Actress Gal Gadot had an idea, born possibly of boredom after being in isolation for several days. She decided that it would be inspirational to get famous celebrities to sing a song together. She would begin the tune, then another celeb would sing the next phrase, and on and on.
Sounds like that could be fun, right?
The result was less than inspirational. First of all, she chose the wrong song. John Lennon’s “Imagine” is a depressing atheistic song that would make America sad on our best day. Second, the singers were just plain bad. Third, their sanctimonious facial expressions made it obvious that they felt they were doing something important.
Here’s how Jon Caramanica of the New York Times described it. “In this clusterclump of hyperfamous people with five seconds’ too much time on their hands, however, ‘Imagine’ may have met its match. By the end, it has been pummeled and stabbed, disaggregated, stripped for parts and left for trash collection by the side of the highway. It is proof that even if no one meets up in person, horribleness can spread.”
Wow.
“The performance is two minutes long, but watching from front to back requires about 20, with breaks for snarfing, ear-canal cleansing and bursts of who-the-hell-is-this?” Caramanica continues. “When she sings the opening line — ‘Imagine there’s no heaven’ — she grins at the camera as if she’s about to pick your pocket. Or like a joyfully masochistic nurse about to administer a gruesome shot. It feels oily. Distressing.”
The entire internet reacted in the same way. Really, the way Caramanica dismantles their self-importance is a literary masterpiece. Read it here.
See it below for yourself, but instead of imagining there’s no heaven, just imagine that this didn’t happen:
Hat Tip: New York Times
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