2008 Woodie Awards
Miley Cryrus and more than 7 things to hate
Tina Ortiz, Collegain columnist
Issue date: 9/5/08 Section: Editorial / Opinion
Miley Cyrus is America's favorite little jailbait and the music industry's rising Lolita. Her tweendom knows no boundaries. She's on TV, the radio and at the budding age of 15, been immortalized as a Barbie doll.
Needless to say, I'm not impressed. In fact, I've got a freshly-sharpened Ticonderoga on hand at all times, so when I hear her songs, I see how close I can get to my brain through my ear.
Traditionally, I pardon talentless pop stars, as their recording of horrible music is usually a victimless crime. However, I fear the celebrity she gained may lead her on a similar path traveled by her pop star predecessors; one spiked with syringes and sex scandals.
With her first round of scandalous photos already leaked on the Internet, I worry that young girls, my 13-year-old sister included, are scrupulously taking notes on this trainwreck-in-training.
I can accept that Miley Cyrus herself is a casualty of the competitive world of show business and that the public carries responsibilities as consumers, yet there is still a question that remains: why is being sexually explicit becoming the most lucrative means of gaining celebrity for young starlets?
Forget acting lessons, a sex tape is today's best resume polisher. It has become a frightening trend over the past few years and seems to be a right of passage for young girls in Hollywood.
However disturbing you may find that to be, I think it's overshadowed by a more depressing question - why as a society do we enjoy watching the demise of other human beings?
It's like some twisted game of celebrity Jenga. The media takes turns destroying someone's stability in hopes that they aren't the ones responsible for their downfall.
Undeniably, the part we all anxiously anticipate, is watching the tower fall. The writers of "South Park" brilliantly prophesied the future of Miley Cyrus in a scathing episode where the citizens of South Park kill Britney Spears and use her rotting corpse as fertilizer for a corn harvest.
Needless to say, I'm not impressed. In fact, I've got a freshly-sharpened Ticonderoga on hand at all times, so when I hear her songs, I see how close I can get to my brain through my ear.
Traditionally, I pardon talentless pop stars, as their recording of horrible music is usually a victimless crime. However, I fear the celebrity she gained may lead her on a similar path traveled by her pop star predecessors; one spiked with syringes and sex scandals.
With her first round of scandalous photos already leaked on the Internet, I worry that young girls, my 13-year-old sister included, are scrupulously taking notes on this trainwreck-in-training.
I can accept that Miley Cyrus herself is a casualty of the competitive world of show business and that the public carries responsibilities as consumers, yet there is still a question that remains: why is being sexually explicit becoming the most lucrative means of gaining celebrity for young starlets?
Forget acting lessons, a sex tape is today's best resume polisher. It has become a frightening trend over the past few years and seems to be a right of passage for young girls in Hollywood.
However disturbing you may find that to be, I think it's overshadowed by a more depressing question - why as a society do we enjoy watching the demise of other human beings?
It's like some twisted game of celebrity Jenga. The media takes turns destroying someone's stability in hopes that they aren't the ones responsible for their downfall.
Undeniably, the part we all anxiously anticipate, is watching the tower fall. The writers of "South Park" brilliantly prophesied the future of Miley Cyrus in a scathing episode where the citizens of South Park kill Britney Spears and use her rotting corpse as fertilizer for a corn harvest.
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Tru
posted 9/06/08 @ 7:54 PM EST
I get sick and tired of yall wannabe famous journalist.Yall are the people driving these young stars crazy.Leave them alone, let them breath.I want you all to get hasseled as much as these young stars do. (Continued…)
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