All That Lip Sync

Catherine Zeta-Jones attempts to grab the first born of her
backup dancer ala Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,
while lip-syncing

On Sunday night, I honestly thought that Catherine Zeta-Jones was singing "All That Jazz" from Chicago as part of the evenings homage to "movie musicals of the last decade."  I was pretty snockered, but I watched as her volume changed with her movement and thought she was actually doing it.  Apparently, though, according to many more observant viewers, she wasn't.  Many also commented on her stiff performance.  I guess she spent all her contortion movement in her mouth area.  When I rewatched the video, you can tell, right at the 2:23 mark, when she turns her back to the audience, that, yes, bitch ain't singing live.  Just disappointing.  I actually thought she was a respectable actress.  Now, I question if her Oscar win was as inflated as so many others out there (guess so).  You'd think, having not been relevant since, well, she sang "All That Jazz" in the movie version ten years ago, she would bring it for the hundreds of millions watching.  Jennifer Hudson, who followed her on stage, certainly did.  (As did Adele.)  Granted, Zeta-Jones had more physical activity going on in the number, but tell that to Chita Rivera or Bebe Neuwirth.  But, what about the flack Beyoncé caught for supposedly lip-syncing at the presidential inauguration?  I certainly joined in there.  I'd be a hypocrite not to here.  But, what about everyone else?  Is it a black/white thing?  Or is Zeta-Jones just a dried up old has-been who no one cares about and Beyoncé is directing her own fresh face for HBO and has a tour coming up?  I'd opt the latter.

What I also found interesting during my internet surfing was that when it got first reported over the internet, multiple outlets listed her song for that night as "Cell Block Tango."  Would that be report-syncing?  

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