I'm not a prude, but, good God, Miley: put on clothes.

[Recursion]

I did not want to wake up to that in all my friends' facebook feeds (I'm in Asia so it's Monday morning here).

[NYC_SKP]

1. Now look what you made me do... I found the story on Perez Hilton's site.

I can't embed the video but he did have this gif:



http://perezhilton.com/2013-08-25-vma-mtv-2013-miley-cyrus-robin-thicke-we-cant-stop-blurred-lines-twerking-performance

[petronius]

2. Hey, it's Beetlejuice!

[PoliticAverse]

6. Will Smith and family's reaction...

http://bossip.com/824675/the-smiths-reaction-to-miley-cyrus-performance-at-2013-vmas-is-pure-comedy-video/

[LisaL]

8. Priceless.

[NYC_SKP]

10. The the first part of the video looks the the opening act at a Furry Convention, aka FurCon.

http://www.biggestlittlefurcon.org/

[jakeXT]

18. Some people had to watch "After Earth".... /nt

[bigtree]

22. that is awesome

[Xyzse]

25. That's just funny

[Myrina]

31. +1 Million.

They got THAT right.

[PoliticAverse]

45. And mediaite's less amusing debunking of the photo...

http://www.mediaite.com/online/wait-was-will-smiths-family-actually-watching-miley-cyrus-in-that-photo/

[rug]

46. That's like the audience reaction in "Springtime for Hitler".

[blogslut]

3. I just don't care.

She's a grown woman. She can wear whatever the hell she wants.

[Recursion]

4. I'd like one young female performer to say "fuck this misogynistic bs" and just perform a song

Though I guess the ones who do that aren't the ones who get asked to do the VMAs

Still, the infantilization imagery in this went beyond "irritating" to "creepily and enthusiastically supporting rape culture".

[blogslut]

5. I did not wathc the VMAs

I watched Breaking Bad.

Nevertheless, if Miley Cyrus wants to show her body, then, so what? It's her body. Her life. Her choice.

[Recursion]

7. And it's my choice to criticize that choice (nt)

[blogslut]

9. Okay

There you go.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

20. can you imagine

Stevie Nicks doing something like that?

[Iggo]

23. I can't imagine Stevie Nicks doing anything...

...except march to the beat around the stage in platform boots.

[hamsterjill]

42. Stevie twirls...

With grace and dignity...

[Sanity Claws]

27. A few do that - Adele comes to mind immediately

[frogmarch]

11. I don't understand the tongue hanging out and

the crotch swipes and other klutzy gestures and movements she makes. Okay, I'm old. But still...wtf?

[steve2470]

12. Whatever happened to a good song demonstrating superb vocal skills ?

cue GET OFF MY YARD icon

But seriously... if I want to see naked/mostly naked women, I can find a strip club or porn pretty easy.

Meh. I'm sure one day the VMA's will have all naked performers doing it on stage. It being what you think I mean.

[jmowreader]

13. Then you need to listen to someone besides Miley Cyrus

[steve2470]

14. excellent point nt

[Demo_Chris]

15. She is a train wreck. A very wealthy train wreck. nt

[Chan790]

16. What the f**k did I just watch?

Words. Words escape me. That was utterly trashy and ridiculous...I feel dirty just for watching it. Why that segment was done is inexplicable. It's one of those moments where all you can say is "So! That happened."

[hobbit709]

17. She's trying very hard to shed her goody goody Disney image.

[avebury]

19. I think that she achieved her goal.

She is now flat out trashy, sleazy and a horrible role model for young people.

[Tom Ripley]

21. And the result is nothing more than just the flipside of the goody goody Disney image.

It's still just predictable, pre-manufactured, trite bullshit that has been seen a million time; "Disney After Dark"

[tabbycat31]

28. We get that she's no longer Hannah Montana

But at this rate, her next project will be Hannah Does Montana.

[BlueJazz]

38. LOL! Good one !

[Myrina]

30. Yeah, now she's next in line for Rehab & Municipal Court ...

What a train wreck.

[charlie and algernon]

24. Such a waste when she's got some REAL talent:

[Neoma]

48. Wow.

[nomorenomore08]

49. I don't know... Can't tell if that was Auto-Tuned or just multi-tracked...

If the latter then I suppose she does have some singing talent.

[Xyzse]

26. It's her choice

No skin off my back.

I don't enjoy it, and I have never found her attractive. So, meh.

[Myrina]

29. I think she's trying to out-crazy LiLo, Bieber & Amanda Bynes ...

like the more 'cuckoo-loco' headlines you get, the cooler you are.

What the hell happened to that generation?
Disney "from-infancy-stardom" has really created some fucked up human beings.

[Tom Ripley]

35. I think the Disney experience schools them in that combination of cynical exploitation and neediness

[dawg]

32. That wasn't sexy at all. It was just .... awkward.

It reminded me of the scene in Arrested Development when Rita (Charlize Theron) tells Michael she's "corny".

[HappyMe]

33. Meh.

It looks like a plastic bathing suit.

The MTV music awards have always had bizarre clothes and behavior.

[warrior1]

34. I wouldn't be sticking my tongue out

if it was wearing a coat like Miley's. Every picture I've seen of here lately, that's all she does. Is that suppose to be talent?

[bluesbassman]

36. Can't make up her mind if she wants to be a stripper, or be a singer.

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The stuffed animal motif was the creepy part for me though. Tying in the kiddie stuff is just creepy to me, and panders to her roots. If she wants to do burlesque, that's her choice, but she should do it full adult style and not lace it with kiddie porn imagery.

[kwassa]

37. Controversey sells lots of tickets and music. Great marketing move by Miley.

The old fogies on DU are not her target demographic.

[BlueJazz]

39. Before someone calls me an old fogie...or whatever...I'm 29. Miley sucks.

Even as a Stripper..She Sucks.
Even as a Exhibitionist..She Sucks.
What a no-talent piece of Ego.

She's perfect for the 70 >85 crowd. (IQ that is)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

40. Just saw the video. Laughed my ass off. She looks dumber than a bag of hammers.

Maybe that was what she was going for

[Baitball Blogger]

41. I keep hearing about it, but I couldn't get past the first three seconds of the youtube link.

She was making faces like they teach them to do on Dance Moms.

[RudynJack]

43. Ugh

it was awful. I was never a fan, but I recognized she had some talent. Now she's just scarey-skanky.

[alarimer]

44. What about that suit he's wearing?

That's a crime of fashion if there ever was one.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

47. It's a combination of things, starting with her lack of attractiveness

I'm not really into "in-your-face." But I'm especially not into it when it involves someone like Miley with her tongue out. She just seems like an awkward little stoner, in the process of rebelling against everything that gave her a fat bank account...someone who desperately needs the attention, no matter how she gets it.

[B Calm]

50. Her annoying voice turns me off!