Remember the Maines: Is Miley Cyrus the Next Leftist Trojan Horse Into Country Music?
by Brian CherryThe left in this country has a problem. Well, they have a lot of problems, many of which involve personal hygiene and anger management issues. That is a column for another day though. The left is losing the pop culture media war in this country, and it bothers them. In 2008 Reuters reported that the top four radio formats in United States were news talk, country, contemporary Christian, and Christian teaching.
Stripper Pole!
Liberals failed miserably when they tried to take over the talk radio industry with Air America. It reminded me a lot of the time that Pearl Jam took on Ticketmaster, which in turn reminded me a lot of a bowl of jell-o taking on a herd of wildebeests. The left can’t compete in the Christian market. Let’s face it, the folks who declare Robert Mapplethorpe “art” simply have no credibility in that particular market. With that said, Country is a family friendly format they still think they have a chance of corrupting, and Miley Cyrus may be their perky little Trojan horse into that industry.
Music and American politics have become linked, with most of the genres in the “Hope and Change” category. During the 2008 presidential campaign, a country artist I am acquainted with talked about the stress of that election and how her vote was putting her at odds with her family, friends, fans, and industry (three guesses who she voted for). To change the very culture of that industry, you need to pave the way for the shrill Natalie Maines types with the seemingly harmless Miley types. Ms. Cyrus is presented to us a fully Disneyfied young lady with a Christian background and the values to boot. This is the sort of person that the Middle America country fans should love, right? As with many things in the entertainment world, her image is a well manufactured myth and the truth is that this young lady brings an entire suitcase of San Francisco values with her as baggage when she eventually breaks into the country music scene.
A good example of her more questionable behavior is that she was involved in a scandal that included some pictures she took of herself with her camera phone. Her actions bordered on sexting, and she was involved with this before she was old enough to bug her dad for the keys to the pickup. The photos were pictures of her in her underwear, wetting herself down in a shower wearing only a white t-shirt, and lounging in the arms of boy in what appeared to be a sort of early teen afterglow. Of course she apologized, but apparently didn’t learn anything from the incidents. Soon after she, and her parents, allowed her to be photographed for Vanity Fair magazine in a manner that would suggest her core audience was a rampaging pack of pedophiles. Once again, she apologized.
Despite the contrived contrition, her actions (and the fact they keep happening) demonstrate an attitude that she thinks this sort of thing is appropriate. While she is often portrayed as a Christian, and her relationship with God is between her and the Almighty, the objective evidence suggests that her brand of Christianity is the sort that got King David and Bathsheba in such hot water. As we all know, the media dislikes all things that involve Christianity, and the only Christians they truly like ones with an asterisk. While Miley is portrayed as type who can be found in Church on any given Sunday morning, she is even moving away from the official religion of the entire industry, and experimenting with Buddhism. When talking about her religious beliefs, Miley put herself out of step with the core country audience when she made this statement:
“The one thing I’m really strong about regarding my religious beliefs is that you should know a little bit about everything before you define your own beliefs. I think all religions have a good practice in them. Liam and I have been reading about Buddhism lately and it’s all about hope and love. To me, faith is about having a clean slate and a clean start.”
We could go on with this young lady about how her favorite television performer is RuPaul and that she is a devotee of Michelle Obama, but the truth is that from a values standpoint she is much closer to the Black Eyed Peas than she is Alan Jackson.
On the surface it would seem the country music industry is safe from her influence (and that her legions of teenaged fans) widening the already existing schism between “old country” and the more generic sounding “new country.” In a recent Parade magazine article, Ms. Cyrus said she is avoiding the country music genre because,
”It scares me, that’s why. It feels contrived on so many levels. Unless you’re wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy boots and singing and whining about your girlfriend or boyfriend leaving you it’s not going to sell. I think that’s why my dad finally got out of it. You have to wear those cowboy boots and be sweet as pie. It makes me nervous, the politics of it all.”
While I would love to explain to her all the things that are wrong with that statement, the fact is that the odds are stacked against her as a pop star. She is not a uniquely gifted artist and chances are Hannah Montana will join Lizzie McGuire on the C-List of obscurity in the pop genre. What Miley has that others don’t though, is a father who can get her through the Nashville gauntlet and into the club without paying any real dues. While it is nearly inevitable that she will one day take advantage of a country music plan B, the problem is that she could be a corrupting, left-leaning, influence on an industry that so many liberal elites want to see taken out of the “red state” column.
There is probably no conspiracy to use her in this way, and there is no Star Chamber that will teach her a secret handshake and give her marching orders. If she tries her hand at being a country star, an Alinski friendly media culture will simply reward her efforts, because she is one of them. Very much like the Dixie Chicks winning Grammy Awards for anti-Bush ditties. In the case of the aforementioned “Chicks,” the effort was a failure. The country fans reacted to them in much the same way that a vegan would to a steaming plate of haggis. It is possible that Cyrus will make a better wedge into this industry then the shrill and occasional vulgar Natalie Maines.
When summing up country music, nobody did it better then Jeff Foxworthy during the 2007 CMT awards.
“Country music is about new love and it’s about old love. It’s about gettin’ drunk and gettin’ sober. It’s about leavin’ and it’s about comin’ home. It’s real music sung by real people for real people, the people that make up the backbone of this country. You can call us rednecks if you want. We’re not offended, ’cause we know what we’re all about. We get up and go to work, we get up and go to church, and we get up and go to war when necessary.”
These are values completely inconsistent with the life, values, and image that Miley is putting on display. Hopefully she will stay a long way from this industry.
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This girl is the perfect example of achieving everything too soon and too fast. She is completely out of control and she will eventually turn into just another little tramp being used by the perverted left. Her parents should have done a better job with putting her values and morals first in her life instead of her fame. They failed. She will be the next alcoholic, drug-addicted Lindsay Lohan. The writing is on the wall.
If you've ever experimented with Buddhism… you might not be a redneck.
Well, I know next to nothing about Miley Cyrus, but regarding the Left's inability to crack the pop culture market: I daresay that a significant percentage of those who listen to talk radio, tune in to country music and even set their dial for Christian programming turn around and vote Democrat. A pure guess on my part but I'd be willing to guess somewhere between 40% and 60% of those who profess hatred of everything liberal vote liberal. Totally maddening and I don't know why but it is a very real phenomenon that has been going on my whole life and I expect will continue indefinitely. In other words the Left's inability to crack pop culture isn't hurting it one bit.
Brian, I hope you're wrong about Miley, but that quote of hers from Parade is pretty scary. I do take issue with your statement that the left is losing the culture war. I think conservatives are beginning to gain some ground (thanks in part to Big Hollywood), but leftists still control most of the production in Hollywood and NY.
I'd draw a distinction between her private behaviour which got leaked (ie the "sexting") and the stuff that she or her team voluntarily produce for public consumption (the Vanity Fair shoot) which is more worrying. I really wouldn't condemn young women who've had their private errors of judgement made public too severely because it isn't as if they are trying to normalise it or promote it.
That also applies to other celebs who've had racy photos or even sex tapes leaked providing they aren't the ones who leak it.
If you saw some of her Hannah Montana act, this wouldn't come as any surprise.
This girl would be nowhere if it wasn't for her dad who had a hit song nearly 20 years ago. She is a teenage multimillionaire who probably has never had to take out the trash, mow the lawn, or operate a washing machine in her life. But yet thinks she is "deeper" than most people (yes, she did say that in a recent interview). We'll see how deep this girl is at age 30 when she's a washed up has-been and nobody is showering her with attention anymore.
Miley Cyrus says the kind of things one would expect a teenager to say and to believe in one might expect a teenager to say. Heck, what I believed and said as a teen is so far removed from how I act as a maturing adult (still a work in progress) that I don't hold too much against her.
I do hold her world view against her parents. Will she grow up to become a mature adult or will she sound and act the same at 47 as she does at 17?
What perfectly sums up the leftist in general is that they never mature. Oh, they look older and wear grown-up clothes for the most part, but invariably they sound like John Stewart, never quite getting it, and usually resulting to a juvenile "F— You."
I love insane conspiracy theories. If you are truly scared of Miley Cyrus then I feel bad for you.
