Everyone has a theory on why she hit such a heartstring. (Side note: If, by the time, if ever, this blog is discovered, you don't remember who Susan Boyle is, search for her on You Tube. IF You Tube still exists by then. Wait. Wait. That's not true. I have a loyal readership. Lori, are you out there? Lori?) So here's my version of Susan Boyle's enduring (hopefully) popularity:
She's a 1) biblical archetype and a 2) rock n' roll fantasy.
l) Susan Boyle as Biblical Archetype:
...Not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are...
(Unpack the analogy amongst yourselves. Ok. yourself. Lori? Lori?)
2) Susan Boyle as rock n' roll fantasy:
Think Tom Cruise in Risky Business - Old Timey Rock n Roll. Please don't tell me you have to google him! Or that movie! Or that scene! What year is this, anyway?
Later Gators....
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