Li Yuchun Loved for Being Herself

　　李宇春：因追求自我而受宠

　　《时代周刊》评论超女李宇春节选

　　Lis victory was unusual in other ways: like American Idol①,butunlike China itself, Super Girls Voice② is rundemocratically.Eight million SMS votes flooded in on the night ofthe finale④. Fora few weeks after, the mainland press debated therelevance of thisformat. Only something that smashes social normscould elicit⑤such a response, Yu Guoming, a media expert atPeoplesUniversity, told the Beijing News. After all, in Chinatheopportunities to use votes to choose are relatively few. AsLiprepares for a nationwide tour with the other finalists,herhandlers are loath to discuss the political dimensions oftheprogram or of Lis triumph⑥. Hunan Entertainment ChannelrefusedTIMEs requests to interview or photograph Li. According toone ofher many agents, they were worried the story would portray Liasmore than just an entertainer. But she is more: Lirepresentsunabashed individuality, and thats why shes a nationalicon. WhatLi did possess was attitude, originality⑦ and a proudandrogyny⑧that defied Chinese norms. Her fans wept openly⑨ andfrantically⑩shrieked when Li took the stage.

　　李宇春的胜利在很多其他方面都显得与众不同：类似“美国偶像”——而非中国现状——“超级女声”以一个民主的方式运作。800万短信投票划过决赛当晚的夜空。此后数周，媒体围绕着这种节目模式展开了争论。“只有打破常态的东西才会引起如此大的反响，”人民大学新闻学院教授喻国明在接受《新京报》采访时说，“能够实际的完全用投票的方式进行选择，机会是比较少的。”当李宇春准备和其他“超级女声”展开全国巡演的时候，她的经纪人并不愿意在政治层面上谈论这档电视节目和李宇春的胜出。湖南卫视拒绝了《时代》周刊的采访，也不允许对李宇春进行拍照。经纪公司非常担心这篇报道会给李宇春扣上艺人以外的帽子。但是，李宇春确实拥有更多含义：她代表了张扬的个性，这就是她成为全国偶像的原因。实际上，李宇春现象早已超越了她的歌声。李宇春所拥有的，是态度、创意和颠覆了中国传统审美的中性风格。对教条的不屑一顾引来超乎意料的反响，每当李宇春登台亮相，她的“粉丝”们总会泪洒现场或是惊声尖叫。1AmericanIdol：“美国偶像”节目是以业余青年歌手大奖赛的形式，让普通的美国民众自由参与，并把评判权交给观众，通过民意选出最受欢迎的歌手。Idol是大学英语六级词汇。2SuperGirls Voice ：“超级女生”节目的英文名3 Democratically adv. 民主地（四级词汇）4Finale n.原意为结局, 终曲。文中解释为决赛（GRE考试，即美国研究生入学考试，词汇）5 Elicit vt.引出, 引起（托福考试词汇）6Triumph n.胜利 （托福考试词汇）7 Originality n.创意, 新奇（六级词汇）8Androgynyn.原意为雌雄同体。文中解释为中性化。（GRE词汇）9 Wept openly ：泪洒现场10Frantically adv.疯狂似地（托福词汇）