Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Susan Boyle
Let me put in my two cents about Susan Boyle. She's gone into some clinic for exhaustion which pretty much covers just about anything from actual physical exhaustion to drug rehab to give my career a boost time outs. The biggest result of this is that so many are now complaining about her being exploited.
Well, jeez, of course she's been exploited. That's the whole purpose behind these reality shows. Take some relative unknown (or all-but-forgotten celeb) and exploit their foibles to the world. These shows are hoping for a train wreck. The more spectacular the fall, the better the show is going to do. If that wasn't the case why show the no-talent disasters at all. Weed them out during off-line auditions and only show the acts that are acceptable. Which would destroy the basics behind all these shows.
To get the full force behind Ms. Boyle, one had to hear her first, then see her after. I actually listened to an .mp3 of her earlier recording before I saw her image. To hear the voice, one thinks of Diana Krall or Kathleen Turner or Demi Moore -- and let's just say that when you do see her, she isn't anything like those. I know it's chauvinistic, but that's the world. Anyway, good luck Ms. Boyle in whatever happens for you.
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