Should Susan Boyle get a makeover?
Susan Boyle has proved that we are all more superficial than we thought. When she stepped onto the stage for Britain’s Got Talent, before she even spoke a word, we all expected her to make a supreme fool of herself, judging solely by the way she looked. But by now you know how beautifully she sang, and perhaps that her performance has been viewed on YouTube 20 million times and she has received an invitation to appear on Oprah. But because we are all so superficial, the nagging issue of her appearance remains. Tom Leonard writes in the Telegraph: I don’t think the highlighted, dazzling dentures brigade on US TV have quite got the point about Susan Boyle’s huge popularity — that for many people, it’s a two fingers up to television’s obsession with physical appearance. CBS conducted the most cringeingly condescending interview with Susan in which the male host evidently thought he had to talk very slowly and stick to questions like “Do you understand you’re a worldwide star?”. Diane Sawy
