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A mostly-dressed Miley Cyrus, aka "Hannah Montana"

Occasionally one of those things happens in pop culture that makes blood shoot out of your eyes because it's awful and completely nonsensical. Granted, these pop culture things almost never rise to the level of a Darfur-like crisis, and don't have the importance of the insane increase in food prices because we think using gasoline is causing more swimming holes for polar bears and so we have to convert FOOD to fuel*. But somehow they still succeed in getting under your skin more quickly and efficiently than, say, our inability to find a truly cross-party qualified statesman (or stateswoman) to run for President.**

Such is the case today when I read that "Hannah Montana" posed semi-topless for Vanity Fair. Not only that, but she looks like she's washed out, anorexic and wrapped in a bed sheet. Of course, pictures can lie and the pop culture audience will probably never know exactly what happened. Was Miley Cyrus to blame? She is, after all, 15, and I don't think I know any 15-year-old billionaires that can make a half-decent decision. Was Billy Ray to blame? He is her father, and an experienced entertainment professional in his own right, dubious acting career aside. Was Vanity Fair to blame? One has to think it was their idea after all. Was Annie Leibovitz to blame? She did take the picture. But then again, she's managed to take other Disney-related photos successfully. Was Disney to blame? It's their billion dollar Hannah Montana empire at stake.

I choose to blame everyone, particularly anyone who would pay $24,000 to see Hannah Montana in concert. I mean, just think of the number of Vanity Fairs you can get for that.

Nauseating NY Times article here

* Did you know that you can get 25% less mileage from a gallon of 85% ethanol blend gas, effectively costing you nearly $100 more a year in gas? Sigh.

** That sentence probably just offended about everyone possible, particularly the grammarians amongst the readers. But keep in mind I'm writing all of this with blood shooting out of my eyes.

*** I wasn't even going to blog tonight but I saw the Drudge article and, well, blood shot out of my eyes.

Posted by Carl at 8:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)

Ugh.