In my house, we don't watch a lot of television. The grown ups watch Lost, 24, and that's pretty much it. My lovely wife will also partake of Desperate Housewives, and the occasional reality show on Bravo, which I'll watch if I'm in the room. Myself, I'll sit through a Mythbusters if it happens to be on. That pretty well sums up the television viewing for the adults in our house.
For the kids, it's educational DVDs and the Disney channel. For the most part, this is fine. I get a little put off by some of the shows on Disney that involve kids occasionally being snotty, but at the same time, kids are occasionally snotty, so I accept it as reality that doesn't go too far. In fact, there's only one real problem I can see with the Disney channel.
The stars are constantly getting naked.
Oh, not on the channel itself ("Tonight, a very special Hannah Montana, guest starring Chris Hanson"). Elsewhere, however, the ladies of Disney seem to have issues with keeping dressed. Miley Cyrus is taking pictures of herself pouting at cameras in her underwear. Vanessa Hudgens had her own issues last year when she sent pictures to her High School Musical beau sans cheer leading outfit. Now, we've got a Cheetah Girl who was apparently so fast, her outfit couldn't keep up. Yikes.
Ignoring the societal implications of what this means to impressional young girls (or impressional old perverts), what the $%#$ are they putting in the water over at Disney that this is a common occurrence? I mean, these are people who live in the limelight all the time. Doesn't it seem like they would understand the whole "no video, no pictures, don't sign anything" mantra that keeps the average star or starlet from internet fame/humiliation? Or do they understand it completely, and are choosing to exercise the whole "no press is bad press" rule? I mean lets face it, there's a whole legion of thirteen year old boys out there who have suddenly become Disney channel fans.
Me, I'm guessing it's an extension of the whole Catholic School Girl syndrome. Teams of graduated mouseketeers are working tirelessly to keep your image squeaky clean, constantly monitoring every action of their property, i.e. you. What's going to happen the first moment that the ever-reaching eye of Big Brother is eluded? Shenanigans. It's human nature. The more you're told not to do something because it's bad for you, the more you want to do exactly that thing. It's not like this is a new thing. Just type in ex-Disney stars Britney Spears or Lindsey Lohan on a Google Image search (but not at work, and not if you've eaten recently).
Seriously, think about it and you'll realize that this is practically an epidemic of Magical Kingdom proportions, and that while it's a recently publicized thing, it's probably always been an issue. It's just that the invention of digital photography and the internet allows for making stupid mistakes a world wide phenomenon. Had these things come earlier, I'm sure you all would have been discussing the latest pictures of Annette and Cubby in leather masks and chains...and their little hats with the ears.
Wow...I just took that to a real weird place, didn't I?
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