Miley Cyrus: From "Hannah Montana" to "SNL"
Personally, I do not like Miley Cyrus. A lot of it has to do with her depiction of such a silly character in the Disney Channel series, “Hannah Montana,” where she doubles as a high school girl by day and teenage pop-star at night. If you have watched that show before, even one episode, you will probably notice how annoying Hannah Montana is and wonder how this show can be a global sensation among teens and children.
Following in the footsteps of teen stars like Macaulay Culkin ("Home Alone") and Lindsay Lohan ("Mean Girls"), the former Disney Channel Star is beginning to show the unpublicized side of her life. From provocative photos and messy relationships, to pole dancing on a teen award show and most recently, video of her smoking Salvia (a legal herb in California that will produce hallucinogenic effects) from a bong, her life is pretty much a copy of Lindsay’s – a messed up former teen star who got stuck in her career.
Miley wrapped up the ‘Hannah Montana’ series last year, and is officially released from the Disney chain. She has since starred in a couple movies and her scandals continue to spread around the internet.
What surprised me is that she stepped up and hosted Saturday Night Live two weeks ago after being parodied numerous times on the show's sketch, “The Miley Cyrus Show” starring SNL cast member Vanessa Bayer.
I would give her a B+ for her efforts on SNL. She definitely stepped out of her comfort zone, and even made fun of herself, referring to the bong incident and her acting on Hannah Montana.
She did a great job in her monologue where she sang a show-tune about about not being perfect, despite having the voice of a baby goat. I particularly liked the Charlie Sheen sketch where Cyrus played the ever strung-out Lindsay Lohan and the Black Eyed Peas sketch where Miley played a horribly annoying version of Fergie.
Miley tried her best to bring out the humor in that night’s show, especially in her improvisation of Justin Bieber in the “Miley Cyrus Show.” Miley did all of Justin Bieber’s trying- to-be-a-cool-kid moves in the sketch, like the eye-wink and tossing of Bieber’s disturbing bangs.
Although she was definitely not the best host of this season of SNL, she was indeed way better than Russell Brand and January Jones.
So, what does Miley's future look like? I would say it's pretty unclear, depending on how she utilizes opportunities like SNL. Oh, and I really hope she stops being a poor influence on children and teens, considering salvia sales rose 50% after the leaked video of her incident. If Miley wants to stay relevant in the media, she needs to become a better role model... Or a better actress... Or a better singer.
