Reply #40: Then the story is not just about her

[TayTay]

but about those watching her. Without the reaction, there is no story.

so it's about Susan Boyle, the undiscovered singer, and about the millions who saw something of themselves in her.

That is still one hell of a story. I have seen efforts to script such a thing before. (Isn't there a movie coming out next week about a gifted violinist who was homeless who reclaims a place on the stage?) However, rarely does such a thing become a world-wide sensation. The producers of the TV show didn't forward all the links, real people did.