Let's first start with the VMAs. It IS the VMAs. Ever since the very first VMAs in 1984 when Madonna performed her new hit, "Like A Virgin", the VMAs have THRIVED on shocking performances. Remember THAT performance? Madonna performed the song (that she wasn't suppose to perform because of it's racy lyrics) wearing a bustier and part of a wedding dress. She 'grinded' on the stage floor suggestively, revealing lacy stockings and a garter. People were SHOCKED. In 1989, Andrew Dice Clay was the host. What was MTV thinking when they decided that? They KNEW his routine of "dirty" nursery rhyme jokes! His jokes got him banned from MTV....FOR LIFE! Year after year, there have been outlandish outfits (Think Lil' Kim and her tit being exposed while Diana Ross fondled her or Lady Gaga's now infamous raw meat outfit), performances--both the aforementioned "shocking type" and the amazing performances that are too numerous to mention. The disputes (Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain or members within their own band like Poison). The Antics (Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech). The list goes on and on! The VMAs are MEANT to shock and leave people wondering, "What the hell just happened?".
But back to Miley. She is no stranger to the limelight. Her father, Billy Ray Cyrus was a huge country star in the 90's with his cheeky hit, "Achy Breaky Heart". Her family has been in the tabloids since then. She grew up as a child star on the Disney Show, Hannah Montana. She IS Hannah Montana, isn't she? No, that is a character she played on a Disney TV show. It does not define her real life persona. Just because she dances around half naked on a stage doesn't mean she's a whore or disgracing her teen fans. (Just like Justin Bieber's recent stints in the news don't mean he is letting his fans down.) They are KIDS.....young adults. Trying to do whatever they can to make a name for themselves in a cut-throat business. Is the way they are doing it right? Only time will tell. They ARE still relevant to their fans.
Adults are concerned that they (Miley, Justin and the others) are no longer good role models for their children. Shame on those parents. Celebrities are just people like the rest of us folk. They just happen to have a talent that attracts millions of people and earns them millions of dollars. They never set out to be role models. Role models are soldiers....police officers....firemen....NOT celebrities!!!! So stop saying that Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Miley (and Lindsey Lohan and and and....the list goes on and on) are poor role models for your kids. They were NEVER role models to begin with!!! They are just people doing what they think they should do to make a name for themselves. It goes all the way back as far as Elvis Presley (and probably farther back than that) with his dance moves and wiggling pelvis that they wouldn't show on The Ed Sullivan Show because it was feared that it was too suggestive for teens to see on TV. It's a phase. They are only dance moves. Gimmicks. There are bigger and bigger ones every year. So why are you all so shocked? Surely you haven't forgotten all the risque performances from years past. Get a grip and lighten up!!!!
In case you have lived under a rock and didn't see it, Here's Miley Cyrus's performance this past Sunday at the VMAs....Yea....it's stupid and disgusting. But, she's having fun. She's young. It's what she wants to do right now.
In case you have lived under a rock and didn't see it, Here's Miley Cyrus's performance this past Sunday at the VMAs....Yea....it's stupid and disgusting. But, she's having fun. She's young. It's what she wants to do right now.
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