I'm sure most of you are aware of the media's latest big thing - Susan Boyle, a 47 year old unemployed woman from a small village in Britain, blew everyone's freaking minds the other day on Britain's Got Talent. It's like American Idol, only much less of a gong show.
Susan's intro on the show was a rather unflattering recording of her eating a sandwich in the waiting area, by herself, accompanied by some kind of jugband fairytale sort of music. She was immediately written off as a joke, presumably to be this year's emabrassing youtube performance. Of course every viewer at this point was giggling to themselves, "well, this should be good."
People, you have no idea.
Susan steps onto the stage, and announces she will be singing "I Dream a Dream" from Les Miserables. A noteably difficult song, for anyone. The track is started, and the audience waits.
And, well...watch for yourself.
I have watched this video 6 times now, and have yet to be free of chills and a slight tear up. Absolutely phenomenal. Incredible. Holy effing WOW.
A follow-up article by the Daily Mirror has Susan's story, and it's a sad one to say the least. At least there's a happy ending, with Simon Cowell all over the goddamn everything to have her sing for his label. She'll be a professional singer, just like she has always wanted. It's precious, and wonderful, and beyond well deserved. I wish her the best.
However, one thing really got to me that I have yet to...get over. It's a small, yet horribly glaring moment, at 1:23 in the video.
This girl.
This girl right here.
The one with the beak on her face making the eye roll and grimace like a huge c u n t.
Girl, I wanna punch you in your droopy-ass face. Hipster haircut, too much eyeliner, self-important attitude...yup. CUNT. Just a small example of the kind of stupid judgemental crap that I know most of the audience was displaying when they saw Susan take the stage. The kind of crowd that thinks talent only comes hand-in-hand with modelesque beauty. I hope each and every one of those assholes sat in their chairs and wanted to vomit due to their own embarassment. But her especially. Good on ya, editor dude.
The female judge said it best - they were all laughing, and now they're chowing down on their feet. That'll learn ya. It's a huge wake up call for alot of people, but sadly, the world is still full of people like the pleasant assholes featured in the video clip.
I'm happy as all hell the editor decided to put her into the final video. I hope she sees it. I hope everyone she knows sees it too, so they can see what a judgmental cunt she is. And I hope she feels like a giant asshole for judging this woman, and everyone else she's done that smart ass eye-roll at. Because it's obvious she's a pro at it. She reminds me of the girls who scoff and laugh at a nerdy kid if he musters up the courage to ask one of them on a date.
Teenage Hipster Schadenfreude. aka GIRL YOU ARE A CUNT. And I hate you and everyone like you. Please congregate all those like you into a shipping crate and seal off any holes so as to suffocate yourselves while you all give eachother dirty looks but never have the guts to say anything to eachother's faces.
Was that too harsh? I don't know - if I was caught on national television making that face I'd buck up and prepare for the terrordome.
*edit* I linked to this on my facebook just now, and it actually asked me for a CAPTCHA before I could post it. Ridiculous.
