Originally Posted By dsnykid Ya know, I think what bothers me most about this picture is that it's not for People, which teens read, or Seventeen, or any of those teen magazines... it's for Vanity Fair, a magazine not widely recognized for appealing to teens and tweens. This picture was done to invoke this kind of debate and publicity and is in a magazine that probably has a majority readership of 25 years and older. That's why this is so disturbing to me.. it's a picture that is being distributed to an adult only audience. Why does Miley Cyrus need to be in Vanity Fair in the first place?
Originally Posted By karlg Does anyone think they will be adding "THE towel" as one of the choices for the Hana Montana make-overs at the BBB's?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <a href="http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog/" target="_blank">http://weblogs.newsday.com/new...an/blog/</a>
Originally Posted By mele HA! Although, I think maybe Minnie maybe anorexic. Look at her arms! I hear she's dating someone from "The Hills". ;-)
Originally Posted By fkurucz << Why does Miley Cyrus need to be in Vanity Fair in the first place?>> Preparing to move beyond Hanna and making herself "known" to a new demographic? Then again, why not just milk Hanna until it doesn't work anymore? By that point Miley will probably have a 9 figure net worth. She can then either sail into the sunset or become a "serious" artist without concern about what critics or the public think. Who knows?
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Ha! Love the "mouse porn". I'm more bothered by the pictures of Miley with Daddy than the more controversial 'topless' one. It just seems a little wrong for a 15-year-old girl to be crawling around on her father's lap looking sultry.
Originally Posted By mele Although not anywhere near as creepy as the photos (video?) of Hulk Hogan applying sunscreen to Brooke, his daughter that has been making the rounds. Yuck!
Originally Posted By alexbook >>I'm more bothered by the pictures of Miley with Daddy than the more controversial 'topless' one. It just seems a little wrong for a 15-year-old girl to be crawling around on her father's lap looking sultry. << I'm glad I'm not the only with that reaction.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 >>I'm more bothered by the pictures of Miley with Daddy than the more controversial 'topless' one. It just seems a little wrong for a 15-year-old girl to be crawling around on her father's lap looking sultry. << You must not have seen the photos of Hulk Hogan massaging his daughter... those are truly disturbing....
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA So, the overall feeling here is that Miley Cyrus is 'too young' to be photographed in a way that some here feel is 'provocative' or 'sexual' -- but she's old enough to work everyday on a television show. And make a movie. And tour around the country doing live shows. And the parents whose children watch 'Hannah Montana' want to believe that Miley Cyrus is the last American virgin or something? Or that she isn't boy crazy? Or is essentially asexual? Am I understanding this correctly?
Originally Posted By mele Miley has made some statements about remaining a virgin till marriage, so it's not quite a leap that people might believe it. (I sure didn't. LOL) I think that most people believe having a stressful job is different than advertising your child's sexuality. Most of us don't let our children do EITHER. Most will reserve their judgment for the job but will become vocal once sex is (appears to be) involved. You know how Americans are about sexuality. Nipplegate still hasn't been resolved and all live shows are delayed because of it.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I guess that's what I'm feeling here, and I find it rather peculiar. Miley Cyrus is a working 15 year old. And that's okay. But remember, she's working. She's doing something that adults do, and so it does stand to reason that she's going to feel more 'grown up' than her 15 years. Makes sense to me. So, why not take pictures for Vanity Fair? Even if she's covered in just a sheet? Any grown up would do that. I keep going back to the same thing. It's not a good idea for young people to be in show business. Here's the daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus -- who 'knows his way around the biz' -- and his daughter ends up taking pictures which she 'regrets' or is 'embarrassed' about. So, no suggestive pictures. But let's keep our fingers crossed for another season of 'Hannah Montana.'
Originally Posted By dsnykid "Miley has made some statements about remaining a virgin till marriage, so it's not quite a leap that people might believe it. (I sure didn't. LOL)" I agree with your laughter on that one... Britney Spears, anyone? I truly hope that Miley Cyrus does not become a train wreck, but it looks like the track has already started to come loose.
Originally Posted By dshyates Just because Miley has made some career choice many of you don't agree with on a moral level, doesn't mean she is a budding out of control train wreck. Having your back photographed in a studio by a world famous photographer is a little different than showing the paparazzi your pantyless crotch outside a club in a drug addled and drunken stupor at 3am. One is a calculated business move the other is "totally Sputnik" (unmanned spacecraft).
