Hi folks — for Thursday, please read/view the following:
Readings/Viewings:
* Case Study Focus: William Hung
- Read: Guillermo, Emil. “William Hung: Racism, or Magic?” SF Gate, 2004.
- Read: “Asian ‘American Idol’: Stereotype or Star?” — give this one some time to load (for some reason, it loads slow). Also — be sure to read the comments below the article.
- Watch: William Hung’s “She Bang – on American Idol”
No writing due, but please be ready to discuss in class. Also, if you have any examples of your own (that either parallel this case or are completely different), please bring them to class, so we can discuss.
3 responses so far ↓
Marlena H // January 30, 2008 at 7:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo-Y_Vb0wsw&NR=1
William’s music video- “she bangs”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqESG57ysbU&feature=related
William on ET- just one of the short interviews about his success
kiely holden // January 30, 2008 at 10:53 pm
man, i really had forgotten how funny that was.
sorry if that’s “offensive.”
Trisha // January 31, 2008 at 11:46 am
lol, I always record the American Idol auditions and I still have that one which I must have watched like a million times.