Remember how Shirley Temple used to trot around dancing “On The Good Ship Lollipop?” You probably don’t. But the point is – our planet’s slow descent into cultural purgatory means that today’s child star has turned in their hair ribbons and ring curls for a blowout and traded their tap-dance choreography for dancing in cha-cha shorty shorts with moves that seem to cry out for a stripper pole.
Don’t let her dance moves fool you. Jenna Rose is 12 years old. Just weeks ago she was a wholesome young whippersnapper with a wildly succesful video-gone-viral tune called “My Jeans.” But unbeknownst to us, she and some producer were already plotting her turn towards the tawdry… her new song O.M.G. will probably get lots of traffic… not just because it’s uncomfortable, and riding the recent wave of ‘is this really happening’ music videos that have made her and Rebecca Black (in)famous. I’m sure she’s a very nice young girl with a very big dream. I’m not trying to be a hater, but this whole thing freaks me out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDulhduiDQw
I agree with the “haters”. I remember the day when kids ran to their parents yelling “i wanna be an astronaut!” or “i wanna be an actor!”, and what would the parents do? They’d send them to a camp that featured it, or some kind of out of school program that taught the kids what it was all about. This Jenna Rose person is just someone who yelled “i wanna sing!” and the parents sent her to a few talent shows, said that was good enough, then threw her into the industry. To put it in perspective: that’s like a kid yelling “i wanna be an astronaut!”, the parents throw the kid into a few nasa training sessions, then said “ok good enough” then sent their kid into outer space. The kid may love the thought of it, but they’re really not ready for any situation they may get stuck in.