detail from "Sirens", Burne Jones, via Olga's Gallery
by Damozel | Amusingly, those who believe that only those who can claim to be "the total package" deserve fame or admiration, are shocked -- shocked I tell you! -- that 47 year old Susan Boyle managed to enchant the judges of the Britain's Got Talent and everyone on the internets with her amazing voice.
I love to hear media hairdos exclaiming over how "interesting" it is that even the likes of Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan know a remarkable talent when they hear it. "You look lovely Susan," burbles one of them because what higher praise has life to offer? (PS. I can't stand the song from Les Miserables she sings in the first clip, but if you scroll down after the jump, you can hear her unleash that voice on "Cry Me a River," a song that is worthy of it.) Lovely or un-, after years of caring for her late mother, and now that
she's in her late forties, she's suddenly the gal everyone wants.