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Sat Apr-18-09 01:33 PM
Response to Reply #28 |
| 31. She's only ugly to those with Madison Avenue eyes. |
| -Why does she thrill us? Susan Boyle is the anti-"Pretty Woman" |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 12:33 PM |
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I love it. |
liberalmuse |
Apr-18-09 12:39 PM |
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I think she's got a swell face. That plastic shit gets old after you've seen a few hundred thousand |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 12:41 PM |
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I agree. I remember seeing an episode of, I think, The Twilight Zone, |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 12:59 PM |
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Number 12 Looks Just Like You (it first aired in 1964) |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 03:43 PM |
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Thanks for the link! |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 04:11 PM |
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"neon teeth" |
CrispyQ |
Apr-18-09 01:01 PM |
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His teeth... |
Puzzler |
Apr-18-09 01:29 PM |
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Yep, and now they all got that unbelievably grotesque "spray-on tan" crap going - |
nickyt |
Apr-18-09 01:07 PM |
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Who was it who said this? |
Raksha |
Apr-18-09 04:33 PM |
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The strangely proportioned Francis Bacon! |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 05:51 PM |
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Thank you, MADem! I knew someone would bail me out on this one. |
Raksha |
Apr-18-09 08:03 PM |
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And don't forget the same BLUE contact lenses! |
D-Lee |
Apr-18-09 05:16 PM |
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Being an often grumpy old man |
nevergiveup |
Apr-18-09 12:51 PM |
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Part of it was her brilliant choice of that particular song. |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 01:02 PM |
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Is this why I don't get it? |
dkf |
Apr-18-09 01:10 PM |
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I think she also picked the tune to demonstrate her range to the three judges. |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 01:15 PM |
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Actually its not done by Webber, its by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg |
dkf |
Apr-18-09 01:32 PM |
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I saw Miss Saigon in London, oh...Jeez, was it sixteen years ago? |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 01:44 PM |
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Here's a link to the lyrics. Pretend you never saw Les Miserables. |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 01:19 PM |
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She's got culture... |
WHAT |
Apr-18-09 01:48 PM |
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You are right that we're starved for culture, |
Raksha |
Apr-18-09 05:24 PM |
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I agree with you... |
WHAT |
Apr-18-09 07:29 PM |
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I didn't really stop to think about it when I posted, |
Raksha |
Apr-18-09 07:44 PM |
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"Modulating a deep emotional experience." YES! |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 09:37 PM |
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Did you know, also, that she's developmentally delayed? |
MADem |
Apr-19-09 06:11 AM |
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And she has overcome that and become a singer. |
GoesTo11 |
Apr-19-09 04:24 PM |
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I think she is cute |
ayeshahaqqiqa |
Apr-18-09 01:01 PM |
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I was wondering if that is why everyone is so bowled over by her. |
dkf |
Apr-18-09 01:03 PM |
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How often does someone bare her talent -- and soul -- to the world |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 01:07 PM |
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She's really very talented. And there was no "voice mixer" or "overdub" or |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 01:11 PM |
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It's not about her voice at all really |
MedleyMisty |
Apr-18-09 01:13 PM |
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Wow you are so right. |
dkf |
Apr-18-09 01:45 PM |
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Because the TV says so! |
mitchum |
Apr-18-09 01:36 PM |
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I haven't watched TV in a decade |
MedleyMisty |
Apr-18-09 01:45 PM |
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I think you're right -- "this story came from the bottom up |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 01:53 PM |
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All she needs is a good hairstylist and some fancy duds, and she's set. |
kestrel91316 |
Apr-18-09 01:04 PM |
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She doesn't want a makeover. "Why should I?" she said! nt |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 01:12 PM |
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She doesn't need a makeover. Her hair actually looks a little better |
kestrel91316 |
Apr-18-09 01:40 PM |
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I think when she went for a haircut, the hairdresser did a better job |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 01:49 PM |
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she doesn't "need" any of that. n/t |
eShirl |
Apr-18-09 01:17 PM |
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I just listened to that song of hers from '99, Cry Me A River. |
originalpckelly |
Apr-18-09 01:13 PM |
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It makes me want to cry a river. |
originalpckelly |
Apr-18-09 01:16 PM |
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She's been in music for a long time--just not "famous" at it! |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 01:19 PM |
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How has she been in music for a long time? |
LisaL |
Apr-18-09 01:20 PM |
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Singing in a choir doesn't count? |
alarimer |
Apr-18-09 01:24 PM |
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It wasn't enough for her, clearly. She said she'd always wanted to perform |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 01:27 PM |
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She performed at the local pub next to a hotel near her home regularly. |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 01:41 PM |
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I hadn't heard about her performing in the pub regularly, or about musicals. |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 01:48 PM |
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Give me a break??? Is she your best friend? Do you live in the next council house over in West |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 01:38 PM |
