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To: LindyBill who wrote (208617)	6/16/2007 12:19:11 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793559

Truly inspirational One word: wow. That guy has pipes. I hope he does well.

To: LindyBill who wrote (208617)	6/16/2007 3:14:33 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793559

I don't mean to sound callous or cynical, but people seem to be projecting a lot of things onto Paul Potts that are more symptomatic of what they WANT to see, than what may be reality. They ignore how hard and long Paul Potts has worked on his voice-- and choosing that career requires a great deal of persistence and dogged commitment -- and are turning him into some kind of unusual folk hero. He is just like many very talented singers who never make it to the top tier of the opera world, despite many, many years of study. In fact, he has had a fairly successful career in minor houses and doing some concert work. Even that is an decent accomplishment in this field, where many wind up teaching voice, working day jobs, and singing Messiahs at Christmas and Easter. He DOES project a sort of everyman, touching countenance that worked extremely well in reaching people through the show, making them project a lot of emotional "Oh, I hope this sad dumpy guy does well", feelings into their listening. In addition, the aria, "Nessun Dorma", is Puccini, one of the greats at writing heartrending, tearjerking tunes. I have never heard it without being affected, even when it plays on my cellphone. All of this came together for him and he touched that wonderful place in all of us. I am truly delighted, for him, yes, but more because it;s gratifying to see someone who has dedicated his life to study and work in the arts rewarded than because he is a rejected nobody who somehow came from nowhere. Every once in a while someone crosses the barriers and succeeds and everyone is so surprised that these gifted people are out there. In recent years we've had Sarah Brightman, Josh Grogan, Andrea Bocelli. But a column indicating his life until this point has been some sort of depressed "void" filled with disappointment and failure, just can't be true, not for someone who has sung the roles he has, and studied with the masters he has. It says much more about what we want his story to be than what it truly is.