You know that saying "Don't
judge a book by its cover”?
Well, it applies to this young
lady.
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| RANDOM THOUGHTS OF A WRITER |
I read a comment on social media pertaining to Miley Cyrus that stated, “It’s just a damn shame she has to
project such a vile persona to get attention. It speaks volumes of Hollywood’s
ilk.”
It’s not the “Hollywood ilk” that’s making her do
this. The show you’re seeing Miley Cyrus put on right now is just an act,
folks!
Miley Cyrus has done, and is still doing, a lot of good with her
money for underprivileged teens, runaways, teens with addictions and mental
health issues who are in trouble with the law, or have problems at home and
need a place to go. http://www.happyhippies.org
There are people who’ll excuse her work by saying, "Oh, she’s
just doing that as a tax write-off!" Have you ever founded or run such an organization?
If you've ever founded, facilitated,
or run a program with teens, or kids of any adolescent age, you know it is
emotionally, financially, and mentally taxing, and time-consuming! Any organization for children is simply not just a "Tax Write-Off".
Miley Cyrus’s current persona
attracts and relates to many of today’s kids who find themselves in bad
situations, and to whom her former persona as Hannah Montana, a wholesome
teenager, wouldn't have appealed. That would be like Macaulay Culkin only
coming out in public as the character he portrayed in Home Alone. He tried that
and it didn't work out for him in the long run.
Let me ask you something,
when someone posts a "Go You, You're a Badass!” meme or quote on social
media that inspires you, don't you relate to them precisely because of their
persona or the feeling that they can relate to you?
Maybe she is maintaining
the Hollywood fakery, but she’s doing her part to provide a much needed service
for disadvantaged teens. Not all teens, and maybe not your teen, but this is
where her heart sees the need, and this area does need it.
There are some
that will say “Sorry, I tend to disagree. I don't let my children watch crap
and what she shows is crap. I commend her for helping the underprivileged, but,
maybe she should also teach them the meaning of ‘wholesome’ instead of teaching
them to be sluts.”
Then don’t.
Don’t let your children see her
crap.
They’re your kids and you have the right to instill in your
children what you want to instill in them. You have that right and responsibility
as their parent.
Don’t take it so damn personally, though, as if her existence
stops you from doing your job for your children.
And don’t forget, Miley Cyrus
was a role model for many kids and did teach them what it is to be wholesome.
She played that part in her Disney career as Hannah Montana. And Disney made
billions off of that. Many of Hannah Montana’s concerts were sold out. Who do
you think paid for those concert tickets and all the Hannah Montana
merchandise? We did. The parents.
The sad part is that when she played the part
of that wholesome character, many of us parents complained and made fun of that
too. We said she was “overrated” for her wholesomeness. Remember that?
People who get so upset at Miley
Cyrus’s new image, or anyone alike, usually mention the word ‘role model’ and 'wholesomeness'. Children shouldn't be looking up to
"celebrities" of any kind as role models! Nor is it a
celebrity's responsibility to be a role model for your kid.
Parents are
solely responsible for bringing up their children and teaching them what their
values are in how they live their lives. And if you as a parent have done YOUR
JOB instilling your values in your children, no celebrity’s unpopular behavior
should divert your children from those values that you’ve taught them and the
wholesomeness that results from putting them into practice every day.
Although Miley Cyrus has adopted this
strange stage persona, I can respect the positives even if confused by the
sideshow. I believe people's good can outweigh their ills. Don't get me wrong,
I'm not a Miley Cyrus fan, neither are my kids. But, I actually like some of
her creativity (but by no means all of it). And although I would not promote
Miley Cyrus's antics to my children, it is my job as a parent, as their mother,
to teach my kids how to look at the world, life, events, situations...and
think, rather than just follow everyone else's judgements. We are all the sum
total of our works while we are here.
If people could think outside the
box more often, instead of buying into what's fed to us on tv and social
networks, I wonder who then would be able to manipulate our thinking and
decisions for a better society? A society where there are no runaway teens, no
abused or molested kids, no teenage drug and alcohol abuse, and unlimited
access to treatment for children with mental health issues. Instead, we're so
fucking SENSITIVE about everything on everyone's take on any matter, even when
there's a positive spin! Many of us tend to look at what's in
front of our faces and react to how it affects our personal lives, emotions,
and values. We all do it, for our own reasons, whether right or wrong. We just
focus on the subject in front of us, without really stepping back and observing
the whole picture. Our culture's normality is to take everything too
personally.
Yet, we say we're all different.
To be "different" and to
evolve we have to look at logic and humanity. More importantly, we have to look
at the character of a person and what that person―or that group―that government―that entity have provided for us in their resumes throughout
their time. Not the spin we see on the news. We have to look at the big
picture, or else we will spin out of control and into complete chaos,
individually.
Times have changed and people need to
change their ways of thinking, or else we'll become more sensitive to anything
and everything. We’ll become humans who won't want to see past what's in front
of us, purposely. And we'll never take our eyes off that screen, even if it's
just to look at the good we've instilled in our children's characters.
How long will Miley Cyrus's success last in
this persona? Nothing lasts forever. We all go through awkward moments in our
lives. And time will tell. But I for one can name several of her contemporaries
that have set worse examples, yet came out ahead. And a few we now revere as
humanitarians, damn near close to "Hollywood Royalty".
Remember when Angelina Jolie infamously kissed
her brother James on the lips at the Oscar in 2000? The brunette Goddess was
earning quite a reputation for herself back in the late 90's and part of the
early 2000. Angelina, always one to be different, sported a pair of rubber
pants and a T-shirt with her guy's name written across the back in her own
blood, which she had drawn herself, according to the New York Times. Remember
Billy Bob Thornton, Angelina's second
spouse? Enough said.
Jolie told Vogue in 2004, "...I think it
can happen when you get involved and you don't know yourself yet." Remember Angelina Jolie when she was in her
twenties?
Hollywood has sucked the souls
of many. Especially when your act gets old, or once your theme is no longer
popular. Unless you're like the Meryl Streep type, unless you're Oscar
material—many actors/actresses in the business become B-rate entertainers. Life
is fast in Hollywood, it’s a circus. The audience has a short attention
span.
And once your time’s up, it’s up, Baby! It's Hollywood folks, and
Miley Cyrus has understood how to use it, for what it is.
― LRAEBROWN
