{"id":608,"date":"2009-05-25T19:19:34","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T19:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/05\/susan-boyles-2nd-performance-video-of-the-day.html"},"modified":"2009-05-25T19:19:34","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T19:19:34","slug":"susan-boyles-2nd-performance-video-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/05\/susan-boyles-2nd-performance-video-of-the-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Susan Boyle’s 2nd Performance: Video of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Susan Boyle’s 2nd Performance<\/a> on Britain’s Got Talent <\/a>was another hit. Check out the youtube clip of her Semifinal song at the 2009 competition:<\/p>\n

<\/object>I need to report feeling a bit manipulated by the entire phenomenon known as Susan Boyle<\/a>. Sure, she is a great reminder that all beings possess Buddha-Nature, that anyone can open your heart and surprise you and I love the fact that her first youtube performance<\/a> is one of the most popular clips in the history of youtube. But the whole production, the editing, the pulling ( massaging, tugging, cajoling, puppeteering) of the heart strings is too much to bear. Did the judges really not know she could sing when she stepped on stage?<\/p>\n
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I’m curious about your opinion of her – is she an example that wisdom and beauty can be found anywhere, when you least expect it? Or is she an example of the manipulative effects of reality t.v.? I am split on my feelings on this one.<\/p>\n

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