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Old 06-01-09, 01:49 PM   #1
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Default Poor Susan Boyle

I remember when I first saw this woman. It was a pleasent supprise. Here was a non celibe elite person. Your 'everday Jane' as it were knocking them dead. It was a great story that now has gone sour.

Well since she 'hit it big' the industry got their hooks into her trying to mold and shape and change her to a more 'acceptable' clebrity appearance.

Now the poor woman is suffering.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...breakdown.html
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Old 06-01-09, 02:00 PM   #2
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To be honest, I think she's been over-hyped. Sure, she's a good singer, but people seem to think she's the best ever
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Old 06-01-09, 02:05 PM   #3
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To be honest, I think she's been over-hyped. Sure, she's a good singer, but people seem to think she's the best ever
Agreed.

Plus, I wonder how anyone can be suprised about this - there's clearly someone odd about this woman to begin with.
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Old 06-01-09, 04:52 PM   #4
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Agreed.

Plus, I wonder how anyone can be suprised about this - there's clearly someone odd about this woman to begin with.
Certainly an odd woman. Personally I think these shows should be kicked off TV as they just exploit people for 15 minutes make Simon Cowell and Co another forutne and then leave the poor wretches by the roadside once they are used up.
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I think that dance troupe that "beat" her sucked.

How can a game show like this come up with an objective fair way to compare talents so different from each other?
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Old 06-01-09, 06:22 PM   #6
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I think that dance troupe that "beat" her sucked.

How can a game show like this come up with an objective fair way to compare talents so different from each other?
Its put down to public vote. Though, how public that really is isnt crystal clear.
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To be honest, I think she's been over-hyped. Sure, she's a good singer, but people seem to think she's the best ever
I agree 100% and therein lies the problem.

The industry (celebritys) in there desire to be larger than life cannot tolorate a run of the mill person and tries to shape them in their image.

Being ordinary or even better than average is just not enough.
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Well, look on the bright side.... Atleast we know Steed has a life outside of subsim.

Who would have thought steed had such a nice voice?
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Well, look on the bright side.... Atleast we know Steed has a life outside of subsim.

Who would have thought steed had such a nice voice?
Yea... now we know what happend to steed.:rotfl:

I wonder where he got off to.

Myself I think it has gotten to much for her... She is probably not use to this much attention.
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Yea... now we know what happend to steed.:rotfl:

I wonder where he got off to.

Myself I think it has gotten to much for her... She is probably not use to this much attention.
Perhaps she needs to join a forum like SS and chill out a little.
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I agree 100% and therein lies the problem.

The industry (celebritys) in there desire to be larger than life cannot tolorate a run of the mill person and tries to shape them in their image.

Being ordinary or even better than average is just not enough.
I have no problem with this.

Being great makes greatness. There's no point in celebrating the average. Susan Boyle has a good singing voice, but she carries herself in an average to below average manner.

The world simply can't celebrate EVERYONE, so we choose to celebrate the exceptional. Boyle was exceptional in that she provided the world with a suprise. Now that quality is gone.
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Paul Potts is my favourite winner of the Got Talent thing. Incredible bloke.
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I have no problem with this.

Being great makes greatness. There's no point in celebrating the average. Susan Boyle has a good singing voice, but she carries herself in an average to below average manner.

The world simply can't celebrate EVERYONE, so we choose to celebrate the exceptional. Boyle was exceptional in that she provided the world with a suprise. Now that quality is gone.
Your missing the point. Simply put the industry wanted to make more out of the poor woman than she was.

If she was 'average' then tell her that and move on. But since she was such a supprise and a crowd favorite they did everything they could to make her something she wasent.
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Your missing the point. Simply put the industry wanted to make more out of the poor woman than she was.

If she was 'average' then tell her that and move on. But since she was such a supprise and a crowd favorite they did everything they could to make her something she wasent.
So?

Just because she's average doesn't mean she has no right to say no. She chose to play the game and is at least equally responsible for the fallout from that choice.
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