Justin Bieber, Rebecca Black, Miley Cyrus, Willow Smith, all these young “children” start acting like grown-ups the second the enter the industry. I remember the time Justin Bieber’s One Time came out. Every site I went on, had hate comments for him. Now, when I go on youtube you know what I see? Hate comments for Rebecca Black’s Friday. Hate comments for Rebecca just don’t seem to be stopping. I wouldn’t be surprised if in the next couple of years, she’s the next Katy Perry or Lady Gaga or Any other female superstar!
It’s been like a trend. Every artist that comes up without any famous family background goes through this phase in which they have to listen to all the hated comments. For some reason, female artists have to listen more of this criticism. What I am trying to get here at is that, no matter how brave or talented you are, there will always be people criticising you at everywhere step you take, especially if you’re a female.
Let’s take William and Kate’s royal for example. I was just watching a documentary on T.V. about their up-coming marriage, and there was this particular line said by one of the former bridesmaid of Princess Diana. She said “The paparazzi were just waiting for Diana to make a fool of herself”. The question that is been bothering is that why wasn’t the paparazzi waiting for Prince Charles to make a fool of himself? Why was it just princess Diana? Yes I know because she’s a new addition to the Royal family, but that doesn’t give the media to follow her on every step she takes.
My point befemale artists, knowingly or unknowingly, are pressurized more than men to become these so called “idols”, which every female should be looking up too. Female artist make one wrong move, and it’s all over the internet.
My question to everybody is:
Is it okay to young artists to go through the same experience that the adult artists are going through? Is it possible for these young artists to get a negative impression of their talent or themselves after reading the hateful comments?
Why is the female artist always the centre of attraction? Why is the spotlight always on the female artists and barely ever on the male artist? When we say that everybody is equal, then why differentiate between male and females?
In my opinion, young artists should not go through the same experience that the adults artists are going through. They are only kids and it is very hard for them to cope with all the media and having a restrictive environment. Many of the young artists end up being very depressed, lindsay lohan is a great example. They aren't mentally strong enough to take a huge downfall fall from being the biggest star to someone who nobody cares anymore.
ReplyDeleteI think female artist becomes the the centre of attraction because they are the ones who do outstanding performances. For an example: Lady Gaga wears all these different fashion clothings and stands out. We never see males do that on the media with respect to your point that female artist always the centre of attraction. We differentiate between male and females because it is nature. Almost all animals do it excepts for animals which reproduce asexually. We need one male and one female to give birth to a new born. In my opinion, male and female are totally different from each other but I agree that males and females should both be treated equally.
I don't think that it is okay for any artist to be criticized at all. But it happens whether it is on TV, the internet, posters etc. So I don’t think that young artists should be going through the same experience that the adult artists are going through, because it just puts their hopes and dreams down. There are haters everywhere, for example before Justin Beiber became popular, he was criticized, and he had hate comments on every video he posted on YouTube, and now he is like the most popular young artist in the world. Because of the hate comments, these young artists have to read, I think that it is possible for these young artists to get a negative impression on their own talents. For example, I was watching an interview with Rebecca Black, and she talked about how she felt on the hate comments she was getting on her music video, and she said that it made her doubt her talent, and it made her cry as well . Even though it is not okay for any artist to be criticized, there will always by haters and the only thing that we can do is ignore them and not believe anything say at all.
ReplyDeleteI think that females are the centre of attraction because there are many well known female artists, actors, athletes compared to men. Also females are the centre of attraction because not only are their talents talked about but their sense of fashion is also talked about as well. Every female has their own unique sense of fashion. On the other hand, I think that equality between men and women is something that has been fought for over the years. Men and women are different, and their differences give them different and unique advantages. So females and males should be treated equally.
Do you think it is possible to protect young artists from the real world? If they choose to showcase their talent (or lack of it), other people have the choice to voice their opinion about it. An artist's first foray into the industry, especially if it is a young adult, is bound to be shaky and not the most amazing thing you've ever heard. They should be prepared for this - like you said, its a phase. I don't think comparing Bieber and Rebecca Black is valid; even if you do not bring their voices into question, the production value of 'Friday' was obviously bound to receive more hate comments. I do not think this had anything to do with the fact that she is female.
ReplyDeleteHere is my second argument. I do agree that female artists might make one mistake which gets blown out of proportion and floods the internet. But then again, why should Vanessa Hudgens be silly enough to take naked pictures or Miley Cyrus take all those ..um.. weird.. pictures? I might not know enough since I'm not into watching TV, but I haven't heard of male artists getting caught in such controversies very often. I do not know however, if that suggests anything about how a female mind works under public pressure. It would be interesting if you guys told me what you think about that!
