Re: Mr. Hannah Montana's Achy Broken Heart

> Oh, but there are plenty of former Disney stars that have gone on to be
> wildly popular but less-than-ideal role models. When the Hannah Montana
> thing started becoming popular I actively tried to keep my daughter away
> from it as given Disney's track record, it could turn bad. Not having cable
> in the first place helped. :)
> I mean, you yourself mentioned Lindsay Lohan. And then you have Britney
> Spears.

Right, I guess I should clarify that I was referring specifically to
child "stars" from the Disney/Nickelodeon stable of cheap, cheesy,
generic "kidcoms." There was no reason to believe a show like this
would amount to anything more than "Kids Incorporated" or "You Can't
Do That on Television," or whatever.

Hannah Montana, as I understand it, was created after the success of
the "The Cheetah Girls" movie, and as such, it was sort of the first
of it's kind. (Unless you want to go all the way back to "The
Partridge Family" or "The Monkees," but neither of those programs were
specifically "kids" shows, were they? And they didn't have success
anywhere near like what "Hannah Montana" has had.)

Since then, despite embarrassingly transparent marketing efforts,
there've been no breakout stars as a result of "Drake and Josh,"
"iCarly," "The Wizards of Waverly Place," "Sonny With a Chance," "The
Suite Life of Zack and Cody," "Cory in the House," and so on.

So, my point isn't that nobody was hoping for or expecting a
successful show, but that nobody could have seen the phenomenon
coming.

(Also, FWIW, I wouldn't count Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears as
"Disney stars." Yes, they both worked on Disney projects when they
were very young, but they were never defined by their association with
those projects.)

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