The video music awards today is SO much different than when I was a kid. Not so much that the content is unrecognizable, but so much that the entertainment is redundant, ridiculous, and overly attention-seeking. Miley Cyrus, in her early 20's, engaged, successful, rich and has the need to act out in a performance that can only be described as completely ridiculous and offensive. Robin Thicke didn't make matters better by being an active part of the sick and twisted shindig. As not only a woman, but as a person in her age bracket, that performance made me feel uncomfortable and absolutely disgusted with my generation and the acceptance of such filth. I hate the mindsets of the closed-minded older folk who think our generation has/will doom this nation, but with THAT performance I see their point of view. HOW is that considered entertainment? Its nothing but controversy at it's finest. What makes it so hard to do a classy performance? The fact that her talent level is so far below an artist like Bruno mars who's voice spoke for itself that night? Not to say Bruno Mars sang a classy song choice, because his song was about having sex like animals. Gorillas, to be exact. However, he didn't ACT the song out on stage with a foam finger and a married man, like Ms. Cyrus did. Why do we allow females like Miley Cyrus to be examples of our generation? We give these celebrities such undeserved attention. In the media. In forums. Hell, I'm probably doing it right now. We pay money to see these types of performances and act like its acceptable. We then talk about it and allow it to become the #1 news story. Most people my age can tell you exactly how many husbands and sex tapes Kim Kardashian has had but has no clue about what's happening in Syria. How can we, as a generation, as a nation, allow ourselves to be so ill-informed and uneducated. My advice: Let's stop watching so much E! and reading so much People magazine and actually pick up a real newspaper and learn about the new scientific breakthroughs going on and new technological advances. Knowledge is power. Miley Cyrus is not. Lets stop giving it to her.