However, I completely agree with Kavleen where it comes to the paparazzi wanting to catch Princess Diana make a faux pas at her wedding. Its like they wanted her to prove the stereotype that women get flustered with attention and emotion and that they cannot handle situations as calmly as men. But does that mean you are saying that such examples prove our society is slightly misogynistic?
P.S. I don't think Rebecca Black is ever going to stop getting hate mail.
Ryan, I completely understand your point that women are the centre of attention because of their own deeds, but why do you think they do it? I mean, why is it that only women do such crazy things for getting the public’s attention? Why don’t we see the male celebrities wearing meat coats like Gaga or absurd outfits like Katy Perry.
ReplyDeleteDo you think that this might be one of their attempts to outshine the males? Or is it just that they like to be unique?
Tasnim, yes I completely with you. No one here has the right to go up and criticise the artists, at least they had the will power to go ahead and expose themselves to the public. It’s a real shame for the people who criticise these artists by sitting in front of their computer or their laptop, if they have the guts to criticise them, they should also have the nerve to expose themselves just like the artists did. Don’t you agree?
Muskaan, I see your part of the argument too, but all I am saying is that people should have the guts to be better than someone before criticising them. Plus, where does the saying “if you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything” when down to comes to criticising? And yes, I do believe that the society we live in is misogynistic. Even after the enormous progress female shave made along all these years, we’re still considered to be the “weak link” of the string. I really hope people change their views at this point soon.
I think women try really hard to get the centre of attention because they feel that they don't get enough attention from the media if they don't do anything outstanding. I think that this is their attempts to outshine the males.
ReplyDeleteMy question back to you
Do you think it worked?
1. I do not think it is okay to expose young children to media until they hit a certain age (18) where they know what they are getting themselves into and what choices they want to make for themselves and their future. I always see reality shows about parents pushing their young kids to be a model, a singer etc and they push them to such extend that, to be honest, I see it as child abuse. The children are sometimes crying on top of their lungs, screaming that they want to go home and they are tired but the parents just do not seem to care. They see the children as money makers. Yes, I do understand that most parents want the best for their children and want their children to have a comfortable life but at the same time some parents do not always think this way. In some cases, the parent is unable to fulfill his /her dream which is why he/she uses his/her kid to fulfill his/her dreams instead. So, those parents who do choose to put their kids under media’s spotlight should expect their kids to receive some sort of feedback. It can be good or bad depending on the audiences. It would be only fair for these kids/ young artist to go through the same experience as adult artists because they are in the same competitive field and age should not matter but talent should.
ReplyDelete2. I do think it would be possible for anyone to have a negative impression about themselves or their talent after reading hateful comments especially if you are someone who is under media’s spotlight and is watch all the time. It would be worse for someone under media’s spotlight because the whole world can view them and can criticize them and can form their opinions based on how the media reveals them.
3. I do not think it is just women but men as well that are the centre of attraction. For example, princess Kate is getting a lot of attention but if she was in William’s place and he was in hers than I think the spotlight would be on him and they would be focusing on him instead, about whether or not he could fit into the royal family and accept all the responsibilities that comes along with being a member of the royal family. Another example would be Chris Brown and Rihanna; they both had many fans but when Chris was accused to physically abuse Rihanna there were a lot of hatred going on for Chris and a lot of support for Rihanna. I do think it is more about how far the females or males go to get the media’s attention. I think both genders have to work hard to get attention from media. I can list many males such as Justin beaver, Enrique Iglesias, Leonardo dicaprio etc, that are worshipped by many female and male fans as well as many females such as Gaga, Beyonce, Oprah, Ellen etc who are also adorned by both genders.
1) I think young artists or artistes should be treated the same as an adult. The adults seem to be used to the insults or the hostile messages they hear from the media or any other person. On the other hand, the young artists or artistes are mostly new-comers; they don’t really know much about the music industry and the hatred there. They just decided to join it- the music industry because that is what they are good at. The cruel comments being sent by the media can really go a long way of infringing on the rights and freedom of these innocent, fragile artists or artistes. Furthermore, the violent messages by the media can make these talented kids put an end to pursuing their God given talents due to the way the media accepts them at one point in time. The violent approach of the media can lead to the death of some of these innocent young artistes or artists through suicide because they-the young artists may feel, they are not special or qualified to be in such an industry compared to other artists or artistes.
ReplyDelete2) Females are always the centre of attraction due to their appearance. On the recent royal wedding, the media were so eager to see the dress Kate was going to wear as compared to Prince Williams, whom they seemed not to care much about. The media specifically men are more interested in the looks of women. Most of the fashionable clothing the women wear partially exposes the shape of their hips in the dress which draws the attention of men to that dress (that lady or individual). Also to be respected. Women who dress fashionably seem to be well known for being the black-sheep among all the women such as wearing sophisticated clothing such as Katy Perry etc.