From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9263 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Tuesday, July 5 2022 Volume 14 : Number 9263 Today's Subjects: ----------------- he's 64 but looks 34 - here's his weird secret [PIC] ["Ripped Grandpa" Subject: he's 64 but looks 34 - here's his weird secret [PIC] he's 64 but looks 34 - here's his weird secret [PIC] http://genepower.za.com/YYH9Nm2VCOjkzjrmx9wf3qEYt17ag-1ZtAiSe5X9jzAB4OrFcg http://genepower.za.com/VPFs_eZolAcqcB4A2DlCEiDpuXNEE0XsdWLyKeGlT3BndKCVOw kford said Hannah Montana helped Disney return to a level of commercial success that had been absent since its musical films of the 1990s, and built on the success of the network's programs Lizzie McGuire and That's So Raven. He explained that Hannah Montana adopted a business model of combining celebrity acts with film, television, and popular music for a pre-adolescent audience and compared this model to 1990s teen pop artists such as Britney Spears and NSYNC, who were also marketed to children. Heather Phares of AllMusic described the melodies of the featured songs as strong and Cyrus's vocals as charismatic. Ruthann Mayes-Elma said in a journal article Hannah Montana is a wholesome, "bubble-gum" television show, and that the use of Miley's catchphrase "sweet nibblets" in the place of profanity in the scripts helped solidify the show's family-friendly appeal. The A.V. Club's Marah Eakin found fault with the writing of Hannah Montana, including its "oppressive" laugh track, and stereotypes included. The series has been examined for its depiction of gender roles and stereotypes. Blue said the series establishes "girlhood" as relation to stereotypical femininity. She explained that the primary female characters, Miley and her alter egobHannah, are positioned as post-feminist subjects in a way their representation is confined to notions of celebrity and consumerism. Bickford interpreted the theme song "The Best of Both Worlds" as an expression of Miley's choice between her contradictory identities, saying the choice is "as simple as choosing a pair of shoes" and that the character is privileged because she has multiple shoes and identities. Blue noted the contradiction of Miley's "normal life" being directly influenced by her celebrity status in ways s ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9263 **********************************************