I live in Nashville. If you think that the music industry here is a paragon of Christianity then you need a quick dose of reality. The record producers, labels, suits and most of the musicians are about as anti-conservative pro-left wing as they come. Many are transfers from LA and NYC. They all brag about how they hate the right and call their audiences a bunch of stupid crazy hicks despising the fact that those hicks keep them in business. The stars are about 60% conservative or non-committal. But they are smart and know when to shut up in order to sell their records. Most here think that BR Cyrus is trash who is using Miley for another go of it. And Miley is not the brightest bulb in the pack. So if you are looking for a Trojan Horse in Miley, you've just missed the fact that the Greeks have already left the stable to burn and pillage. You should do a story on Kenny Chesney. He's got lots of baggage in that area.
So basically Miley Cyrus frightens you. OK.
Finally someone noticed the disconcerting things has said and done. May I also add that she in an interview back in I think last fall said she supported gay marriage.
She'll go the way of the Disney phenom dodo's in the next couple of years however. Let's just hope some parents wise friggin up.
If the Greeks have already sacked Troy, who will be our Aeneas and where will he found his city?
Miley Cyrus! Fear her! Fear her!
lol!!!!!!!
Jeff Foxworthy should come up with a whole list of "you may not be a redneck" jokes! He could do another book, and you should get a cut.
She supports gay marriage, so she's pretty outspoken with her immoral views already.
voting Democrat has been a family tradition for generations with many southerners (just like being in a Catholic church has been for many families). The Democrat party changed over the years, but they kept voting for the Dem candidate. When the truth finally sinks in (and it may start as early as this fall), there will be a massive bailout of that corrupt political party (not that the Republican party isn't corrupt too, but at least they pretend to act like they are acting in the best interests of the country; it's a start)
Maybe it's me or maybe it's the hyper-partisan environment we find ourselves in but I resent the binary nature of it all.
If Miley's not a family-friendly Christian, then she must have San Francisco values. Isn't there something in between?
ACTUALLY. she said her relationship with liam was deeper, than most people. don't twist her words around. she got the part on hannah montana WITHOUT her father. he later on got the part as her father, after her mother joked about it at the "father" castings. she has a normal teenage life at home. she has chores, like ANY other teenager does. and she does it. and when she is 30? that is almost half her life away. for someone that started in the spotlight offically at the age of 12.. she has done pretty good to last 5 consecutive years.. and has SO many fans, making more money in a year, then most people make in a lifetime and living her dream. why crush that for her. others would dream to be her. and she has morals and standards and i believe she will be here when she is 30 and still acting, as she has amazing talent and a strong christian family and fan behind her. besides the fact that i believe she will still be here at 30.. just a fact, normally what child stars are here almost 20 years later.. and as big as they were, on tabloids, followed by photographers? rarely any that i can think of, except Britney and the poor thing just needs a break and she would be fine.
Pop country is not country, no matter how much Trashville tries to shove that definition down our throats. Of course, the Drive-By Truckers, who have more country bona fides in their broken strings than Miley will ever possess, are died-in-the-wool lefties, so I guess there is a battle worth winning being lost after all. Not the war, just a battle. Now where's my Waylon?
The problem with Natalie Maines was her inane political outbursts from the stage. Particularly at a time when most Americans — not just country music fans — were trying to pull together for our troops. She was idiotic and doubled down again and again. The media tried to make the Dixie Chicks out to be some example of an attack on free speech but they failed miserably because George Bush out and out said they had a right to their opinion, but others had a right to answer back, making the message about shallow celebrities thinking their speech is more protected than others.
Miley Cyrus is not talented enough to cause any problems for anyone. But the TV culture that she and others of her generation have grown up on has done real damage. When I see what the trolls have to say here, I'm appalled at the layers of untruth on which they hang their every belief. It's not a single celebrity that presents a problem. It's decades of disinformation fed to several generations and I worry it's too late to convince any of them they've been duped. Being duped is actually cool these days. Sad times.
hey, her dad's whole careeer was a made up one. that achy-breaky was made up in a record producers office, and billy ray just fit the suit. they sent out professional dancers, who asked at bars and clubs if they heard of this new dance. when the dj said no, they went to thier car, got a billy ray song, made them play it, and showed them the "dance". once they got the bar or club hooked, they moved on to the next one. now miley has disney create hanna, and she uses it to create her "career". without hanna montana, she would be just another paris hilton wanna be.
