![]() ![]() It was a rare opportunity for disabled and non-disabled to be fully present together, under the same umbrella of time and space.įinally, I think it’s important to return to the title of the show: “America’s Got Talent.”Īfter the Industrial Revolution, the ability to contribute labor and earn a paycheck became defining features of what it meant to be American. ![]() While listening to Lee perform, everyone in the audience was listening along at his speed, which, as the performer, he controlled. ![]() With its tempo, rhythm and dramatic pacing, music creates its own temporal universe. It has its own time that’s not tied to that of the real world. This is where music can be such a beautifully transporting experience. In other words, because many tasks can take longer for someone with a disability, keeping pace can feel like a constant struggle. Philosopher and disability theorist Licia Carlson has written that “the experience of disability may be defined in negative terms when people fail to live according to what is considered to be normal time.” Perhaps the most joyful aspect of Kodi Lee’s performance, however, is rooted in the dimension of time. To sing these lines believably means to have lived them or to have imagined their truth. Infantilizing and de-sexualizing people with disabilities is still commonplace – as though physical or intellectual disability should necessarily exclude the ability to feel desire and the longing to be desired. “We’re alone now and I’m singing this song to you,” he croons, evoking deep intimacy and connection. “I’ve been so many places in my life and time,” he begins. So listening to Lee sing about love – mature, adult love – I heard a 22-year-old man whose voice and delivery brimmed with emotion and rang with authenticity. Their disability becomes the defining aspect of who they are, which can prevent people from realizing that those with disabilities can have rich interior lives. One challenge for people with disabilities can be that others tend to conflate their disability with their personality and identity. ![]() ET for new episodes of America’s Got Talent Season 18 to see who else gets an extra boost like Mzansi Youth Choir did with their take on Nightbirde’s “It’s OK.Lee stunned the judges during his May 28 performance on ‘America’s Got Talent.’ Keep tuning in to NBC on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara still have yet to hit the button in Season 18, but their times are surely coming. Terry Crews then gave the third buzzer of the season to 8-year-old drummer Chioma, while the fourth went to dance group Murmuration after mesmerizing Howie Mandel. The judges and host made AGT history with a group Golden Buzzer for Mzansi Youth Choir in the Season 18 premiere, and the second of the season went to 17-year-old musician Putri Ariani after she blew Simon Cowell's mind. The odds are clearly in the favor of anybody who wins over one of the judges or host Terry Crews enough to get their buzzer. Of the thirteen seasons of America’s Got Talent and its spinoffs that have aired since the introduction of the Golden Buzzer in 2014, eight have been won by a champion who first earned a buzzer and shower of confetti. (Image credit: NBC) Will A Golden Buzzer Winner Be The Season 18 Champion? ![]()
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