04/20/2009
What It Takes To Entertain Us!
Susan Boyle would not have gotten all of this attention if she didn’t look the way that she does. I’m not one for calling another one of God’s creatures unattractive but I would not be that far off if I said she wasn’t. At least, not attractive in the “entertainment” way. And this is the shame of it all. Our culture is making a big ruckus about her only because she didn’t sound exactly how she looked. Before she uttered a note, there were nothing but laughs and giggles coming from everyone there. The camera was more impressed with Simon’s reaction than her actual singing skills. The audience, in a way of laying off some collective guilt, gave her ovations when they realize that they horribly misjudged her on the basis of her appearance.
I blame it on the “Video Image” mentality. Someone once said to me, that I have to like the way an artist looks in order to listen to them sing. This seems to be a prevailing attitude. Yes, I would go as far to say I like beautiful women who can sing. But it is not a driving factor for me in order to appreciate an artist and their music. For the last 40 years in popular music the industry has promoted beauty over brains. So the eye candy syndrome was bound to happen. But it’s a shame because I would much rather enjoy a concert with an average looking person who can throw down vs a pretty girl or boy who’s just adequate, run of the mill. You know, like the current group on A-Idol.
