It's an extraordinary thing when the 16 year-old star of a show on the Disney Channel can pole-dance on national TV, but that's what happened last night on FOX. People aren't happy about it. Personally, I think if Cyrus wants to dance around a stripper's pole (yeah, "dancer's pole" - uh huh) or wants to date an entire football team or meet sailors down at the dock, fine, I guess that's her right.
I just don't think she should do it on a show called The Teen Choice Awards.
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8-24-2009 @ 11:26PM
HD said...
I don't see the appeal of this girl on any level - but I'm not an 8 year old with a rhinestone cell phone. If you have to put jail bait on a pole on national TV, there are probably better choices.
Disney knows what it's doing, they develop young stars into tween hits and then watches the hormones kick in and let's them dance around half naked for middle aged men.
If America wasn't so repressed and hypocritical on sex we'd all be better off - especially young people who would benefit from some honest information about sex that isn't glamorized or demonized.
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8-11-2009 @ 11:08AM
Ryan said...
Also Twilight, a movie promoting stalking as a good thing, won awards, and Britney Spears got a lifetime Achievement Award.
I think there are worse things then a girl with a pole.
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8-11-2009 @ 1:11PM
ac said...
Like Conan said last night: this show just reinforces why we don't let teens vote.
8-11-2009 @ 11:21AM
Laura said...
I've never considered myself repressed - but if my daughter was thirteen (she's six now) i'd sure as hell not allow her to watch anyone on a stripper pole - having said that, if that makes me repressed - then bring it on.
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8-11-2009 @ 12:07PM
HD said...
People think they can control what their teenagers do and see. If they go to school, have friends or have internet access - they see far more than you think and know more than you'd hope.
The best any parent can do is instill their values, be honest and help kids make good decisions for themselves. The idea that children will not be exposed to sex, drug and violence before they turn 18 is just a fantasy.
8-11-2009 @ 11:28AM
Malfoy Roark said...
It's humorous you use a pic wth her havng an obviously seductive pose and then going to try to put her behavior in question. She's a rich young cutie and her people know how to milk that for as long as they can. This is life and particularly her life, and we should just let it go. She wasn't responsible for the US deficit, the collapse of any industry,any questionable health care reform, scandals with politicians, drug smuggling/possession, sex scandals, or any type of drunken car accidents. Once she's done one of the above then we can give her a hard time. Until then, again, just let her and her fans have their fun.
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8-11-2009 @ 12:37PM
Butters said...
Not really much of a pole dance now was it? She stood on top of an ice cream cart holding on to the pole sticking out the top of the cart. She barely moved and at one point dropped down to a crouching position. That's it.
Now I am sure that everyone involved is not naive and is well aware that there would be comparisons to a stripper pole but if I was at a strip club and a "exotic dancer" did that I would be asking for my bundle of singles back.
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8-11-2009 @ 12:56PM
jim said...
What is the Teen Choice Awards?
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8-11-2009 @ 1:25PM
Rob said...
I'm with Butters. If anyone would actually take the time to watch the video, you would see that it was absolutely harmless. Calling it a 'strippers pole' is like calling the floor lamp in my living room a strippers pole. Get real. The Media is sensationalizing it, and of course the masses are feeding off the hype. Everyone reads "strippers pole" and thinks of lewd acts or dancing, but what this was, was nothing of the sort. (and this is coming from a fairly conservative father)
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8-11-2009 @ 1:30PM
Inadequate Wife said...
It seems to me that most Miley Cyrus fans are under the age of 10 - by that age, they've had enough of the Disney stuff and have long since moved on. I doubt that many of her child fans know what a stripper pole is.
As for those over the age of 10, they know far more about sex and drugs than we think. Short of keeping our kids in a bubble, they have been and will continually be exposed to things we, as parents, might disapprove of.
We need to educate our kids to think for themselves, and to follow a certain set of values, no matter what Miley or Britney or Hillary or whomever demonstrates.
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8-11-2009 @ 1:47PM
Inadequate Wife said...
After actually watching the whole video, I have to say that I wouldn't let my 13 year old leave the house dressed like that either - very short shorts and her bra clearly visible under her shirt (especially the side/back view) - certainly doesn't look like a swimsuit top!
But then again, I lived through Madonna's Like a Virgin and Prince's Darlin' Nikki when I was in high school and I turned out okay. I guess my parents did something right!
8-11-2009 @ 3:12PM
am_hollitz said...
Stripper pole? PFFFT!
The real controversy here is why the hell Bristol Palin's baby-daddy, Levi Johnston, was at the Teen Choice Awards?
He is the POSTER BOY for bad teen choices!
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8-11-2009 @ 6:39PM
Heather said...
I'm more appalled by her "top" and the fact that the dancing and the song doesn't mesh well together so it comes off more like Kid Rock concert gone horribly wrong.
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8-12-2009 @ 12:01AM
CC said...
Even though it wasn't a real "pole", why was she holding onto it and why would she crouch while wearing short shorts like that?
Disney shows and their stars are just so cheesy. I like Disneyland and Disney movies (such as Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast), but the stuff that they have on the Disney Channel? So incredibly cheesy.
I think we've seen too much of Miley Cyrus (and other teen stars). They need to go live a quiet life somewhere and stop being everywhere (tv, magazines, etc).
By the way, wasn't Levi Johnston at the Teen Choice Awards w/ Kathy Griffin?
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8-12-2009 @ 1:14AM
Creep said...
She has a pudding face. Grody.
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8-12-2009 @ 2:31AM
luyun009 said...
Although it's her right, I don't think it's appropriate for a teenage girl to do pole-dance.
She looks innocent.
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