為長勝算
一份英文體育雜誌昨日在報道美國女子體操隊時，不忘揶揄中國隊的「低齡」問題，點名嘲笑運動員鄧琳琳缺了一粿牙，或者需要多一些嬰兒食品。雖然奧委會官方已明確表示接納中國女子體操隊的參賽資格，於法理上年齡的爭議應是告一段落。但兩名被質疑年齡的女體操運動員，臉孔上的稚氣和細小的身軀，確是令人有些難以致信她們是十六歲的少女。相信再過一段日子，這項年齡爭議仍會是話題。
中國好不容易走出了紛亂和落後，卅年來政治和經濟的穩定發展，社會及政府的硬實力都提高了，但真的是前路漫漫。一個國家的強大，不完全看她的財富或軍事，而是文化內涵。中國經歷百年的衰敗，能有今天的成績，除了說政治領袖的決策外，中華文化內那股刻苦與環境鬥爭，個人勇於承擔生活責任的精神，是不可忽視的動力。
中國人踏實、誠懇，不計較付出，肯努力做到最好，這才是中國持續發展的力量。中國要挺直腰的站立在世界上，必須要以同樣的精神，踏實不浮誇，懂得韜光養晦。回顧歷代王朝，走向敗亡之路的帝王，都是好大喜功，只求眼前光榮而沒有長治久安之計之徒。中國只要不自亂陣腳，不走追逐虛榮之路，將來在各方面的實力是驚人的。在還沒有到達這一階段之前，不必先張揚，就算是有朝一天真的擁有超級大國的力量，更要刻意低調。
幕後代唱是失策的，真正的完美不在於外表，而是參與過程中的努力。但願京奧能踏實圓滿的結束，不要令十多億海內外的華人失望或尷尬。
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總編先生:
今天香港"最有公信力"的某報,用代唱來做文章,上綱上線為中國人愛做假貨......．
該報極惡毒，是陰陰濕濕地逢中必反，總編你不是”最有公信力”那報社論的心態，卻似乎言重了．
依表演藝術的操作而言，幕後代唱無不可，不存在如某港報（近年成了水果報副牌）社論的上綱上線．
自從拙文在報上刊出後，多位讀者發表意見，認為在下先前對代唱的批評言重了。我很理解這些見解，某程度上也許真的言重了。「言重」是因為氣製作單位沒有更高的政治感敏度。追求完美藝術效果，在表演藝術上採用代唱是可以接受，但京奧含有強烈的政治味道，這又是客觀及不能避免的事實。說到底，這場開幕式是給全世界看的，不單是給中國人看。
兩名女童不介意，雙方父母也不介意，製作及官方都不介意，甚至大部份中國人都不介意。也許，我才是完美的追求者，對於京奧受到抨擊特別敏感，覺得因為一些不必要的安排而留人話柄，是事前思慮不周詳之故。不過，倘兩名女童真的不介意，我心裡是好過得多了。
我同意梁先生的觀點。
奧運的主軸精神是講求公平, 真誠和誠實。 成績和效果反而是次要。
在奧運表演裡安排代唱可能並沒有不妥, 但事先沒有清楚講明, 實在讓人覺得有欠誠實。
舉辦奧運, 向世人展示中國人熱誠和能力的同時, 也需要讓世界覺得合情合理, 這樣才能讓其他國家由衷的佩服我們。
whui先生及梁總:
兩位好.
只想跟你說,假如選擇了用幕後代唱來表達一種效果.而我又是張藝謀,也不會事先張揚.
那不是不誠實.
此次的錯位,是大家用了不同標準去量度一件事.我不敢認為你不對,但我的觀點也對.是觀點與角度的問題.
visual art 的reality,就是想你把「整個效果」當「真」的來看.我當然不會事前張揚.如要批評他不誠實.要看「欣賞」完表演後（一定要是之後，否則，幕後代唱這「藝術上的組合」便算是不成功）,人家好奇問：「個女孩又靚聲又如天籟, 是她本人原聲音嗎？」假如此時張導及官方說假話, 是事後被傳媒幾經追查，由他們一手揭發真相……, 此時, 你大概可以指控他不誠實.
真的不想爭辯, 也不想傷和氣及轉移了大家對奧運的視線.
