There has been a lot of commentary with regards to what cute little Hannah Montana, otherwise known as Miley Cyrus has been up to lately in the entertainment world. There was an Open Letter by Sinead O'Connor to Miley and then an Open Letter to Sinead O'Connor by someone else and now I'm writing my own Open Letter to anyone who wants to read my opinions on the whole thing.
Miley Cyrus and all of her graduating class, has chosen for whatever reason to be famous on TV and to showcase all their skills, whether acting, singing, twerking or otherwise for everyone to see. And while this is nothing new and while celebrity antics are nothing shocking anymore, for some reason everyone feels the need to either be shocked and outraged at her behavior or they feel the need to berate her and criticize her and cut her down because I guess that makes them feel better. I have to be honest, when I first saw her stick that tongue out I thought she was licking something good off her face.
When I was a teenager no one wanted to post what I was up to because there was no internet. And no one wanted to follow me around and document what I was up to because it was moronic. That didn't stop me from doing stupid and foolish things like striping naked and scaling walls and swimming in someone else's swimming pool and getting caught and kicked out. And it didn't stop me from drinking too much vodka and stripping naked and walking the dotted line in front of public safety at my local college. And it didn't stop me from doing a lot of other things that I am not going to rehash because you get the general idea, I did plenty of crazy hairbrained naked things in public and private. The sad thing is that we have a teenager that has had little to no anonymity and who just wants to be a kid. Why can't we ignore her and all the other idiots out there and let them grow up and get out their growing pains like all the other kids on the planet?
I remember asking a young lady once what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said, "I want to be famous" and I realized that she didn't want to be a famous dancer or a famous painter or a famous singer or a famous anything. She just wanted to be famous. And that is what we have delivered via technology to anyone who will spend the 2 minutes, 3 minutes or 10 minutes to watch the latest viral sensation, someone who is famous for just being famous, they really had little to no talent or skill or ability, they just got famous.
If we stop giving creedence to the antics of the famous or the infamous and shut out tabloid trash then maybe the Kanye's and the Miley's will just go away or be silenced. Or better yet, they will stick to what they know how to do or what they do well and leave the rest of it for other young and impulsive people who will willingly step into their shoes and become tabloid fodder for a new generation. Remember the advice we were given as kids? If you want the annoying kid to stop, ignore them, they will go away. Stop paying attention.
Better yet, focus on your own problems - chances are they are just as bad if not worse.