It’s way too early in the day to post a picture of Miley Cyrus. Here are a couple of nice bluebirds instead.
Depraved celebrities are a dime a dozen. We crank ’em out like cornflakes. And now that it’s an election year, they’ll be out in force.
Miley Cyrus came up through the Disney Corp. and soon enough established herself as a motormouth in her own right. She’s another one of those Hollywood nothings who keep promising to leave the country if a Republican is elected–and never do.
Anyhow, by their fruits ye shall know them. Whether she said it or not, she walks the Satan walk.
Who knows? It really doesn’t matter, because Miley Cyrus’ act certainly doesn’t strike me as bringing out the best in people, or bringing them closer to God. In the world of popular music, godliness isn’t the path to popularity. An awful lot of popular music, these days, strikes me as defiant and self centered. 2 Corinthians 4:4 refers to the god of this world, or the god of this age, blinding minds to prevent people from seeing the good news. I would posit that a lot of today’s music plays a role in blinding these minds, so by being part of it, one may not be directly worshipping Satan, but they may well be serving to further his ends.
Myley and others start out as the sweet girl next door, then Hollywood turns them into prostitutes for money and fame – so sad.
One of our readers, a few years ago, was part of Miley Cyrus’ security team. He saw how they handled her, and didn’t like it.
We see that played out, over and over again. Movie actresses frequently start out innocent and then progress into something quite different, and end up betraying their initial appeal. I can think of four female singers, off the top of my head, who started out as wholesome artists and progressed into something quite different, but the saddest part is that young girls in their audience end up being led away from the wholesome values these artist started out offering.
One thing to keep in mind is that singers are actors, at least to some degree. To front a band, you have to go into character and essentially play a role. Like any other actor, there’s a distinct possibility that some of that assumed character can take hold, and transfer back into the real world. A performer can start to believe that they actually are whom they portray on stage. Smart ones don’t.
A number of years ago, I saw the Biography Channel program about Gene Simmons, the bass player in Kiss. Now, I hated that band with a passion. To me, they were the Devil incarnate. But when I saw that biography, he was nothing like the ferocious character he played on stage. He was soft spoken, well spoken and a very serious businessmen. He put on his on stage persona like a garment, and took it off when he was done. If a member of the music press asked him a question, he would answer in character, but Gene Simmons the man is nothing like his on stage persona.
Sadly, some performers try to live the fantasy they portray on stage. The Forever 27 Club is a list of performers who died at the age of 27, overtaken by drugs, alcohol and lives of excess. These are people that bought into their own hype, and believed that they could live the lifestyle they portrayed as performers. Right about the time that adulthood can no longer be staved off, many of them succumb to drugs or drink.
Today’s generation of superstars seem to make it past 27, on a fairly reliable basis, but even they aren’t immune to the assaults they make on their own psyches. I can think of one such performer, from the late ‘90s, who is said to have become incapable of managing their own affairs there’s a lesson there; just because someone is up on stage, under the spotlight, wearing an elaborate costume and performing perfectly choreographed moves, doesn’t mean that they are doing all that well in life. Money and fame are not always what they are cracked up to be.
When the first play was staged in ancient Athens, they asked Solon how he liked it. He didn’t like it at all. “All those lies, on the stage!” he said. “Someday we will find them in our daily business.”
Solon has a point. Look at how much theater the average person is exposed to, these days? Before the days of radio and TV, drama was a novel experience for most people, but in the postwar era, a lot of people were getting saturated by it, and I believe that it has affected the “daily business” of many people, to the negative. If there was a Solon T shirt, I’d wear it with pride.
I wound up quoting him twice today (once on the phone).
Asked what gave him the courage to oppose the tyrant who ruled Athens, he replied, “My old age.”
Somhe’s one of the gang. Welcome aboard, Solon. 🙂