Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 482322)

Fair point, though I think that it wasnt really a sudden jump from Hannah Montana to simulating sex onstage with the real-life pop-star son of Growing Pains' Jason Seaver. (And how does the 36 year old Thicke get a pass on not being in this conversation?)

I'm really more curious about the minstrel versus hommage argument. Seems more like the latter to me, but when does it cross the line? Dunno. And unlike Pat Boone (not singling him out) cover songs, it's not as if she is "sanitizing" art for a white audience.

Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 482319)

So, that's three votes for the "hey you kids, get off my lawn!" take on the Miley at the VMAs controversy?

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 482320)

I think maybe a child (especially disneyesque girl) needs to build some adult chops before busting out "now I'm very sexual."

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) (Post 482326)

Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 482319)

So, that's three votes for the "hey you kids, get off my lawn!" take on the Miley at the VMAs controversy?

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) (Post 482326)

Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen (Post 482328)

Burger wins the internet.

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 482312)

TAG is not high end. At least not anymore. Heuer was high end, but TAG ruined it when it bought Heuer.

Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 482314)

Apropos of Miley,

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 482360)

This.

eta: Or, what Burger posted.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 482380)

ty wins this. Sorry B.

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) (Post 482381)

Perhaps.

But years from now we'll still be talking about my Guernica post.

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 482329)

All I'm saying is that the controversy is the whole point. Whether it's one side clucking "Isn't it awful?" or the other side tut-tutting about slut-shaming, MTV wants me to talk about this Big Issue. Next year it'll be something else, like clockwork. Maybe a fist-fight between Chris Brown and Sasha Baron Cohen's new character coming soon to a theater near you? I'm tired of it because it is tiresome.