Have you seen the video of Susan Boyle? She's a Scottish singer who brought the house down on an episode of Britain's Got Talent, which is a talent show similar to American Idol. It's even got Simon Cowell, who was shocked out of his usual snarkiness when this woman opened her mouth and began to sing. Based on Susan's appearance, which is distinctively non-glamorous, and her age (47 years old), Simon, the other judges and the audience members had clearly judged her to be dismissible when she walked out on the stage. There was a lot of derisive eye-rolling when she said that she wanted to be a singer like Elaine Paige, who is a famous British actress and singer (She was the original "Evita.") Watch the video here and see what happens when Susan starts to sing.
The YouTube video has gone "viral," with over 7,000,000 hits as of a few minutes ago, and the story was even featured last night on ABC's evening news program. I say Go Susan. There's a nice lesson here for all of us, about not judging a book by it's cover, appearance isn't everything, etc. Sometimes having a spectacular god-given talent is enough.
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