tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post4850699420139846974..comments2024-01-22T10:47:38.507+05:30Comments on As I Please: The "unglamourous, unfashionable, unmarried, unkissed Miss Boyle"Rahul Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07751088048215388592noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-90835487137649642482009-04-26T03:12:00.000+05:302009-04-26T03:12:00.000+05:30I think many lauded her as a freak. Almost a circu...I think many lauded her as a freak. Almost a circus. An unusual collection of attributes not normally expected. The making of a silk purse out of a sow's ear. I felt bad. Her attitude and singing voice were great and she gave it her all. I liked that.AmOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351322682932613136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-79194908360266105132009-04-21T18:27:00.000+05:302009-04-21T18:27:00.000+05:30Amazing; and the judges are a hundred times more d...Amazing; and the judges are a hundred times more decent and gracious.Rahul Basuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751088048215388592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-83600207099295648222009-04-21T18:20:00.000+05:302009-04-21T18:20:00.000+05:30And, closer to home, there's this.And, closer to home, there's <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsxpGTVAgI0" REL="nofollow">this</A>.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-62231926418247666682009-04-21T18:11:00.000+05:302009-04-21T18:11:00.000+05:30Rahul: The NYT article I linked to about Boyle als...Rahul: The NYT article I linked to about Boyle also has a link to the Potts performance of <I>Nessun Dorma</I>. Anyway, I liked NYT's Sarah Lyall's slightly bitchy (about the judges) write up on this.Rahul Basuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751088048215388592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-66839633203088078482009-04-21T18:06:00.000+05:302009-04-21T18:06:00.000+05:30Something similar happened last year with cellphon...Something similar happened last year with cellphone salesman Paul Potts who wowed Cowell & co with his <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxOytYLlhiQ" REL="nofollow">Puccini performance</A>. But, as some people have <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/16/britains-got-talent-susan-boyle" REL="nofollow">pointed out</A>, the reaction to Boyle -- both before and after her performance -- was much more condescending and, probably, sexist.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.com