Here’s the update on the Miley Cyrus debacle.
1. Miley Cyrus takes non-racist picture with Asian people.
2. Miley Cyrus gets slammed with a $4 billion lawsuit.
3. Margaret Cho dedicates a song to Miley Cyrus (Hey, they have the same intials! … similarities end there.)
My little sister, Jelly, used to love Hannah Montana. She had all the chapter books (you know, the ones where publishers basically recap the episode, print it out in 38 font, stick a glittery cover on it and sell it for 8 bucks at school book fairs). She blasted “If We Were a Movie” through the headphones of her Mickey Mouse Mp3 player, while dancing around the living room with an imaginary microphone tightly held in her chubby fist.
Now she’s in sixth grade. She refuses to wear pink, replaced Mickey Mouse with an ipod, plays Coldplay on her electric bass, and recently informed me that she no longer “plays” with her friends… she “hangs” or “chills” with them.
Here’s my question.
If my little Jelly has managed to mature into a too-cool-for-school hipster in the blink of an eye, how long will it take for Miley Cyrus to grow up?
Cyrus is 16. Which is old enough to know making “chinky eyes” is not just making a “silly face” (which is what she claimed she was doing). She’s also experienced enough to know that her life is not private, and that many little girls look up to her.
With all of that said, $4 billion seems extreme. While I doubt my parents will be recieving $4000 in the mail anytime soon, the suit definitely makes a statement. The Asian community isn’t going to be pushed around.
Yay.