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backwoodsbob

(6,001 posts)
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 01:26 AM Aug 2013

the backlash against Miley Cyrus isn't racism or slutshaming

it's this




The girl has talent...she really can sing...and yet on a national stage she decided to shed the Hanna Montana persona not by belting out some amazing song but by doing the absolutely stupid no talent craptastic show she did
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the backlash against Miley Cyrus isn't racism or slutshaming (Original Post) backwoodsbob Aug 2013 OP
That sure ain't Dolly Parton. delrem Aug 2013 #1
She is certainly better backwoodsbob Aug 2013 #3
Never seen that before... don't really pay attention to pop alittlelark Aug 2013 #2
I watched the performance (after the fact), and I didn't think much of it bhikkhu Aug 2013 #4
A DU link below regarding Elvis Tx4obama Aug 2013 #5
It's been four days, we're on the brink of a war with Syria LittleBlue Aug 2013 #6
just a reaction to the thread that said any criticism backwoodsbob Aug 2013 #7
Agreed LittleBlue Aug 2013 #8
but it may backfire backwoodsbob Aug 2013 #9
That's not it... dkf Aug 2013 #10
It's the first time I've watched any part of the VMAs since Michael Stipe did his 5 shirt deal. Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #11

alittlelark

(18,886 posts)
2. Never seen that before... don't really pay attention to pop
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 01:36 AM
Aug 2013

...but that was really good! Sad state of affairs.

bhikkhu

(10,708 posts)
4. I watched the performance (after the fact), and I didn't think much of it
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 01:38 AM
Aug 2013

but what seems to me a crappy awkward dance was explained to me by my daughter as a kind of "krumping" hip-hop mash-up. And she showed me some "krumping" on you-tube, which I didn't think much of either, but it is a real style, modern, popular, and expressive.

I suppose the adults in the 50's thought early rock and roll dancing was without grace or style, and worthless. And the adults of the 60's thought the free-form "hippie" styles were completely without value. And so forth...I can have an open mind enough to say that her performance was probably understood well by her peers (albeit, young people can be as ruthlessly critical as anyone). My reaction kind of segregates me out of that whole group, and into one that really doesn't matter. I imagine she could say to most of her critics, if she cared enough to say so, that they weren't the audience.

 

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)
6. It's been four days, we're on the brink of a war with Syria
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 01:44 AM
Aug 2013

and guess who we're talking about? Miley.


Yeah, she won.

 

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)
8. Agreed
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 01:57 AM
Aug 2013

Like you said, the issue was how she expressed herself despite having talent.

The whole slut shaming racism thing were pretty baseless anyway. According to teh internet, she has been with the same guy since she was 16, and is now engaged to him. Which is curious, because that's the opposite of the definition of slut. And there is really no evidence of her being racist either.

I just can't help but admire the shitstorm she started. It's PR genius.

 

backwoodsbob

(6,001 posts)
9. but it may backfire
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 02:06 AM
Aug 2013

the people who were waiting on her to show her real talent are saying WTF and the one hit wonder crowd will get over it in a week or so forcing her into ever edgier performances.

She needs to make a choice of show her talent or become a sideshow

 

dkf

(37,305 posts)
10. That's not it...
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 02:09 AM
Aug 2013

The problem is that parents let their little girls watch Hannah Montana because she wasn't inappropriate...and that made Miley Cyrus rich.

If you've ever seen little girls strutting like they are on the catwalk you will know why parents are freaking out at the idea of their daughters imitating her and grabbing their crotches in public. All of a sudden Miley Cyrus is off limits as anyone they want their daughters to imitate.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
11. It's the first time I've watched any part of the VMAs since Michael Stipe did his 5 shirt deal.
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 02:12 AM
Aug 2013


That's, what, 22 years?

So good, bad, horrific, what-have-you... it got people's attention.

I guess I'm tough to outrage.

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