I Wannabe Famous a Wave of Disney-Manufactured Musical Teens Has Captured the Imagination of Millions of Small Girls Worldwide
cover stor y I wannabe famous A wave of Disney-manufactured musical teens has captured the imagination of millions of small girls worldwide. Felicity Monk meets some living-room pop stars “Who said, who said, I can’t be Superman? a speaker in its chest. There is Hannah with tennis ensemble, I say, I say that I know I can. with ‘soundbytes’, with electric guitar and with light-up dance Who said, who said, I won’t be President? lounge. In February, Disney deemed the Hannah Montana I say, I say, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” franchise so important they convened an 80-person, all-platform, international meeting to discuss her future. This, audaciously sung by one Miley Cyrus, the toothy, saucer- Cyrus is just one of the new wave of Disney-manufactured eyed teenager, helped her bank a cool $25 million over the past musical teens who has dominated the pre-tween scene for year. Far more than any superman or president. Cyrus is the star the past two years. