'Looking at the salary, the audience is supporting the artists'

Over the past few days, social networks have been heatedly debating the relationship between artists and audiences, in which the center of the storm is the issue of whether the audience supports the artists or not? There is an opinion that: "Yes, the audience is supporting the artists", along with a convincing explanation.

An online newspaper said that the top 9 singers with the highest salaries in Vietnam, shows usually cost from several hundred million VND to more than 1 billion VND, of course, these singers, besides their talent, are also tireless artists. Audiences who want to see them perform have to spend money to buy tickets - contributing to the huge salaries - let's not analyze other aspects, just look at the tip of the iceberg (salary), the audience supports the artists, what else!

GodfatherTran Thanh's movie reached 400 billion VND in revenue, sold 5.3 million tickets (as of the afternoon of April 5). Are the audiences supportive?

The opposing opinion group said that the audience does not support the artist, this is just an exchange based on the labor of both sides. According to this group, no one supports anyone here! Some people even gave an example: "children do not need to do anything, their parents still support them, take care of their food, education, and everything." According to this person, "only when the artist does nothing, generally speaking, just shuts up and takes the money, then it is called support." This group of opinions seems to not acknowledge "support" in the common folk way.

On the other side of life, when gradually leaving the audience behind, emphasizing the give and take relationship is also the statement of an "old Buddha". For young people who decide to start a career in singing or acting, they probably wouldn't dare to share that!

Another opinion holds that the use of the word “nươi” is not appropriate. The relationship between artists and audiences needs to be viewed in terms of love and mutual influence. In the digital age, the power of the audience and the audience’s sympathy are important resources for artists. “Nươi” has been raised to a philosophical value. In the whirlwind of the market, artists and audiences, their thoughts, words, and actions in many cases have conflicts with each other. There are famous artists who, in the past, used their images to advertise “fake” products, and they have completely ruined the audience! As for the audience, after the end of the year, who remembers or forgets the artists who only recently made their hearts flutter? Ingratitude is an eternal rule - the relationship between audiences and artists is no exception.

It should also be said that, for Asians, who raises who is often compared to a watercolor painting.

My Tam with the audience. Photo is for illustration purposes only.

By the way, I have some comments.

1. I propose 3 axioms about the relationship between audience and artist. An axiom in Mathematics is a statement that is always true and does not need to be proven.

Axiom 1: The audience feeds the artist.

Postulate 2: Artists contribute materials to help people move towards the values ​​of truth, goodness, and beauty. Audiences must respect artists, and artists must support their audiences.

Axiom 3: Artists consider serving the audience as professional ethics, a measure of dedication to art, and happiness in life. The audience is a source of abundant inspiration for artists to create.

2. In the family, from ancient times until now, it has always been deeply imbued with the saying: "Parents raise their children like a vast sea and lake". The growth, filial piety, and success in life are the happiness and pride of parents.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has just announced that during the time students and trainees stop studying to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, if units do not implement online learning, they will not collect tuition fees, only collect tuition fees when organizing online teaching or arranging make-up classes. Part of the tuition fees will be used to pay teachers. Teachers exist thanks to their students. That mindset helps teachers know why they exist and from there teach with the highest responsibility and dedication.

In various social relationships, the question always arises, why do we exist? Why do they exist? If we answer fully, we will see that we are “feeding” and we are also being “fed”.

3. The debate "Does the audience support the artists?" helps both sides look back and change for the better.

As an artist, everyone wants to be successful in their artistic career and have a fulfilling life, and to achieve that, they need to spend days perfecting themselves. However, the opportunity to achieve success is not shared equally among artists. So, whether on a grand stage or "we go home and bathe in our own pond", artists should maintain their image and live decently in the respect of the audience.

That way, whether at the peak or at the bottom, artists are always happy in the arms of their fans.

The audience should be sympathetic to the artists. Know how to cherish their contributions, and should not throw stones when the artists have not fulfilled their roles on stage or in real life. The audience is the support for the artists to fly high and far, with the destination being an advanced culture, imbued with national identity.