A Convenient Lie

Someone needs to stop Miley Cyrus. She just can’t act her age, can she…her antics have really spiralled out of control. She could turn into the next Britney Spears/sextape scandal/springtime harvest. Rumor has it she’s even acting up on the set of “Hannah Montana.”

Jesus Christ. No one cares. Well, that’s not true. In fact, most people probably care more about Miley Cyrus right now than most political news, with the exception of Sarah Palin (see my previous post for more information). Really, though, the main article on Yahoo News right now is: Miley’s Antics Raise Concerns. It’s all about “is she a brat, or is she just troubled?” True, though, they do raise concerns. I’m concerned about why people care enough about her to make her frontpage news on Yahoo. I’m concerned about the fact that Americans (not to generalize, I guess I should include most of the world that is controlled by the media) care more about the behavior of a pop singer/actress than getting their life together.

Is it because they’re lazy? I don’t think it’s just that. Is it because they want to know that Miley Cyrus experiences the same problems they do? Perhaps, deep down, that is it. But I think it is more than that. Something I can’t even figure out. And I suppose I can’t judge America as a whole, considering I’ve watched my fair share of Hannah Montana (did I really just admit that…), but I mean, really?

I’m going to call this problem American Idol Syndrome. AIS for short. Know why? Because more people voted for American Idol than in the last presidential election. It’s a presidential election. Not a senator. Not a governor. The president of the United States. And now, now it’s happening everywhere. Miley Cyrus Syndrome, Popstar Delusion in general. They’re all offshoots, bizarre mutations, hellish, freakish procreations of AIS.

I’m not proposing a solution, I’m just stating an opinion. Not a fact. Just something I thought about.