Over Boyled. Another one of Andrew's rants

Finally, I could not resist the tempation any longer. Her name was everywhere. As much as I despise these types of programmes, my curiosity had got the better of me. I finally tuned into youtube to see who Susan Boyle was. And yes, I was amazed. Yes, I was teary-eyed. And yes, for sure, I watched it again and again. She deserves her moment and I am reminded of my prejudices but the real winner, and this is what I really hate, are those slimy producers in ITV (Independent Television Company) who continue to exploit our fabulously ordinary lives by delving into our deepest hopes and aspirations. Isn't this the madness of Jade Goody (an ordinary not overly-educated woman prone to racist sentiments, themselves fed by the national media). A woman whose only fame is wanting to be famous so desperately that she will do anything to achieve this goal. And millions tune into TV to watch her as she is dying.

Obviously Susan Boyle, has real talent, which Jade Goody clearly did not, but the formula is remarkably the same: the best profits are made by exploiting the dreams and aspirations of the ordinary (you don't have to pay them, they do it for free), laughing at them or applauding them as they stretch towards that demi-god status of stardom.

But how rotten things really are is revealed when you have a media incapable of crticising this nonsense. There is a reasonable attempt in the Guardian to add a critial note to the Susan Boyle phenomena (see here) but it still works on the idiotic premise that the panel of judges and TV crew were genuinely unaware of this woman's talent. Don't worry Tanya Gold, you can tell the truth. There are no six year olds reading the Guardian. You are allowed to write that Father Christmas doesn't exist or that they are not really fighting in WWF (World Wrestling Federation) wrestling matches.

Well, I have to disagree therefore with the show's name, the show that brought Suan Boyle to fame, "Britain's got Talent", I would have to contradict them by saying that there is very little talent whatsoever. Whatever talent there is is stifled by money-men in suits looking for easy formulas to boost profits. Indeed, in the field of journalism, I would have to conclude that there is no talent at all. I had to search as far as a pig farm in New Zealand for a fine piece of writing on this subject; via ,of course, the rather poor offerings of La Vanguardia (not that you would want to read that -it's in Spanish).

Anyway, what do you think of Susan Boyle? Share your opinions by leaving your ideas under comments below.