Miley Cyrus born November 23, 1992 turns 18 on November 23, 2010.
Guaranteed nude in some format within the year. It's really her only asset.
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any creepier than watching hulk hogan watch his little girl pole dance? or showing hulk rubbing suntan lotion all over his little girl?
A couple years ago she and her dad were on Oprah. Told me everything I needed to know about the Cyrus's when Billy all but physically bowed to kiss Oprah's ring when he was given the chance to speak.
This will always happen in a culture where you have to drop the 'wholesome girl next door' look to be 'edgy and sexy.' If you want to stop making wholesome Disney kids into raging sexpots with no morals, turn off the t.v. and tune out of the culture. Otherwise, Miley is the next Britney Spears.
I think she will go the way of Lohan, and she is afraid of country music because she doesn't have the talent for it…neither did her Dad. The man was a rebel without a cause trying so hard to be the Indian to the cowboys.
She's no Haley Mills.
I'm pretty sure all she said was everybody deserves to be happy or loved or something like that. That sounds pretty vague to me and not exactly supporting gay marriage.
Seriously? Miley? Wow. A 17 yr old who inspires this much discussion? She changes her mind and answers like a typical teen. I'll wait until she grows up to judge her actions.
The girl is 17. She is going to make mistakes and say things that maybe she will regret in the future. At her age, it's easy to be influenced and and in her profession, being a Christian would be hard. She is no doubt surrounded by liberals. She is going to falter. Seriously, was this article even necessary?
Miley Cyrus is going to lead the South into the Socialist camp! Run for the hills!
What a ridiculous article…
Country music is white folks' blues. ;-D I don't think the left has tried to crack the Christian market…ever. They may drool at the money to be had, but they know it's beyond them. According to my friend's 10-year old daughter, Miley Cyrus is "done," anyway. At least she should have a nice stack o' cash to 'retire' on. Cyrus' big challenge will be not her politics, but her convincing her fan base that she isn't a relic of their childhood. Interesting point about the Black Eyed Peas though: they may be horribly overexposed, but in this new era when the album is pretty much dead and the download is king, that group has been very savvy about how to maximize exposure/endorsements, something Ms. Cyrus has also proved quite adept at. It's how all acts are going to have to be in order to make money anymore. (When I came to L.A. in the late 80's, there was Tower Records, The Wherehouse, Music Plus, Virgin Megastore, etc. Now they're all gone, and the only place to buy new albums besides online is the paltry selections at Best Buy & Target and the whoppingly overpriced Amoeba)
And "RuPaul's Drag Race" is awesome t.v.
It is possible that you have devoted too many words to the talentless Miss Cyrus.
So, do you actually know her? Or are you just regurgitating whatever her PR flacks have pushed out for her fan base?
"I think that’s why my dad finally got out of it. You have to wear those cowboy boots and be sweet as pie. It makes me nervous, the politics of it all."
No, Miley, your dad sang "Achey-Breaky Heart". We call that being a "one-hit wonder".
No one is sfraid of Miley Cyrus. We are concerned about continued progressive/liberal influence on impressionable young minds.
@ss!
No more than Palin terrifies you.
Seriously? Three times?
It's pretty sad when your teen years are your peak years.
I know very little about her but I get the impression she is more manufactured than talented. In the old days, these types could stretch out their expiration date but with 24/7 news and new media, people move on more quickly.
Like the Olsen twins, she has her millions and will probably move to public irrelevancy in due time.
A legitimate point. But (and yes there is a but), no impressionable young mind can influenced nearly so much as by their parents. It's like another article I saw in "BIG world" that was partially blaming the voting of liberal politicans on youth and saying they should "shut up". Well fact of the matter is, if parents are legitimately interested in discussion and if the conservative is truely correct, we wouldn't have to worry about young minds nearly so much.
Well said!!
