peiyi a seven-year-old was heard but not seen. Is there a difference between pretending you are really the singer and when an actor pretends to be the character? Years [...]