這是最後一郵談此事.
只想衷心地對如whui先生的朋友交流, 我是個搞藝術的, 心知在電影製作及非歌劇的performance art 世界裏, 他們心目中的真實, 不一定是你的定義.
先聲明, 我絕對不是張迷, 甚至不太欣賞他近年的電影（用色太絕，在奧運會上，張是「進步」了，也許不全是他個人主意，用色是match 、舒服, 而不是玩顏色玩到「絕」那種張氏風格）, 只是想溝通才回幾句, 絕不是想吵架. 請你及梁總體諒.
他的問題, 是把開幕禮當一場visual art 的reality來製作──而我深深地知道，大家不一定明白，是有一定困難的．此事與愛中國，為他辯護無關．假如此事發生在其他國家身上，我也會如此為電影、performance art導演出身的統籌如此地說幾句話．
你及梁總沒有全錯！！而我也沒有全對──這就是此次事件的特點.
同意梁總編的修改, 是失策. 因為並不一定所有人都把它當成是一場「表演」.
真的不來郵了, 讓我們一起看運動員精彩的表演, 認真作賽的運動員值得尊重及專心欣賞．不宜再專注談此事.
多謝你及梁總的包容，容我再補幾句．
whui先生及梁總:
兩位好.
只想跟你說,假如選擇了用幕後代唱來表達一種效果.而我又是張藝謀,也不會事先張揚.
那不是不誠實.
此次的錯位,是大家用了不同標準去量度一件事.我不敢認為你不對,但我的觀點也對.是觀點與角度的問題.
visual art 的reality,就是想你把「整個效果」當「真」的來看.我當然不會事前張揚.如要批評他不誠實.要看「欣賞」完表演後（一定要是之後，否則，幕後代唱這「藝術上的組合」便算是不成功）,人家好奇問：「個女孩又靚聲又如天籟, 是她本人原聲音嗎？」假如此時張導及官方說假話, 是事後被傳媒幾經追查，由他們一手揭發真相……, 此時, 你大概可以指控他不誠實.
真的不想爭辯, 也不想傷和氣及轉移了大家對奧運的視線.
這是最後一郵談此事.
只想衷心地對如whui先生的朋友交流, 我是個搞藝術的, 心知在電影製作及非歌劇的performance art 世界裏, 他們心目中的真實, 不一定是你的定義.
先聲明, 我絕對不是張迷, 甚至不太欣賞他近年的電影（用色太絕，在奧運會上，張是「進步」了，也許不全是他個人主意，用色是match 、舒服, 而不是玩顏色玩到「絕」那種張氏風格）, 只是想溝通才回幾句, 絕不是想吵架. 請你及梁總體諒.
他的問題, 是把開幕禮當一場visual art 的reality來製作──而我深深地知道，大家不一定明白，是有一定困難的．此事與愛中國，為他辯護無關．假如此事發生在其他國家身上，我也會如此為電影、performance art導演出身的統籌如此地說幾句話．
你及梁總沒有全錯！！而我也沒有全對──這就是此次事件的特點.
同意梁總編的修改, 是失策. 因為並不一定所有人都把它當成是一場「表演」.
真的不來郵了, 讓我們一起看運動員精彩的表演, 認真作賽的運動員值得尊重及專心欣賞．不宜再專注談此事.
多謝你及梁總的包容，容我再補幾句．
也許我是婦人之仁，但我覺得，一個歌唱如此出色的小女孩，因為"外貌"而被剝奪她表演機會，利用了她的歌聲卻刻意隱藏，是對她如此不尊重。還用"因基於國家利益"前題為理由，大山壓頂。此言一出，叫她和她的父母還能說什麼？究竟我還應該怎樣去教育小朋友？實力不如外表重要？
張導演在晚會後接受訪問時，刻意多謝態倪先生，他默默地做李寧的後備，一同練習卻沒有份上場。為何他卻不表明多謝這位幕後小姑娘？他不是說他每次聽了這歌都感動嗎？有讀者說，電影也有幕後代唱。對呀，但起碼也註明是誰在主唱掛？相信你我都知誰在唱不了情吧！其實，如果真的要用幕後代唱的，只要立時主動公開表明，一份尊重和誠意，便不會被人有話柄。
同意WHUI說的奧運精神，我們不能因好大喜功，只求成效而"不擇手段"。也不應因中國辦奧運的愛國衝動而忠言逆耳！
(My apologies I am on a different computer and I can't type Chinese here).
