As an unrepentant aficionado of the James Bond/Renaissance/Simon Templar/Cowboy/Dukes of Hazzard lifestyle, the idea of a 'Disneyfied' world - devoid of alcohol, swords, premarital sex and gratuitous bad language - fills me with dread. I've spent enough time at Disneyland Paris to know it's not the sort of place I'd want to live in.
No lipstick lesbian shenanigans for the Disney Princesses! Except for the occasion during which this photograph was taken.Yet sometimes - rarely - Disney comes through with something golden. Pirates of the Caribbean was a good example. That had rum, cleavage, sword-fights and skullduggery enough to satisfy even the likes of me.
On the opposite end of the spectrum is Disney Princess Miley Cyrus - she plays the teenage pop-sensation Hannah Montana in the interminable TV show of the same name. Her goody-two-shoes onscreen persona is only bearable because it's in complete contrast to her 13-going-on-30 real life reputation (Miley's dating a 20-year-old, posing [Sort of - Editorial Bear] topless and posting naughty pics of herself on MySpace.)
Miley Cyrus: So adorably virtuous it's sickening...The twee morality, virginal virtues and Disneyfication of Miley's onscreen world has me reaching for the barf-bag. And yet...
The other day, listening to SIRIUS radio's country channel, The Highway, I caught an awesome song that really appealed to me. Much to my horror - it was sung by Miley Cyrus!
The haunting lyrics, smokey voice and aspirational motto all emerged from the lungs of that lightweight lady! How can somebody who's not even old enough to buy a packet of cigarettes have a voice like Kathleen Turner on twenty a day?
I don't know... It boggles the mind. All I do know is that The Climb, by Miley Cyrus, is actually a pretty cute song. Curses, Disney! Your stank of saccherine sermonizing is polluting everything I hold dear. Now it's country music... What's next? Winnie the Pooh branded beer?
Regardless of my continued scorn for Hannah Montana and all that's twee and hemogonized, I think it's only fair to put Miley's song here for all to see. She might be working for the enemy, but the girl still 'done good' with this one.
2 comments:
Disney serves its purpose. Not a big fan of Miley but this is a good song. :)
I would totally drink Winnie the Pooh beer. :)
Admittedly, I also drank the Disney Kool-aid starting young... Such things happen when you live 20 minutes from Disneyland and have family who are engineers for Disney and can get you in free.
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