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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