Very good points Sheik. I hadn't seen it that way, & agree completely. Great example of reverse psychology.
We pat ourselves on the back 'for looking past her appearance & seeing her talent'. Aren't we just wonderful for it Look how far we've moved away from our obsession with media's definition of beauty. We are SO rapidly evolving, aren't we
The fact that we have spun her story around this pretty much epitomizes societies' shallowness.
What I especially like about Susan Boyle, from the little I know of her, is that she is apparently aware of the fact that this says WAY more about the people who are judging others than it does about the judged. I hope she doesn't change.