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subscribe to beauty blog via RSSThe Susan Boyle Debate Rages On
April 27, 2009 2:31 pm
It was brought to my attention via a Facebook posting a few weeks ago, but the YouTube link of Susan Boyle singing on Britain’s Got Talent has since made the blogosphere rounds, making the 47-year-old something of a household name (if you’ve yet to see the clip, click here and prepare to be wowed). The Scottish singing sensation has become a topic of conversation not just for her next-level pipes—her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Misérables impressed even the usually surly Simon Cowell—but also for her appearance. A frumpy, silver-haired, unemployed church volunteer is an image that global viewers are simply not used to seeing on TV or in movies, and the Boyle phenomenon has sparked conversation on both sides of the pond regarding societal preoccupations with youth and beauty and the notion of stereotypes in general. Yesterday’s New York Times suggested that any initial adverse reaction to Ms. Boyle is actually a learned psychological response, citing contentions by social scientists that sizing people up based on how they look is crucial to the way we function, while today’s edition of the U.K.’s Daily Mail paints Boyle as something of a patron saint for the middle-aged and unattractive. (They also bring up the issue of her near instant “celebrity makeover,” post performance, which some are seeing as a betrayal to the demographic she is poised to exalt.) And so, we join the discourse. What were your initial reactions to Ms. Boyle and do you think her rise to fame will actually affect our current proclivities to judge a book by its cover?
tags: Britain's Got Talent, Hair, Les Mis�rables, Makeup, Simon Cowell, Susan Boyle
actually, yes, we are all prejudiced. but it is the entertainment industry and susan boyle’s stylist’s job is to style her in light better accepted by people. may the best performer win!
By marvoi on 04/28/09 at 11:56 am