On Friday Remote Lindy made the point that, for all the hype, mania, and You Tube frenzy
surrounding her, "Britain's Got Talent" sensation Susan Boyle isn't all
that spectacular as a singer. Also on Friday, Patrick Goldstein of the
LA Times wrote about what this frenzy about her means about us:
What has made her sudden celebrity so fascinating -- and disturbing
-- is that it seems thoroughly intertwined with the notion that, to be
blunt about it, an ugly woman can have a beautiful voice.
If a petite, pretty in pink 20-year-old had done a marvelous job of
warbling the song, would anyone have made such a big fuss about
it? Clearly not. Would the Web be so full of wonder if the singer were
a chubby guy who hadn't had a date in a decade? In a word: No. So for
all our delight in Boyle's triumph, isn't the fuss over her a
compelling example of our society's rampant sexism?
And
now, as if to prove this point, a porn company has made 47-year-old,
never been kissed Susan Boyle a very lucrative and icky offer...
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