I wasn’t home Sunday night when the
VMAs were on, so I set the PVR and was all excited to watch it once I
got home. I avoided Twitter and news feeds all night so not to spoil
it for myself, but my ‘digital gremlins’ decided that they didn’t
want the VMAs to record. Initially I was upset, but after resorting
to Twitter and the internet for snippets of the show, I realized why
my imaginary gremlins didn’t want the show to tape... Miley Cyrus
and her foam finger. She started the set off with her new single “We
Can’t Stop” (though, she probably should have!) before moving
into a collaboration with Robin Thicke and his new song “Blurred
Lines.”
Although I didn’t get to see the
show, I’ve seen enough pictures and video clips of her VMA
performance with Robin Thicke to know that I probably would’ve
thrown up a little in my mouth if I had watched the actual
performance... in fact, some of the clips I found, I had to stop them
before they even finished. Seriously, what was she thinking? ... Or,
maybe the better questions should be, “what was she on?”.
Shock value – check
Pissed off parents – check
Scarred young teens – check
Millions of people talking about Miley
– check
Complete loss of dignity and respect –
CHECK!
There was nothing sexy or even remotely
attractive about anything happening on that stage. Her outfit...
well, I’ve got no words for that besides ‘eww.’ The dancing (if
that’s what you want to call it) reminded me of a ‘drunk uncle’
at a wedding trying to dirty dance with grandma. The foam finger... I
can’t even guess. And, that tongue... seriously, keep. it. in.
your. mouth.
But... Miley seemed to accomplish much
by all that:
The Parents’ Television Council is
irate.
Mom and dad are attempting damage
control for their young and impressionable children, whom are
probably having nightmares and locking up their stuffed animals.
Many stars are dumbfounded and shocked
(you’ve got to see Will Smith and his family’s facial expressions
when Miley’s performing... priceless!).
Robin Thicke is upset because Miley
overshadowed his performance.
There are some write-ups I’ve read
that compare Miley’s performance with the infamous Britney and
Madonna 2003 VMA kiss. I don’t see how a comparison between the two
can be made at all... Oh my goodness... two girls kissed on live TV!
Really? Britney and Madonna kissed... that’s it. Miley was walking
on the side of soft porn.
All in all, after seeing (for the most
part) her VMA performance, I’ve lost all respect I once had for
Miley Cyrus. I understand Hannah Montana is no more and that Miley
needs to grow and find herself, but grow with dignity, grow with
respect for yourself, and grow with pride – because all she
accomplished with that performance was me pressing “delete” in
my music library for everything Miley Cyrus. I never want the image of her in a
rubber bikini, twerking with a foam finger between her legs, in my
head again!
So... needless to say, I’m kind of
happy my gremlins stopped the VMAs from recording. I have a feeling I
would have been greatly disappointed and thoroughly disgusted. Thanks
Miley.
On an unrelated note, I am, however,
upset I missed Katy Perry’s performance of Roar. I heard it was
really well done. Good job Katy.
Roar - Katy Perry
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