Ralphie: "As for the singing of George, I've never knowingly heard her sing. And now I don't wish too." Yorgos: "As long as she's not singing from the wrong hymnbook, that's fine by me." I have to stand with Ralphie here. A performance of a song is about much more than the song itself. No singer is really worth listening to unless they own the song - they make that song part of their person. You choose a song because of the way it resonates with you and the nuances of performance embody the character of the performer. A good performance is impossible unless there's something of the performer in it. And the little I know about George as a person, the things that she condones and approves of, makes me pretty sure that the character that is expressed in this way is not one that I want to have anything to do with.
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