I don't believe in censoring television. I allow it to be on whatever the kids are watching and I watch it with them and point out exactly WHY what they're watching is complete shit and to question what they're being spoon fed by mindless media. If you're the type of parent with all sorts of controls on your television, they'll just go down the street to their friend's house or cruise the internet to see what you're so warped about. The more the subject is forbidden, the greater the curiosity and facsination. It's all out there no matter how hard you try to control their lives.
The Disney Channel is one of my favorite targets. It's just too easy. They have this show called Hannah Montana/Smiley Miley/Destiny whatever, which is about this teen who lives a secret life as a normal girl but is really a pop star. However, the show's *real* plot is to reclaim stardom for the father (who has his face in every shot) hillBilly Ray Cyrus. His short-lived celebrity star has been dimmed for sometime, and his "achy breaky heart" (yes, that annoying song from the late 80's) needs a boost and his checking account needs to be refilled. So, he's trying to relive his celebrity status through his daughter and flat-out sold her to Disney.
See, whatever appears on the Disney Channel's marketing machine sells. There could be a lame show featuring two twin boys who live in a hotel suite, and it would be a hit (ooops, they already thought of that) just because it's on the screen at a certain hour of the day. Think about the attempted mind control! This doesn't stop with the Disney Channel, either. It's all media. Anyway, I'm off track. I need to get back to hillBilly Ray Cyrus selling his daughter to Disney. I guess now that arranged child marriages between cousins have been outlawed in the south along with pimping and prostitution, he needed to figure out how to get *something* for his daughter.
Well, dad, I hope you enjoy your next few months of fame until the next teen wave hits and your daughter is all but forgotten. Her next shot at fame will be when her face is all over the National Enquirer for drug addiction, suicide attempts, and pregnancy. Hope it was worth it.
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Wouldn't you think seeing what horrible lives the likes of Britney and Lindsey Lohan have would be enough to have any responsible parent doing his or her utmost to get their kid AWAY from the fame game!
Oh yuck - my little bit of morning trivia that I now know ... and wish I didn't. I'm only comforted a wee bit by the stupid irony of who dad is. Good lord.
I've been trying to keep montana what's her face off my knowledge radar as much as society's warped priorities would allow. My sympathies for the era you've had to raise your daughter in girl....
Oh, but Hannah Montana was on Barbara WaWa last night and she's got religion and "family support", so show business and fame isn't going to make her like Britney and Lindsey.
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