{"id":1888,"date":"2009-04-28T18:39:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T02:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2009-04-28T18:39:19","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T02:39:19","slug":"the-meaning-of-susan-boyle-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/the-meaning-of-susan-boyle-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of Susan Boyle, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Susan Boyle has not only groomed her eyebrows, but get this: SHE BOUGHT A NEW LIPSTICK!<\/p>\n

I’m trying not to read any more stories or opinions about Susan Boyle, but I slipped up today. The Daily Mail is making a big deal about the lipstick, but I didn’t sense any criticism. \u00a0 Other recent reports have seemed deeply resentful of Susan’s steps toward a mainstream look.<\/p>\n

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How dare she become self-conscious all of a sudden?! \u00a0 We’ve been baited and switched! We were promised a geeky old spinster, like Bette Davis in “Now Voyager,”<\/a> but instead we’ve got a woman wearing lipstick who looks ALMOST NORMAL! I think this is the essence of what is supposed to be The Susan Boyle Backlash.<\/p>\n

Here<\/a> is the unearthed tape of Susan Boyle auditioning for a TV show 15 years ago. This may add to the backlash, because it proves that she didn’t just crawl out of a hole at 48 and decide to sing. She’s always wanted to sing, and has made several attempts to have a career at it. \u00a0 In this audition, she manages to play along as some fucking cunt clowns around, apparently ridiculing her performance.<\/p>\n

I haven’t stopped loving her, and I’m happy if she’s happy with her new look. What I see in her also is a person who has been to some degree “off” her whole life: Slightly weird, slightly different. It’s obvious, right? Maybe she’s even a bit autistic. I know she left school early because of “learning difficulties.” It’s a quality that I’m always drawn to.<\/p>\n

I hope she has enough support to cope with the attention, judgements, and the inevitable fall from grace when the public and the media grow tired of her and move on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"