>From the first note, she was so extraordinary -- I thought this must be a >total set-up -- or a dubbing cheap trick joke. But as she continued, it was >clearer with each note that she was herself.
As the blonde judge said, "its a total wake-up call", the largest possible chasm between expectation and deliverance, exposed. The huge divide between pigeonholing this archetypically mediocre appearing person and her gift. A wake up call that the mind has such huge ingrained, inbred, uneducated reflex biases-- that its astounding we can tie our shoes in the morning. (by the way, can we trade the blonde judge for Paula). --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchy...@...> wrote: > > In this week's Britain's Got Talent, a very unassuming Susan Boyle, > self-described as unemployed, never been kissed, and living with a cat named > Pebbles, got on the stage to sing. The audience could not have expected less, > or been more surprised. From The Times: > > As soon as she begins singing I Dream A Dream, from the musical Les > Misérables, however, everyone in the auditorium falls silent, before erupting > into a standing ovation. > > Afterwards Morgan said: "Without doubt that was the biggest surprise I've > had in three years of this show. When you stood there with that cheeky grin > everyone was laughing at you. No one is laughing now. That was stunning. I'm > reeling from shock." > > Andrew Llinares, executive producer for TalkbackThames, the programme > maker, said: "She was a complete revelation. Everyone was cynical about her. > She's a woman who's grown up in a tiny little village and has never got > married. > > "I think the expectation was that she wasn't going to be any good. But > that's what's sensational about the show. No one saw it coming." > > Ms. Boyle is from the small village of Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, a > few miles from Edinburgh, a small town that's on the map now. > > READ MORE: > http://tinyurl.com/cht8t6 > http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6069597.ece > > SEE VIDEO: > http://tinyurl.com/c49rgl > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY > > UPDATE: > http://tinyurl.com/cpf98w > http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/04/12/brtain-s-got-talent-singing-sensation-susan-sang-to-escape-the-bullies-115875-21272894/ > > "I was born with a disability and that made me a target for bullies. I was > called names because of my fuzzy hair and because I struggled in class. > > "I told the teachers, but because it was more verbal than physical I could > never prove anything. But words often hurt more than cuts and bruises and the > scars are still there." > > However, Susan has proved such a smash hit on Britain's Got Talent that > supremo Simon Cowell has held talks with her about signing for his Sony BMG > record label. > > And she believes her TV success is the perfect answer to the childhood > tormentors who made her life hell in Bathgate, West Lothian. >
