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 listener's day when Charice performed on Ellen Degeneres show.
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 administration and celebration.
Charice Pempengco 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 to dolled up and mature for her tender years.
Clearly, the Americans won't havbe any of that. They like their child, adoloscent or teen singers to look their age- and we congratulate them for that, because it's psychologically astute and healty.
We wish that our own TV people ( and stage parents) would learn from Charice's made down apperance 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 aoccasionally, and doenst make it the "signature" factor in her forth coming performances.
(by Nestor U. De la Torre of Inquirer Libre)
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