Video Satire Mash'd: Stop Hating On Susan Boyle!

The media -- and, oh yeah, the 20+ million YouTube clip viewers -- are all enchanted with erstwhile church-choir singer Susan Boyle, the small-town Scottish biddy who got famous this week on UK reality show "Britain's Got Talent" when she sang a "Les Miserables" showtune -- and betrayed some seriously powerful pipes. The only problem? Haters are saying her Frida Kahlo browline and granny-chic attire make her more likely to see William Hung's fame arc than, say, Celine Dion's. Why all the haters? Click the player to see the NEWSWEEK satirical video team's mash-up of all the Boyle-dissing!

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