Whether gay marriage is an immoral view or not is still a much debated concept – AND before anyone claims that this is a liberal or conservative quality I would suggest you truly do not underestimate how many gay conservatives there are, as many long term homosexual couples have high discretionary incomes (in part due to not having to pay for kids) and end up conservative for economic reasons.
"don't think the left has tried to crack the Christian market…ever"
creed maybe?
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When I was Miley's age (feels like a hundred years ago, actually 26 years) I was quite the lefty. I grew out of it, she will too. She has Kentucky genes in her (thanks to her daddy), we tilt right sooner or later.
The author is obviously a brave man.
I mean, I wouldn't go around bragging about being an expert on the saucy-underage-photo-history of Miley Cyrus. Billy Ray seems like the sort of guy who'd punch people for that sort of thing…
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Haha, you're right! Billy Ray Cyrus has been working with George Soros and Bill Ayers to make her into the perfect Manchurian Country Star to subvert your children with her terrible pop music and worse acting! I think you guys need your Haldol dose upped, the paranoia is creeping back in.
That's what I was thinking too
I don't see the draw of country but that's why there is choice in music. Whether or not she has any influence on country is entirely up to the legions of country fans. You're only influenced if you allow yourself to be.
crickets chirping….
Except that many children have parents who are also very young and therefore also very impressionable to people like John Stewart. In these cases there have been little conservative discussion around the dinner table, assuming the parents even care in the first place.
Marriage is a liberal/progressive gay topic when the approach is through the government/courts. As for being gay is immoral, that view is only for people who's faith teaches that (and in America you are free to believe), so why are people shreeking tolerance while being intolerant of others, christians are not hanging gays. An American christian has again and again voiced the rejection of an act with the love of a person.
Remember too that was what the U.S. Army used 24 hours to force Manuel Noriega out of his hideout in Panama.
It is also what the CIA used in undisclosed camps to break al Queda terror suspects.
And it is good, at high volumes, for sterilizing mice at 200 yards.
For Miley the person I wish the best. Invest well the money aquired during the get it while the gettins good time, as shown by that grifting concert tour.
Ooo…Creed…good point. But didn't they adamantly insist for years that they're _not_ a Christian band? I suppose Stryper counts, though…
Ooo…Creed…good point. But didn't they adamantly insist for years that they're _not_ a Christian band? I suppose Stryper counts, though…
Didn't read the Parade article, but that quote sounds pretty condescending towards country music and its fans. What's wrong with wearing cowboy boots and cowboy hats if that's what you like to wear? I remember in the early part of her dad's career when he would only wear high-top sneakers and never boots. That changed as time went on, but at the time it seemed strange for a country music star to dress that way.
At any rate, she's only still a teen, and she's bound to say something stupid with microphones and cameras being shoved at her 24/7, so I'll give her slack now. If she's still saying dumb things on a regular basis a few years from now, then it will show she hasn't learned anything.
Yes, I was thinking that exact thing.
I never had a problem with actors or musicians following whatever politics they choose. I have always felt those who use their celebrity as a platform to bore us with their political views are, essentially, classless. It's kind of like television news. I don't necessarily want it to lean right, I'd just like it to be objective. What I find most offensive is I go to see a musical act who generally play non-political music. They somehow feel the need to make political jokes between songs. Enough, already!
For once I'd like to see the offspring of a lefty hollywood / pop star go to the right politically, instead of the other way around!
Scott – Utah! (hmnnnn . . . maybe not so much!) :-}
Since when does Disney-owned child star Miley Cyrus have the gravitas to describe anything as "contrived?" She makes The Country Bear Jamboree look like Frank Zappa.
Oh please it's not like country stations play actual country music — they play bad pop and adult contemporary like Faith Hill. Miley will fit right in, and as for poltics these fake country singers include many liberals Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, Emmyllou Harris, Trisha Yearwood, Wynona Judd, Toby Keith, Sammy Kershaw & Willie Nelson (although their music is at least country), Roseanne Cash,and many many more.
Then why did you read it?
I notice this article really struck a nerve with the Libtrolls.
Must be true.
Well said…why does every single thing have to be a shibboleth these days, no matter which side of the culture you consider yourself? It's getting very old and very dull.
