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      Home  >  Daily News  >  YouTube generation

      YouTube generation

      Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle


      Another 12 million people saw this video since yesterday!

      Every day, the interwebs is filled with an interminable supply of crap and one cool thing. Like a jet-powered bloodhound, this blog seeks out and posts that one thing.

      On occasion, nothing interesting is added to the internets. In that case, something old is posted.

      Susan Boyle (- Singer – Britains Got Talent 2009 (With Lyrics)) is an inspirational video clip of a 47-year-old cat lady who’s never been kissed singing Le Miserable’s “I Dreamed a Dream.”

      And a story about why this is so big on the interwebs:

      “But first, let me clarify the scope of her fame: Last night, my dad sent me an e-mail about her audition on Britain’s Got Talent. My dad, y’all. He’s a sixty year-old retiree who mostly uses the internet to play online chess and download classic rock. If he’s hearing about a YouTube sensation mere days it hits the web, then it must really be something.
      …

      (1) Susan Boyle rebukes the bitchy cynicism that often defines reality talent shows.

      By now, it’s an unavoidable trope: The unusual-looking, weirdly-mannered outcast shambles on stage for an audition on a show like American Idol or America’s Got Talent and promptly makes a fool of herself. Her embarrassment is played for tawdry laughs, and viewers are encouraged to feel superior to her and so feel better about themselves.

      And obviously, the producers of Britain’s Got Talent know that. They introduce Boyle with the goofy music reserved for the usual freak, and they show her talking about how she’s never been kissed and how she lives with a cat. The audience audibly mocks her as soon as she takes the stage, which encourages all of us at home to sharpen our claws.

      After that, her singing—which is very good, if not quite excellent— naturally causes an uproar. We’ve been primed for dog food, but we get a burger, so it tastes like steak.

      Source: http://www.ozelwebtasarim.com

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      3 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        April 17, 2009 at 3:34 pm

        Nothing to do with chess

      2. Anonymous Reply
        April 17, 2009 at 3:37 pm

        And you’re another idiotic troll who likes to whine about everything. Go away dufus!

      3. Grundy the Troll Eater Reply
        April 17, 2009 at 10:12 pm

        Hah! You said dufus!

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