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The Hypocrisy Of Bashing Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus was a child star.  Her father a one hit wonder on the pop country chart.  Now, 20 years old, the young lady is trying to shed her kiddie persona and become a woman.  She knows that to maintain her image would be to kill any chance at furthering her career.  I didn't follow her early career, so I don't know what kind of person she is, but to me, she seems on top of her game.  While the Amanda Bynes and Lindsay Lohans of the world are crashing and burning, she is just getting started in her adult career.  She might not have the acting chops of either of these two, but who knows.  Did anyone see cute little Drew Barrymore having the life she has had when they watched ET?  Did anyone imagine any of the adult success of Ryan Gosling when he was a mouseketeer?  I doubt it.

Miley Cyrus went on stage last night and did what every marketing expert on the planet couldn't do.  She got people to forget all the mega million dollar stars that were there and only remember her.  She upstaged Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake and others.  That my friends, is no small feat.  My biggest issue is the hate she is receiving.  People calling her a whore, a slut, promiscuous, etc.  Here's my big problem with it.  Many of the people calling here these names are old enough to be her mother or father.  Even worse, many of the women dressed as provocatively as her, if not more, when they were her age and probably were twice as "active."  Many of the men, would have had her poster on their walls and thought about her before bed every night, if you get my gist.  Even worse than both those scenarios is the fact that some people have kids her age who I know damn well are more sexually active, dress like she did for a stage performance out in a bar and do a lot worse than rub a foam finger on some guys crotch.

My point is, who are we to judge her lifestyle based on a six minute performance, in which she and many collaborators got together with one thing in mind "Shock!"  I never had two thoughts about Miley Cyrus other than she was a cute kid.  When she rocked the red carpet at the Punk: Chaos to Couture show at MoMA, my entire view of her changed.  She dressed the part and looked both elegant and relevant.  She got it, where many, twice her age missed the meaning of the even.  She fit in as an adult in an adult world for the first time. So let's cut her some slack, let her sow her wild oats and hope she can avoid the meltdown that has stricken so many of Hollywood and pop music's young stars.  I might not like her music very much, but I'm now a fan.  More power to her.

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