Mock me if you will, but I have no idea who Mika Brzezinksi is either. And my knowledge of the Bible is definitely less than encyclopedic, but I'm pretty sure King David wasn't a Christian…
You seem to have a countdown clock going…not that that's creepy or anything.
So its okay to have conservative influence but not liberal? If you are that worried about your kid's minds then be overprotective and not let them do it. Then they can grow up close-minded and ignorant. There is nothing wrong with exploring other religions and the other sides of politics.
This little "lady" is best described as being, what we used to call, a "Debutramp"!
Her parents are part of the problem. They have a goose that laid the golden (Hollywood fame) egg in Miley. She's their money tree and they're not her parents, they're her agents.
They've got another one in the pipeline (Noah). All of about 10 years old and you should see her shake her booty for the cameras. She's got it bad, the "try" and the hunger and her parents are her enablers.
her father has always been an Achey Breaky Libtard. he was a big supporter of Clinton. don't know much about his daughter, but i'm not surprised at all that she's a libtard too. i'm sure she gets her politics from those around her. she's nobody anyway, so i wouldn't be too worried about her having any effect on pop culture.
Is palin even mentioned in the article? Can we please stop pulling this card.
besides, palin is a legitimate threat, miley cyrus……probably not.
Okay, I'll admit I didn't follow the argument you just made right there entirely, I think its because of your writing style or because english is my second language. Could you please restate it?
Why actually talk about content when you can label people "libtrolls"…..how "witty".
Sort of like old Joltin' Joe Kennedy using his children.
Perfectly said. Teens believe that if there were no nations, there would be no war. That if we just give a dollar to homeless person, he will be healed.
Most of us grow up to reality, the rest vote for Obama.
Except that teenage rebellion is a real phenomenon, so the issue here in the article and at BigHollywood in general is how to move the culture away from the pernicious influences that try to capture their young minds.
Sarah Palin is a legitimate threat to whom, to what? To hear how the MSM de-legitimizes and demeans her, she must not a threat to anyone. What the left fears is not her as much as what she represents.
This has to be Performance Art on the part of the author; either that, or the most singularly insane thing ever written about some teenage pop singer.
And all the other posters that already can foretell the future of this young woman, without actually knowing one actual fact about the person in question except what they see or hear from the media, are just as cracked.
Everybody did and I think that was the point.
Can you deal with honesty? I think she is sexy. She promotes herself as a little sex bomb and it works. It's her future. Her Hannah Montana is her past.
Come onnnnnnnnnnnnn 11/23!
"Creepy", as in Mackenzie/John Phillips creepy….That was my first thought, and "creepy" doesn't even do it justice…I think a father who would publish such a picture with his daughter (or permit it to be published, or posed for that matter) ought to be arrested, and stripped of her fortune. Get the girl a guardian, PRONTO!
Well, you are certainly proving the icky real-world consequences of a young girl promoting herself as a sex object! Just surprising to find such lustful honesty on a conservative website, I suppose…
This article makes me wonder something. Who was the first conservative country trojan horse? Who took this music of working class people and turned it into a vehicle for the political agenda of conservative corporate CEOs?
And for the record, country fans didn't react to the last Dixie Chicks album because clearchannel never played it. Those of us who like real country music got tired of clearchannel servicing George Bush and force feeding us Nashville-pop a long time ago.
Miley has a point. Repackaging bad classic rock with a fake twang doesn't make it country. I've never been a fan of Miley but I hope she stays clear of that manufactured scene.
I think Christian music has been infiltrated by… something. I'm a person who prefers old school Christian music(I'm 36 btw), you know,the stuff that used to be sung in church, or at least in Independent Baptist churches, and also played on FM radio, not AM. I have a hard time wanting to listen to "Christian" radio because to me, it sounds like every other worldly radio station. Rock is rock and rap is rap no matter who sings it, and just because it's labeled as Christian doesn't make it Christian, just like what happens with Country music.
Anyway, if I had kids, I'd avoid Disney altogether if I could. Kids like Miley Cyrus are not good role models and the fact that she is a celebrity gives her a platform for her to spout ridiculous ideas. Her dad isn't any better, so the vicious idiot cycle continues.
