British Urban Film Festival

Speaking of conformity, the debate surrounding Susan Boyle and her reluctance to have a makeover regarding her appearances on Britain's Got Talent will bring a wry smile to the many people who worked on the first 2 series of The Search for BUFF - a reality-TV-talent show just like Britain's Got Talent, difference being we were extremely blatant in our search for beauty. To define someone or something as beautiful (or buff) is down to looks - to the extent that viewers of the show were asked to vote in to decide how buff the people we interviewed were. Many people who were interviewed on the Search for BUFF commented that it was more about what was on the inside than the outside and maybe that is the case with Susan Boyle. So why does she need a makeover? One suspects that Britain's Got Talent was created as an anti-thesis to the beauty contest that is The X Factor. However, the public have spoken - thanks to Twitter and Youtube - and now Susan Boyle has created a moment similar to a scene in the film The Truman Show where Jim Carrey suddenly realises that he's been watched by society. Society is watching what the producers of Britain's Got Talent are going to do with one of the most famous members of the public in the world at this moment. Will she be allowed to wallow, literally, in her own skin or will she have to be buffed up because society demands so...