Negative and positive articles

On the 25th of August, the annual video music awards (VMA) was aired on the music channel, MTV. The award show had a number of attention grabbing performances. However there was one performance which seems to be spoken about up until this day which is the Miley Cyrus performance. Cyrus who has been a child star on Disney had a whole new different performance singing her latest hit single 'We can't stop' and a Robin Thicke song 'Blurred lines' for the award show which some have criticized time and time again both praising it and dissing it.

The Guardian newspaper had a somewhat positive view about the performance and tried to make Cyrus appear as just another pop artist performer that was just doing what she felt was expressive. The article made it seem as though Miley was not to blame for her actions, because what she did was not something that has not been done time and time again on the VMA stage. The writer also referred to Lady gaga’s performance and said that what Cyrus has done is not so different from what Gaga did on the same day.

An article from the Independent on the other hand was not so appealed by the VMA performance of the pop star, calling the performance all sorts of names such as racist, disturbing, inappropriate. The article also outlines the views of the Parents Television Council (PTC) and how they reacted by issuing a complaint against MTV for airing the pop star’s performance stating that it should have not been rated suitable for 14 year olds. The article also draws attention to Robin Thicke who performed alongside with Cyrus and stated that he should not have reacted the way he did.  

 References

Walshe. S (2013) 'so Lady Gaga's thong is art, while Miley Cyrus twerking is art?' The Guardian 27th August [online] Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/27/miley-cyrus-twerking-double-standard (accessed at: 13th December 2013)

Wyatt. D (2013) 'the tongue, the twerking the outfit: should someone have stopped Miley Cyrus's performance?' The Independent, 28th August [online] Available at: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-tongue-the-twerking-the-teddy-outfit-should-someone-have-stopped-miley-cyrus-vma-performance-8785494.html (accessed at: 13th December, 2013)