Whenever I need a pick me up, I watch the Susan Boyle audition, again. Although she did wow the crowd, I'm always a bit sad at how the audience, on the whole, judged the woman before she even opened her mouth to sing. The camera pans out over the crowd and you see some people mouthing snide remarks at the middle-aged woman on stage who dared to try for her dream. She was judged before she presented anything to be judged about based on her age and innocence.
Once she began to sing, however, faces immediately changed and people sat up and reevaluated the situation but they had to have proof that Susan Boyle was worthy of respect before they gave her any respect. An audition means you give a person a hearing before you pass judgment. I get a tear or two in my eye every time I watch the video replay of that famous audition when Susan Boyle showed the world that great things can come in brown paper wrappings. She is now famous so the same people who were ready boo her off the stage would give anything to meet her in person.
I watched a show about her life with interviews from the people in the town, etc., yesterday. One resident of the city Susan Boyle has lived in all her life said that she was always considered a 'bit off' and the teens would often egg her house. She went on to say that they don't do that anymore because of who Susan Boyle is today. Huh? She is still the same person so why change? Why is it that some fame and fortune makes her more likeable in their eyes? Shouldn't she have been given respect regardless of whether she could sing or not?
One of the judges said that Susan Boyle's performance was a wake up call. It should remind everyone that we all can be the victim of judging so why not refrain from doing so until you know the person?
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