{"id":9227,"date":"2015-08-31T16:37:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T21:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/?p=9227"},"modified":"2015-08-31T16:37:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T21:37:47","slug":"dont-tell-mtv-but-its-been-boring-for-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/2015\/08\/31\/dont-tell-mtv-but-its-been-boring-for-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Tell MTV, But It\u2019s Been Boring for 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 435px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 136.551724% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/486060952?et=51lrucDdRqN6AhIbSPTNKg&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=0PuKiKMj_ku0TN_rl5ZWYut6Zwa5srBl5kMhhybn9Y0=\" width=\"435\" height=\"594\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 10px; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/486060952\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">View image<\/a> | <a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>David French, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/423309\/dont-tell-mtv-its-been-boring-30-years-david-french\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">over at National Review<\/a>, says what most of us are thinking:<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As if anyone cared, MTV hosted its flagship program last night \u2014 the Video Music Awards. Every year, the VMAs represent MTV\u2019s desperate bid to stay relevant, usually by either trying to engineer \u201cbeefs\u201d between key stars (Ooh look, Nicki Minaj told off Miley Cyrus!) or by asking\u00a0young starlets to be as sexual and\/or blasphemous as basic cable allows. Considering that pop music is supposed to be about the \u201cnow,\u201d it\u2019s a pitiful irony that MTV\u2019s been appealing to this basic formula since 1984, when Madonna writhed on stage in a white wedding dress singing \u201cLike a Virgin.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since then, it\u2019s been all Madonna, all the time. When the original began to fade, her successors rose to the challenge, with a symbolic passing of the sexual torch more than a decade ago as Madonna kissed Madonna Junior (Britney Spears). After Britney, the pop world has brought us Madonna in a meat dress (Lady Gaga), and\u00a0young, twerking\u00a0Madonna (Miley Cyrus). And each time they\u2019ve hilariously cast The Same Old Thing as something \u201cfresh\u201d and \u201ctransgressive.\u201d Last night was no exception, featuring Miley flashing the audience for less than a second and then talking and singing\u00a0about \u2014 and this is so original for a pop star \u2014 how much she likes weed. The formula is the same. Only the production values have changed.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read all of it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/423309\/dont-tell-mtv-its-been-boring-30-years-david-french\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more on the\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/Family.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Patheos Faith and Family Channel<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>,<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> follow\u00a0Nancy on\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NancyAndersonFrench\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><em>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/NancyAFrench\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><em>Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, and\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/nancyjanefrench\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><em>Instagram<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The formula is the same. 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