In her defense...
So, I was following some celebrity news links around (damn those catchy headlines), and I ended up here: Is Miley Cyrus the Next Britney Spears? Never thought I'd do this, but I can't help but feel compelled to stick up for Hannah Montana.
First off, Ms. Brockenbrough, don't sound so surprised that a 15-year-old hasn't achieved Meryl Streep-caliber acting yet. But you know what? It's okay. She's 15 years old. She's got a bit of time to work on that, I'd say. As for Billy Ray, I can't imagine he's doing this acting thing hoping for an Oscar. I hope you feel good that you're apparently the first person to realize that Hannah Montana isn't an amazing show. I feel kind of dumb that I didn't think that first. I guess all that time and effort petitioning Disney to get it on primetime network television was wasted. But just because a show doesn't have A-list acting or riveting plotlines doesn't mean that it doesn't deserve a bit of time in the soptlight at the Oscars. Kids everywhere love the show, so Disney must've done something right.
Next, you pick on what she wore to the Oscars. Here's a video of some of the red carpet footage (look for Miley Cyrus 1:26 into it). Now, I could be wrong, but I hardly think that she's wearing enough makeup to look like a "porn star" (oh, and Perez Hilton is hardly a credible source for these things, by the way). To me, it looks like a 15-year-old girl who got dressed up a bit for a big event (ladies, you all prolly have a better eye than me for what constitutes too much makeup, so correct me if I'm wrong). You also criticize her for publicly announcing that she's a virgin, much like Britney Spears did back when she was spending more time singing than just being fucking crazy. By that logic, I should be out shooting me some classmates right now. Why, you ask? Well, it just so happens that I'm a Marilyn Manson fan, much like Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, the Columbine shooters. But I'm not going to go out and kill a bunch of people, because I'm not fucking crazy, unlike them. So just because someone publicly claims that they are a virgin doesn't mean that you're definitely going to soon see that sex tape of her with a Hannah Montana dancer released. It could mean that, um, she's a virgin.
It sounds like your preferred plan of action would be to boycott the Disney Channel so that they won't make any more kids shows, in a valiant effort to save the lives of child actors by preventing them being in the spotlight "until they have the maturity to handle its pressures." Personally, I don't see any flaws in that, much like setting the drinking age to 21. Because nobody over 21 ever drowns their liver in Jim Beam, right? Wait, what? Oh...shit. Your assumption that all teen idols are damned to a destructively hedonistic life is pretty immature. As far as I know, Alyssa Milano, Gary Coleman, and Daniel Radcliffe, child stars from three different generations, have all stayed relatively out of trouble, and Milano and Coleman still haven't burned themselves out (themselves being the key word here; Coleman got screwed over pretty badly by his parents, but he worked with what he had). And those were just a couple names off the top of my head. The reason it's so much easier to remember those child stars that did that whole rebelling thing is that they get news coverage. You never hear about the former child actor who's got a clean arrest record and a job as a CPA, do you? Next time you write an article, Ms. Brockenbrough, do a bit of research before lumping all child actors together in that they're all "likely to end up in jail." Until we see Miley Cyrus starring in "Hannah Montana 36DD: The Breasts of Both Girls", let's give her the benefit of the doubt, shall we?
First off, Ms. Brockenbrough, don't sound so surprised that a 15-year-old hasn't achieved Meryl Streep-caliber acting yet. But you know what? It's okay. She's 15 years old. She's got a bit of time to work on that, I'd say. As for Billy Ray, I can't imagine he's doing this acting thing hoping for an Oscar. I hope you feel good that you're apparently the first person to realize that Hannah Montana isn't an amazing show. I feel kind of dumb that I didn't think that first. I guess all that time and effort petitioning Disney to get it on primetime network television was wasted. But just because a show doesn't have A-list acting or riveting plotlines doesn't mean that it doesn't deserve a bit of time in the soptlight at the Oscars. Kids everywhere love the show, so Disney must've done something right.
Next, you pick on what she wore to the Oscars. Here's a video of some of the red carpet footage (look for Miley Cyrus 1:26 into it). Now, I could be wrong, but I hardly think that she's wearing enough makeup to look like a "porn star" (oh, and Perez Hilton is hardly a credible source for these things, by the way). To me, it looks like a 15-year-old girl who got dressed up a bit for a big event (ladies, you all prolly have a better eye than me for what constitutes too much makeup, so correct me if I'm wrong). You also criticize her for publicly announcing that she's a virgin, much like Britney Spears did back when she was spending more time singing than just being fucking crazy. By that logic, I should be out shooting me some classmates right now. Why, you ask? Well, it just so happens that I'm a Marilyn Manson fan, much like Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, the Columbine shooters. But I'm not going to go out and kill a bunch of people, because I'm not fucking crazy, unlike them. So just because someone publicly claims that they are a virgin doesn't mean that you're definitely going to soon see that sex tape of her with a Hannah Montana dancer released. It could mean that, um, she's a virgin.
It sounds like your preferred plan of action would be to boycott the Disney Channel so that they won't make any more kids shows, in a valiant effort to save the lives of child actors by preventing them being in the spotlight "until they have the maturity to handle its pressures." Personally, I don't see any flaws in that, much like setting the drinking age to 21. Because nobody over 21 ever drowns their liver in Jim Beam, right? Wait, what? Oh...shit. Your assumption that all teen idols are damned to a destructively hedonistic life is pretty immature. As far as I know, Alyssa Milano, Gary Coleman, and Daniel Radcliffe, child stars from three different generations, have all stayed relatively out of trouble, and Milano and Coleman still haven't burned themselves out (themselves being the key word here; Coleman got screwed over pretty badly by his parents, but he worked with what he had). And those were just a couple names off the top of my head. The reason it's so much easier to remember those child stars that did that whole rebelling thing is that they get news coverage. You never hear about the former child actor who's got a clean arrest record and a job as a CPA, do you? Next time you write an article, Ms. Brockenbrough, do a bit of research before lumping all child actors together in that they're all "likely to end up in jail." Until we see Miley Cyrus starring in "Hannah Montana 36DD: The Breasts of Both Girls", let's give her the benefit of the doubt, shall we?