Wed, 23 Mar 2005

WOW. I watched a new episode of South Park tonight. The episode focussed on the boys trying to become talent agents. As their only client, they gain a Chinese woman named Wing, who does dreadful renditions of "classic" songs like "Morning After" and "Dancing Queen". From the sound of the voice, I assumed that it was one of the two creators singing nasally in falsetto.
Then, just after the credits, they put up a slide suggesting that folks go to www.WingMusic.co.nz to find out more about Wing and her music. I assumed it would be a joke site, so I popped right over there.
Much to my shock and surprise, this woman is a REAL PERFORMER. She is a real Chinese woman, now living in New Zealand, who has actually put out 9 CDs. Her songs are all every bit as dreadful as the songs on South Park tonight. She is clearly the next Yoko Ono. In fact, the Dancing Queen the played tonight is the lead track on her latest CD!
Even more astonishing, this woman mentions on her website (apparently with pride) that her music is being used on an episode of South Park. I cannot guess whether she is clueless as to the point of South Park, or if she actually understands that she is a model for William Hung.
My congratulations to the creative minds at South Park. That is a gag of the first division, and I use the word "gag" carefully...