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Yea and my parents wanted my sister to play a piano. |
LisaL |
Apr-18-09 04:23 PM |
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How about getting paid to sing at the hotel bar? |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 05:34 PM |
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I've read through the link you provided. It says she took |
LisaL |
Apr-18-09 06:37 PM |
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It doesn't matter. You don't think she's a musician because you think that |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 06:51 PM |
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Nothing you say makes any sense to me. How am I being |
LisaL |
Apr-18-09 06:57 PM |
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You've decided she's not "in music" because she doesn't fit into your odd definition of that term. |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 07:35 PM |
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I have meant that she was not a professional singer, |
LisaL |
Apr-18-09 07:40 PM |
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You're moving the goalposts. You said she was not "in music." |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 07:41 PM |
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I've been in music all of my life too. I love hearing it. And I sing in the shower. |
BlooInBloo |
Apr-18-09 09:53 PM |
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There you go. |
LisaL |
Apr-18-09 10:04 PM |
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Performed in musicals, in an organized choir, at your local pub, and the nearby hotel bar? |
MADem |
Apr-19-09 06:07 AM |
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She took lessons for a couple years and sings in the church choir. |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 01:24 PM |
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Nope. She sang at the hotel pub and in local musicals, too. |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 01:42 PM |
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In a word, novelty, or... a token. |
burning rain |
Apr-18-09 01:28 PM |
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In three words: authenticity, beauty, courage. In one word: soul. |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 01:31 PM |
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Well, I suppose having a soul might do as a novelty, for a little while. |
burning rain |
Apr-18-09 01:55 PM |
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She seems to have more talent than most of these pathetic excuses for singers today. |
originalpckelly |
Apr-18-09 01:38 PM |
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Because some people underestimate ugly people. |
Hanse |
Apr-18-09 01:30 PM |
#28 |
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She's only ugly to those with Madison Avenue eyes. |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 01:33 PM |
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No, she's ugly to you to. |
Hanse |
Apr-18-09 01:34 PM |
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Where have I indicated surprise? In looks, she reminds me of many of the beloved Irish |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 01:37 PM |
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With your OP. |
Hanse |
Apr-18-09 01:40 PM |
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Some people won't ever get it. The OP is for those who do. n/t |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 01:46 PM |
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Hahaha. Disagree with me? You don't get it. |
tabasco |
Apr-18-09 01:58 PM |
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I'm not trying to debate. The OP was written |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 02:09 PM |
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Nietzschean inversion. |
BlooInBloo |
Apr-18-09 01:48 PM |
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Remind me. |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 01:55 PM |
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Ugly becomes pretty, if you just redefine enough terms. |
BlooInBloo |
Apr-18-09 02:09 PM |
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which we see over and over in the fashion world |
Iris |
Apr-19-09 06:24 AM |
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Her "ugliness" wouldn't merit a 2nd glance walking down the street. |
Peregrine Took |
Apr-18-09 01:53 PM |
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To me, Simon what's-his-name's teeth look unnerving. |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 02:05 PM |
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It only has to the pathologically insecure. |
glitch |
Apr-18-09 02:53 PM |
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It's an airbrush nozzle--like they use to paint cars!! |
MADem |
Apr-18-09 02:07 PM |
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This reminds me of a story about a young garment worker who was protesting slave labor |
glitch |
Apr-18-09 02:50 PM |
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And it's not like she looks like THIS: |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 03:56 PM |
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Exactly. She is an average looking woman. |
LisaL |
Apr-18-09 04:27 PM |
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On the surface, she's just ordinary -- which in some people's book, |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 09:40 PM |
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As far as I'm concerned, she's one of the most beautiful people on the planet. n/t |
Subdivisions |
Apr-18-09 02:19 PM |
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Imitation is suicide.(Ralph Waldo Emerson) nt |
glitch |
Apr-18-09 02:43 PM |
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The A&R industry is scrambling to find more Susan Boyles |
rucky |
Apr-18-09 05:24 PM |
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And that won't work |
MedleyMisty |
Apr-18-09 05:35 PM |
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And then some reporter will go to her hometown and the jig will be up. |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 09:42 PM |
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She doesn't. |
LWolf |
Apr-18-09 06:31 PM |
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Then I'd be doing you a disservice |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 09:46 PM |
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Ah. |
LWolf |
Apr-19-09 01:33 PM |
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She qualified. The talent competition will be ongoing. n/t |
pnwmom |
Apr-19-09 09:26 PM |
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She thrills us because of her talent. It's dumb to try to spin this into a social statement. |
Mike 03 |
Apr-18-09 06:33 PM |
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I'm not talking about her face. I'm talking about her persistence -- even |
pnwmom |
Apr-18-09 09:27 PM |
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Susan Boyle defies the 'rules' just because she has REAL HONEST TO G-D TALENT |
Mind_your_head |
Apr-18-09 09:41 PM |
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GOOD for her! I hope she doesn't change a thing. n/t |
Triana |
Apr-19-09 10:36 AM |
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On her own terms? |
Threedifferentones |
Apr-19-09 10:42 AM |
#97 |
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