Hannah Montana and High School Musical are affronts to the civilized world. Discuss.

[Martin]

Or you could look at the fact that High School Musical is contributing loads capital to our economy and is helping slow down the sharp decline that we're going through. But why consider that when we know that it's bad music and poor acting?

Heeeey way to completely ignore the point I was making
First of all I'm not American. At all. Therefore it is not stimulating my economy in any way shape or form and to be brutal it is a bonafide drain on parents buying shoddy merchandise. However I do recognise that if they weren't here kids would just demand other junk. That will never change and that's not what I'm taking offence to.
But claiming that HSM is lessening the effects of the credit crunch is... naive at best. Is the Disney corporation providing more liquid income and saving the American automotive industry? I don't think so. Your goverment, much like ours are having to implement bailouts to do it - with varying levels of success. And either way this is a different topic for another time and goes against the nature of the threads' point. It is an assessment into the effect of these types of programming on the youth of today.

And James, the purpose of this thread was to create some intelligent discussion. Which I believe is the purpose of ID.

[Walter Sobchak]

And James, the purpose of this thread was to create some intelligent discussion. Which I believe is the purpose of ID.

But it isn't really intelligent. We have had these discussions about the latest fads for years. And when it wasn't us, plenty of others have had it. It isn't just High School Musical, it was boy bands in the nineties and Pokemon.

Your rant offers nothing new. Pop culture will continue unabashed, and to complain about it is to complain endlessly.

I am reminded of a thread in General Chat. Spiral Architect, a 17 year old, had the gall to type the headline "What is wrong with kids these days?" and I had trouble taking him seriously. The thread ultimately was about something else than what I expected it to be, which would be closer to what your thread is, but the point remains the same.

Most of us have had the same crisis in our heads, but we get over it. One of the most important things we can do is to let the others live peacefully. We can't change their tastes. No matter what I do, my mother will not stop watching Trading Spouses and my brother will not stop watching MTV. We have to accept the cards we are dealt, and be thankful that our own vices are able to survive. Hannah Montana and High School Musical are not hurting anyone.

I am a bit surprised at you, Heather. From my gatherings, you have acknowledged that your homeland is full of the same elements that annoy those of us in the United States. If we want to blame anyone for anything, we need to remember that the boy bands of the 1990's became famous in Europe first before becoming big in America.