Comments on: ‘Gobsmacked’ Woman in Big Demand http://thelintscreen.com/2009/04/17/gobsmacked-woman-in-big-demand/ Satire, ad commentary, fun tidbits and whatnot Sat, 19 May 2012 15:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lint Turns 100 » The Lint Screen http://thelintscreen.com/2009/04/17/gobsmacked-woman-in-big-demand/comment-page-1/#comment-2734 Lint Turns 100 » The Lint Screen Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:56:10 +0000 http://thelintscreen.com/?p=1788#comment-2734 [...] and expect to get away with it. One of the most controversial specks of Lint was one I did when the Susan Boyle story first caught fire. I thought it was funny, many did not. Read the comments for a great [...] [...] and expect to get away with it. One of the most controversial specks of Lint was one I did when the Susan Boyle story first caught fire. I thought it was funny, many did not. Read the comments for a great [...]

]]> By: Kinsao http://thelintscreen.com/2009/04/17/gobsmacked-woman-in-big-demand/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Kinsao Fri, 29 May 2009 10:16:06 +0000 http://thelintscreen.com/?p=1788#comment-307 I thought this was quite funny. Surely it can't have possibly been meant to take seriously?! Some people need to lighten up a little. This article is just a bit of a laugh (ok not the most hilarious thing ever but it raised a smile) and not insulting to Susan Boyle! I thought this was quite funny. Surely it can’t have possibly been meant to take seriously?! Some people need to lighten up a little. This article is just a bit of a laugh (ok not the most hilarious thing ever but it raised a smile) and not insulting to Susan Boyle!

]]> By: J in Bulgaria http://thelintscreen.com/2009/04/17/gobsmacked-woman-in-big-demand/comment-page-1/#comment-305 J in Bulgaria Fri, 29 May 2009 09:06:16 +0000 http://thelintscreen.com/?p=1788#comment-305 Really, people: Go look up 'satire.' Bleeding heck. For those who need it spelled out, the author wasn't putting down Susan Boyle. He was attacking the ridiculous idea being promoted by Cowell et. al. as well as the media that having a non-exceptionally-conventionally-fake-beautiful person with a modicum of talent is such an amazing thing. It's marketing tricks, folks. BGT is marketing a Cinderella story - quite successfully. I've heard Susan sing. She has a nice voice, yes - but not brilliant - and I doubt she'd have come so far without the 'ugly' hype. Oh, and she's not that particularly ugly, either. Really, people: Go look up ‘satire.’ Bleeding heck. For those who need it spelled out, the author wasn’t putting down Susan Boyle. He was attacking the ridiculous idea being promoted by Cowell et. al. as well as the media that having a non-exceptionally-conventionally-fake-beautiful person with a modicum of talent is such an amazing thing. It’s marketing tricks, folks.

BGT is marketing a Cinderella story – quite successfully. I’ve heard Susan sing. She has a nice voice, yes – but not brilliant – and I doubt she’d have come so far without the ‘ugly’ hype. Oh, and she’s not that particularly ugly, either.

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