It is just a matter of time before she is naked in magazines.
I'm not debating MSM methodology I'm just saying comparing her to palin is false, because a liberal afraid of palins ability to influence ideology is probably justified a lot more than miley cyrus.
It's like someone saying they are afraid of clowns and getting a reply "oh yeah, well serial killers are scary too!".
The sex stuff is part and parcel of Disney's fairly repulsive Princess Factory. Look at: Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, even Hillary Duff. Disney's cable outlets, until recently was run by openly gay exec Rich Ross, now head of Disney Worldwide. Disney has been very good at tapping the Princess fantasy, which let us be honest, has as a big component the desire of near and barely adolescent girls to be big, grown up, and "sexy" in the matching way young boys want to be powerful football players or WWE wrestlers.
Acknowledging that is not sinful, as long as the fantasy is carefully controlled, within boundaries, that are not "pushed" merely to be "edgy." Or what have you. Already our culture has a serious problem with over-sexualized adolescents who encounter sex before they are ready, emotionally, to handle it, much less relations.
Girls and women are always harder left in general/average, not the least of which is exploring the very evident power female sexuality has over men. Tragically, there is little recognition on how fleeting that power is (how sexy is Helen Hunt, or Ann-Margaret, two famous and attractive women, today?) Overt "sexiness" is part of the Disney Princess Fantasy, as well as rejection of social limits and conservatism (i.e. don't pole dance at the Kids Choice Awards). No wonder Cyrus rejects social conservatism — its a limit on her fantasy of power over guys. She does have it, but it won't last long. Exhibit A: Britney Spears.
Cyrus will be simply replaced in the noxious Disney Princess Fantasy Factory, by another disposable girl encapsulating wealth, power, fame, and not the least, a measure of sexual power over guys. I am not a fan of America Ferrera, but I found the basic storyline of Ugly Betty (not very pretty gal makes her career by harder work and smarts over her pretty rivals) more compelling and socially useful, even though it was chock-a-block with leftism.
No woman is pretty forever. What happens to the rest of her life?
Christians don't pole dance.
She's nothing but another cute kid with very little talent who happened to be at the right place at the right time and got super famous, thereby making her think she's got a great talent. She uses the title of 'Christian' to gain parents' approval – "Oh, she's ok for my kids to watch", all the while behaving nothing like a follower of Jesus would behave. (I blame her parnets for most of this.)
All this does is confuse kids and ignorant adults alike. While I hope she doesn't end up another Hollywood young tragedy, I can't wait until her 15 minutes are up.
quote—–>If Miley's not a family-friendly Christian, then she must have San Francisco values. Isn't there something in between? —>
I believe that it said that she does not have family friendly values but is indeed a sanfran kind of girl. it is not about a choice – she has made her stand clearly. Doing semi nude photos at 15 pretty much says it all.
That would be true if it weren't for the constant assault on parental authority being perpetuated today. From school to Hollywood to the courts, our youth is being "emboldened" to assert their perogative over that of their parents.
Parents have lost control of their kids minds and are now being told, openly I might add, that schools will teach them whatever the schools decide and there is nothing the parents can do about it. Hollywood gorifies out-of-control hormonal teenage rampages to the extent of giving such actions a "moral" validity – imbued it as an imperative, so to speak. Courts have even heard cases where parents are sued and children become emancipated, all for perceived oppression. As the liberal mindset, born of the 60's, filters down to our children this effect will be multiplied until we end up a depraived culture like half of Europe is today.
Conservatives are not the ones empowering kids to do things that are morally and ethically wrong. So that, "if you can do it, why can't I?" argument doesn't pass the logic test.
Sorry.. as a gramma I had Britney completely pegged from seeing one pic of her when she was still bragging about being a virgin. It doesn't take a brain trust to see the follow thru.
Aside from the obviously flawed premise, for which you base this comment, it was also an idiotic thing to say. I mean….just completely off-base.
This is interesting – I was a big fan of Christian radio (radio was on 24/7/365) and I still love the teaching but the music is sooooooo bad that I have gone off the whole thing.
I keep trying to get back but one song and I am gone again.
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