I don't watch MTV, not even for the VMAs (and yes, I have children the age that MTV markets to, which is 8-16.)
While I don't think Miley did this performance at the right place, how could she expect an audience of One Direction fans to be the *right place, she has made a huge splash. She even broke records.
Tweets per minute--record breaker
2 top 10 singles on iTunes--record breaker
I think the discussion about her parents is obviously null. There obviously has been conversation with the family about her breaking free from her Disney ideals. Her father congratulated her performance, her mother stood up and gave her a standing ovation when it was over.
I have discussed this with teens to coworkers, and the fury of which the adults speak about Miley is almost frightening. Yes, people can have their (rational) opinion, and no I am not saying people should be lax on her performance.
I think my boundary was hit when the




shaming started.
She is twenty. Female. Famous. Wealthy, and, ironically, fully supported by her family.
Lastly, the industry was waiting for that Lady Gaga performance. Lady Gaga even had a few articles out about how MTV always asks her to top the her show from the year before, and how it's hard work but she is capable to do it. This was her first performance after her surgery, and her weird naked yoga video. People WERE excited to see Lady Gaga, but guess what? Miley took that away from her. She just snatched that right away from her.
[EDIT: and, NYSNC was there, too. Wow. Miley stole, and I mean robbed everyone, the show.]
So, you can think of this as Miley the could be on drugs and next stop is a





, or Miley, breaking free of Disney misconceptions and stealing the freaking show aka marketing genius.
Minds are obviously made up, but I am going to pick the latter.