Miley Cyrus VMA's

[Heka]

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Madonna, the Spice Girls, Britney Spears...its not like this is new, lol

No, but it's a good influence, a nice 'clean' influence, gone bad quite extra quick.


Gosh, I'm teaching my students about the origins of rock, and the older generation having issues with it - feeling like the older generation :P

[thalassa]

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No, but it's a good influence, a nice 'clean' influence, gone bad quite extra quick.


Gosh, I'm teaching my students about the origins of rock, and the older generation having issues with it - feeling like the older generation :P

lol...my initial reaction was pretty much the same, and then I was like ...wait a second, this is really no worse than watching Madonna on stage when I was 10 (my BF's dad was a concert organizer--I saw some epic 80's and early 90's live performances, and usually from the front few rows)

[Heka]

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lol...my initial reaction was pretty much the same, and then I was like ...wait a second, this is really no worse than watching Madonna on stage when I was 10 (my BF's dad was a concert organizer--I saw some epic 80's and early 90's live performances, and usually from the front few rows)

Yeah exactly. I think I'm having that 'wait a second' moment right now :P I started it earlier. But it's kicking in now! (That's why I love this place). I saw all sorts of wonderful and shocking things as a pre-teen, I turned out ok. And I was one of the ones getting pissed at 13!

[Yorin]

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I think there's a big difference between Madona grinding and whatnot on stage vs this: http://24.media.tumblr.com/4b7e425d3...oj4do2_250.gif

but that could just be me. *shudders*

[Heka]

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It is a bit extreme.....

[DanieMarie]

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I don't know...I don't really care what she does. I don't think pop stars are good "role models" in general, and I don't know why people would consider them to be. Child stars almost always end up pulling something like this, because being a child star is so damaging, so if your kid looks up to one, chances are, this will happen at some point anyway.

What I do think is that she's an incredibly talented singer, and she's focusing on the wrong thing. I've seen some videos of her really singing, and she has such a great country voice. If she wants to be seen as an adult, she just needs to work like an adult...do the work, show the talent. She doesn't need to sex it up like everyone else. Anyone can put on a bikini and dance around. Not everyone can sing like she can.

[Agel]

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I think her going wacked out like this has majorly to do with the whole Disney thing.
From what I've read Disney is very, very strict about 'their kids' (the one's that work for them on tv and such) and what they can and can't do even on their free time. Because they must hold up that wholesome image 24/7 a lot of them break when becoming adults.

I basically see this as the rebellious stage she would've had during her teen years. But since she's 20 now, and can therefore do much more, it's ramped up ten-fold.

[Lilium of the Valley]

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What the shit did I just watch?

^ What she said!!

[Jack]

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What bothers me, is not the way she's acting, or her songs or anything. It's that her audience is 14 yo girls. 14 yo girls are screwed up enough. They don't need Miley Cyrus being a screw up as well.

Is her audience really 14 year old girls, though? I thought Hannah Montana ended a couple of years ago, and I chalked this up to an attempt to stay relevant.

[Lilium of the Valley]

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about that.... hehehe

[Heka]

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Is her audience really 14 year old girls, though? I thought Hannah Montana ended a couple of years ago, and I chalked this up to an attempt to stay relevant.

Nah still for the 14 yo girls. 12-17 would be the kids loving her.


I tend to compare her to Taylor Swift a bit too - and Taylor Swift hasn't gone mad yet.

[Yorin]

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I tend to compare her to Taylor Swift a bit too - and Taylor Swift hasn't gone mad yet.

Hasn't gone mad yet, but I still don't think she's a good role model for anyone considering all her songs are about needing a guy in your life or you can't survive and make it on your own -___-

[Jembru]

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Does no one here watch South Park? I think it's pretty obvious what all the fuss is about.. but hey, it's gonna be a great harvest! (It's funny, because it was even Miley Cyrus they turned to at the end of that episode ^^)

[Munin-Hugin]

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I'm rather disgusted by this entire thing. No, not at what she did, or any of that such nonsense, but by the very fact that people find it to be so important. Also, by the fact that it has taken up valuable print and space that could be dedicated to something that is important. For the past few days, it has been in the top 5 headlines on Yahoo News, as well as mentioned in papers and on TV. YET, the fact that we are a sneeze away from possibly starting an actual World War has been pushed onto the back pages.

[monsno_leedra]

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I'm rather disgusted by this entire thing. No, not at what she did, or any of that such nonsense, but by the very fact that people find it to be so important. Also, by the fact that it has taken up valuable print and space that could be dedicated to something that is important. For the past few days, it has been in the top 5 headlines on Yahoo News, as well as mentioned in papers and on TV. YET, the fact that we are a sneeze away from possibly starting an actual World War has been pushed onto the back pages.

Misdirection of the masses awareness and focus, one of the oldest forms of propaganda and control of the media at its best. Just have to figure out who is doing the misdirection and why, unfortunately many times it seems its the media itself causing it. In many ways an example of is she the dog or the dog's tail being wagged in front of us to shock, misdirect or suggest some social moral and ethical issue.