Some frenchy music

If I watched enough lip synch battles I think I could come up with a set of criteria upon which to Judgeth them.

Cause I think a lot of it is based on either (a) a man imitating a woman, or (b) a white person imitating a rapper. And there's something suspect about that. In the same way that we find it funny when a man dresses as a woman, or when a straight man imitates a "gay" man (that is to say, acts "effeminate.")

Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots. Cause it's OK to be a boy. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, cause you think that being a girl is degrading." (movie Cement Garden... and the beginning of a Madonna song)

So I think good lip sync has to find a way to be funny beyond such things. Eg. Levitt's lip sync of "Tiny Dancer" is hilarious because of the overacting he puts into it.



Not that you shouldn't lip sync a rap, or a woman. Some raps are really fast and complicated, so they're impressive if you can imitate them well. And Paul Rudd's Tina Turner is swish-free.


Alright. There's my random neural firings.

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