Susan Boyle has created quite a stir

I try not to miss Bruce Allen on Larry & Willy every Friday: he is loud, opinionated, often politically incorrect, and fearless in his convictions. I like that. I don't always agree with him, but I like the fact the guy is willing to go out on a limb and say what he really feels.

This morning, he and Willy disagreed on the whole Susan Boyle phenomenon. He thought it was a sad "ten seconds of fame" event that would be over in ten months or less. Willy felt his heart warm with the 'feel-good' element of the story. Either way, with over 42 million hits on YouTube, she has arrived.


Bart Jackson, of the Vancouver Sun, is sitting in the cynical camp. He thinks the whole thing is a brilliantly orchestrated publicity scam, which, when broken down, plays the audience like a bunch of ignorant puppets.

My opinion lies somewhere in-between. Does the world need a feel-good story like this right now? Obviously. Does she have a hope of making a career out of it? Possibly, if she gets picked up for animated features or radio. (Although, this is not to discredit her $1mil porn film offer) Is it going to outlast Allen's predictions of ten months or less? I doubt it. If we still remember her one year from now I would say she has beaten the odds, and garnered more than the candy-floss-ten-seconds-of-fame usually attributed to these sorts of situations.

Regardless, she's fun to watch, and it's nice to see the net buzzing about something positive for a change.