My younger sister can definitely be dubbed a "Hannah Montana fanatic." She's memorized every song appearing on the show's soundtrack and can give an in depth synopsis for each episode airing so far. I knew that Hannah Montana was a popular series, yet I was reminded of its popularity while watching television over Christmas break. Apparently there had been a Hannah Montana essay contest; the winner was to receive free tickets and backstage passes to a concert featuring the star of the show, Miley Cyrus. A 6 year old girl won the contest with an essay claiming her father has died in Iraq. Yes, this is a touching story... if only it were true. It turns out that the essay was completely fictitious, a big lie conjured up by the girl's mother to win her daughter the sought after tickets. This story left me completely shocked. A woman was willing to claim her husband died in Iraq just to receive some stupid children's concert tickets??? How disrespectful and defacing this is to the men and women who are actually risking their lives overseas each day for our country! How could a person sink so low for anything, let alone something so insignificant?
On Friday another story in regards to the popular show caught my attention. Apparently Hannah Montana was using a body double in one of her concerts. Heaven forbid, a "fake" Hannah was singing on stage for 10 seconds!! Why is our media so obsessed over such an unimportant show. I don't seem to recall Sesame Street or Mr. Rogers gaining this type of press. Perhaps Hannah Montana should just stick to the screen in order. Maybe this will lessen the unnecessary hubbub that follows her everywhere she goes.
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Side bit that my dad told me, the woman didn't even have a husband/the girl's dad wasn't even in the picture. Not sure if that makes it better or worse...
Rachel
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