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Charice Pempengco shows the way

StarJan 3rd,2008admin

We recently caught Charice Pempengco’s “command” performance on Ellen Degeneres’ self-titled TV show, and we gladly share these notes:

Charice impressed Ellen and the studio audience so much with her show-stopping performance that they gave her a standing ovation. Americans are among the more demonstrative people in the world, but standing ovations don’t happen every day on live TV shows in the States, so Charice’s performance was truly special.

What made it unusual wasn’t only her amazing vocal range–indeed, the US has many (usually black) singers who can hit those high notes with prodigious skill and unerring accuracy. Birit or belting wasn’t the only factor that made listeners’ day when Charice performed on “Ellen.”

We think that what blew their socks off was her unique combination of vocal power and petite youthfulness. That’s a pretty rare mix to find on US TV, so it really was cause for admiration and celebration.

Made down

In addition, Charice was “made down” to come across as the mid-teener she was. When she performs on Philippine TV, she is sometimes made to look too dolled up and mature for her tender years.

Clearly, the Americans won’t have any of that. They like their child, adolescent or teen singers to look their age–and we congratulate them for that, because itís psychologically astute and healthy.

We wish that our own TV people (and stage parents) would learn from Charice’s “made down” appearance on “Ellen” and treat our other young local performers in a similarly enlightened and psychologically informed way.

And we trust that, when she performs again on Philippine TV, Charice will help set a more intelligent and responsible standard for the way that juvenile singers are made to look and act here.

As for Charice’s “belting” bravura that so impressed US viewers, we hope that she displays it only occasionally, and doesn’t make it the “signature” factor in her forthcoming performances.

Yes, vocal power is truly admirable, but it must be used in the service of the singer’s total interpretation of a song, and not merely to stun listeners into rapt attention.

Remember Banig

Finally, we must recall that, in the 1980s, another young Filipina impressed Americans on national TV with her awesome voice. She was Banig Roberto, and everyone went ga-ga over her for a time–but, after some years, she was superseded by other young faves.

Charice should therefore realize that, while “instant” celebrity is wonderful and she fully deserves the acclaim sheís currently enjoying, fame can sometimes be a sometime thing. Unless the young singer and her mentors know how to keep her career on a consistently upward trajectory.

As any star can tell you, that’s a truly difficult goal to achieve–so careful and easy does it.

Indeed, Charice can also learn a lot from her US TV “sponsor,” Ellen Degeneres. The popular comedienne and talk show host has seen hundreds of promising young talents come and go, so she advised her latest find to fly high–but keep her feet firmly planted on terra firma.

That’s quite a trick to pull off, so our young warbler has her work cut out for her in solidifying her gains as she hops onto the roller-coaster ride of international singing stardom. [by honeybums]

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