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Dear Taylor Swift: Don’t let us down
If there ever was a pop culture positive role model for girls it is Taylor Swift.
She has won about every country music award possible, most notably and amazingly the Entertainer of the Year Award from the Country Music Association, a category long dominated by men. She’s 19. She’s as close to girl as she is woman.
She recently hosted Saturday Night Live and was hilarious without being vulgar or inappropriate.
She had a moment ruined weeks ago when Kanye West famously interrupted her Video Music Award acceptance speech. She managed to handle that with grace and humor for weeks since then. Even at the CMAs, it was Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood who joked about Kanye, with Taylor in the audience lauging, not participating.
She isn’t just a voice or a look, though she has a voice and good looks. She writes her own music and plays her own guitar.
And she gets teenage girls because she is one. Girls manage to look up to her, but not hate her. She has the homecoming girl looks but the nicest-girl-in-the-class sensibilities.
May I never seen her in an inappropriate photo shoot or falling out of a limousine drunk.
Better, may her peers never see that.
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By Are you serious???
November 12, 2009 2:28 PM | Link to this
How can someone who was created by record executives be considered a role model for girls??? Her live singing is consistently out of tune. I find it hard to accept her “every girl” persona when this girl has lived anything but a real teenage life. I mean, what average 16 year old is really dating a Jonas Brother or Twilight “hunk”? She was crowned a media darling before she ever saw any success in the industry, and what success she has had is more a result of the promotional dept. at her label than it is about her talent. I give her credit for staying out of trouble, but how many handlers does she have ensuring she doesn’t slip up? If I’m wrong and she really does have some hidden talent and is a nice person, good for her, I wish her much success. But for now, I’m not buying it.
By Agree with Are You Serious???
November 12, 2009 3:19 PM | Link to this
She might well be a wonderful person. But her musical persona and image have most assuredly been constructed by a Marketing Department somewhere. She can’t sing. Her “success” is light years ahead of her talent. She is typical of so much of today’s “modern country music” performers. Image trumps talent. And image is not necessarily reflective of reality.
By Pat Maweenie
November 12, 2009 3:43 PM | Link to this
She was created by record executives? How did they do that? Was she created like Frankensteins monster? I wasn’t aware humans could create other humans. She can’t sing? Then what does she do on the songs? Or do you mean she can’t sing well? She’s light years ahead? Maybe we should study how she broke the time-space continuum.
By BT
November 12, 2009 4:37 PM | Link to this
Yes, T Swift is terrible, a corporate drone, “created” and yes Pat, she was created by the record company to make money for them, and when she is no longer useful to them, they will discard her like an old shoe. The poor girl can’t sing, and if you think she can, well, you are falling in line just like the record companies want you to, so you will buy there product.The CMA’s just dumbed themselves down and sold out to the highest bidder. It’s a shame award shows are popularity contests and not a vehicle for talent to win out. Part of the dumbing down of America. It’s a shame
By Lea
November 18, 2009 4:22 PM | Link to this
Who cares if she was created? Would you rather have another Paris or Britny?
By Poppycock
November 18, 2009 8:26 PM | Link to this
I agree she is not the strongest singer; however she is an extremely talented songwriter and that spells big bucks in the music industry. Her songs have a syncopated rhythm that is unique and gives her a persona that is recognizable to anyone hearing her songs on the radio. One knows right away it is her. The fashion model good looks help too.
By Jealous Much??
November 18, 2009 9:29 PM | Link to this
Seems like there are some people who are critical of Taylors success. Hmmmm, i wonder where this stems from? Jealousy perhaps? Jesus, everytime a popstar does well, there are always some “purists” in the bizness that have to knock her down because she doesn’t have the voice of an opera star. For the record, people said the same thing about Madonna, and she turned out to be a billionaire.
By MK
November 19, 2009 12:49 PM | Link to this
I am all for kids enjoying a celebrity’s work, but use them as role models? please! How about parents worry about surrounding actual “people” around their children that they can admire and maybe that person or (image this) the parent will be their child’s role model instead of a celebrity that they will never talk to.