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

Over the past few days, social media has been heatedly debating the relationship between artists and audiences, with the focus of the storm being on whether the audience supports the artists or not. Some say: “Yes, the audience supports the artists,” along with convincing explanations.

An online newspaper reported that the top 9 singers with the highest salaries in Vietnam, their shows usually cost from several hundred million VND to over 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 their huge salaries - let's not analyze other aspects, just look at the tip of the iceberg (the salary), the audience supports the artists, right!

GodfatherTran Thanh's film reached 400 billion VND in revenue, selling 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 parties. According to this group, no one supports anyone here! Someone 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, in general, 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 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 approval are important resources for artists. “Nươi” has been elevated 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, have 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, without needing proof.

Axiom 1: The audience feeds the artist.

Postulate 2: Artists add material for people to move towards the values ​​of truth, goodness, and beauty. Audiences must respect artists, artists must feed 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 to the present, there has always been a deep understanding: "Parents raise their children like a vast ocean". 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 ourselves 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 training themselves comprehensively. 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 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 do 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.