Nora Ephron reads "me" on DU.

As she states on Huffpo:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nora-ephron/stop-the-music_b_188961.html

I was attacked by, I can only gather, musically challenged people for opining that Les Miz song was sub-par. Well, I actually called it crap. I noted it was Andrew Lloyd Webber-like and attacked for not knowing it was not a Webber song (I knew that).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=3834124

I get quite amused when people when people attack me over such unimportant, silly things. However, it feels good to be plagarized (somewhat) by Ephron.
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You're hardly the only person who thought that crappy song is horrid. If it's Andrew Lloyd Webber, it's a given that the song will be sappy and cheaply sentimental. What sentient theater-goer doesn't know that?

Never confuse DU with the real world - lots of us out here were transfixed by the Susan Boyle experience, but it was simply because - and let's use real plain language here - she's a freak and she could sing really well. Sort of like the sideshow at the carnival, only that song provided the requisite heartstrings tug.

Do you think the people at that TV show didn't know that? Do you think that whole thing was utterly spontaneous?

While you're clapping yourself on the back, you really should unburden yourself of that delusion. Those awful songs just seem to have the knack of hitting the soap opera part of our brains, and we react accordingly.

Everyone with a brain knows this, and if you were attacked for it - what a laugh those people are - well, they're even less informed.

Outside world - it's a good thing .................

has nothing to do with it. That would be in the lyrics. The music is crap. No melody to speak of. Crap.

Sentimentality has everything to do with the power of that song, and others like it.

Naw, come on - you were patting yourself on the back and trying to slam those who slammed you. The reference to Ephron haven't "plagiarized" you was kind of unfortunate..............

It's not important to me. I'm surprised at all the people who defend that music, though. I mean, who cares about my opinion? It's just an opinion about a piece of pop music.
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it was angry and smug and self-congratulatory - to wit, the links you supplied.

Ah, what the hell - just so long as you got it out of your system.

You do realize, don't you, that emoticons don't affect the content of the message, no matter how much you try?

That statement says more about you than about her.

People here who responded to positively to her were disgusted by all the eye-rolling and sniggering before she began. That's why we were happy when she proved herself -- not because we thought she couldn't do it (not being young and beautiful) -- but because she proved the bullies wrong.

Stating the obvious is "rude"?

Oh, get a grip, for heaven's sake. The reason she's so damn appealing is because the packaging belies the talent. That's her hook, and if you can't acknowledge that, you're sunk deeper in PC hell than you know............

She's a freak. People who look and act like that don't have that kind of talent. That's what makes her a freak. And, if that makes you unhappy, check the definition of the word. People who don't know meanings of words are really embarrassing ..............

is. Ordinary looking, yes. Plain, yes. Freakish, no.

Does anyone call Mick Jagger freakish? She's more attractive than he is. Bob Dylan is no prize either, in the looks department. Or countless other men. And no one expects them to get a makeover or even wear makeup.

And there have been always been ordinary looking women singers, although fewer of them than of men. Barbara Streisand, Liza Minelli, Mama Cass, Janis Joplin. They aren't/weren't freaks, and neither is Susan Boyle.

If you don't realize that so much of Boyle's appeal - beyond her lovely voice which is far more spectacular because of its vessel - is because she's so far off the norm where show business is concerned, you don't know what the word "freak" means.

And trying to bring me into it personally with an off-center cheap shot is, well, a badly-aimed and uninformed cheap shot.

She only proved to people that sometimes a freak - and, admit it, that's pretty much the kind of people who go on those shows - has talent.

Now, go play with your dictionary, and forgive yourself your ignorance of your mother tongue........................

What makes you think Ephron has read a word you wrote?

I think it's a massive ego, in both cases. Good of you to start a thread in GD to let us know how huge yours is. Vanity threads normally go in the Lounge.

And do you really think I think Ephron read my thread? I've got a sense of humor. Really, I do.
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:D Personally, I didn't really take note of the song she sang so much as the look on the judges' and audience's faces before and after she sang the song.

She reads "me" on Huffpo.

As are all of the musical numbers in the musical. Take it back.

What was wonderful about her was the lovely voice, especially coming from such an expected vessel.

But, hey, that person had to write a column, or an opinion, and what a wonderful topic she had.

After worrying about her neck and her gray hair, she finally found a topic worth posting

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as judgmental as many other people.

Of course, when she said the song was from Les Miz, I expected a bad song, so I'm guilty of that but not without reason.

I am also sick of hearing about her :)

I hated the song, too, but was impressed by her ability to sell it.

It's very rare to hear someone who sings so totally on pitch with so little strain in her voice.

Her "Cry Me a River" rendition was much better and a clearer picture of her talent.

She's not beautiful, she's not particularly intelligent, and she's got some behavior problems. However, the lady can sing. Beautifully.

If she can sell that dog of a show tune, she can do better material in a way it's never been done before.

thought of Diane Schurr when I heard her. I think it was the clarity and effortlessness in her voice, as you point out.