I believe we are expressing our honest (and different) opinions on this forum without prejudice hence the concern of hurting one's personal feelings is never an issue, IMHO.
That said please allow me to express two follow up comments in response to Mr. Anonymous's earlier comments.
1. Admitting to something you had done after people found out about it is, unfortunately, a degraded kind of honesty (look at John Edwards). That's not the kind of honesty we should be aiming for, in my humble opinion.
2. Olympics is not the right platform for anyone to express his/her personal view of art. The opening ceremony is arguably not an art performance, a movie or a show; it represents the hosting country. The way it is done/handled tells the world a lot about how the hosting country (and the people behind her) sees and approaches Olympics, and that is serious and important.
It is OK to have a "second" in the movie production. They are the persons who perform something that the real one can't/won't do. That include fighting, singing, stunts, and sex.
It is also a fact that some rock and roll stars doing lip-sync (not sing). That's in a 40,000 person attendance situation.
I don't know if anyone of you saw a movie called "Kagemusha" directed by Kurosawa. You will see the way of the "second" being treated when the truth came out.
The lip-sync at the opening ceremony just added another reason why the West dislike China (real or not real, reasonable or unjustified).
For the kids involved in the case. One kid says, "It's Ok that I can't sing, but I got the look. Somebody will do the singing for me.".
The kid doing the "second" says, "I did not get the part becasue I don't have the look. My talent has to serve those that have the look, but no talent.".
Is this healthy?
That's why there are always drugs involvement in the field of sports. Cheating is OK.
Luciano Pavalotti has beautiful voice but he is too fat.
George Clooney has a handsome face but can't sing.
Solution: let Luniano Pavalotti sings in the background and George Clooney stands on the stage.
It just won't work in the reality. People in the opera circuit know it too well to do foolish thing like this.
You do this, you drive yourself out of business. Understand?
Let's talk something less serious. No more right or wrong, but how people treasure/value the truth.
In some serious photographic contests, the judges will request the item enters the contest to be ready to submit the original film strip to be verified that the paper photo came from the original negative film.
On the movie poster "Pretty Woman", Julie Roberts's head was
put onto another model's body.
Decades ago, publishers of fashion magazines used paint-brush to re-touch (beautify skin tone) the faces of the models. That's why they all looks good on paper.
Well, nowsdays, no more films. Everything is digital, Adobe photoshop composition digital retouch. Guess what, there is a software on the market that can tell you the history of a digital file. How many times the file got modified. Some sofware can even tell you the person(s) are added to the picture at different stage based on the light reflection of the pupils. Digital photo makes fakes much easier, and quicker.
For the college kid, beware. Your term paper submitted will be scanned by the software word for word against computer databases looking for similarities. Don't think you can get away with copying GOOGLE stuff and get an A for your copy work.
Another case happened in the publishing/news media business 13 years ago in O.J. case of Los Angeles. After O.J. got arrested, all the major weekly news magazines published the mug shot (aka police photo, not the prettiest kind, even worses than the Calif DMV) of O. J. on the magazine covers.
All of them show the head shot of O. J. but the color, tone, shade are all different. It makes you think which photo is the real one.
One of them is much darker, makes you think that O.J. is the real crimial.
I am sure the darker face of O. J. was not a production mistake, or fault because the magazine had to be put into distribution quick to get the most out of it.
People do do the manipulation to some degree.
It is the intension count. For entertainment purpose, that's fine. Hollywood uses a lot of machanical sharks, rubber snakes, model submarines in the swimming pool, and now computer generated 3-D leading role characters (animation).
Cheating at the Olymic games opening ceremony just add more fuel to the Western media to attack the image of China.
Is it the reason that the leader of Beijing want to use the Olymic Games to show the the world that China is a great nation (no more week, poverty, un-civilized)?
Why bother to put so much money to get the right to host the Games?
The leaders behind the wall still need more think. Money does not buy you respect.
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