Is America really as prudish as it sometimes appears to be? It’s really hard for me to tell. Particularly as I’ve never been there. Judging a country solely on their cultural exports is clearly fraught with danger. I mean, I have seen American films from every degree of separation of morality’s compass. From ‘Wild at Heart’ to ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. So that tells me nothing. I have read that over half of all Americans would not vote for an atheist president, yet some of the smartest, wittiest , most liberal people I have ever heard speak come from the USA. Hmmm, it makes it hard to generalise doesn’t it.
So I’m at a loss what to think about the recent Miley “Hannah Montana” Cyrus scandal. On the one hand I get the feeling that it’s a cynical but very successful manipulation of the media, from everyone involved, including Vanity Fair, Disney Channel, Miley’s own management and possibly even the photographer, Annie Leibovitz. This explanation sits best with me, because the alternative is simply too weird to comprehend.
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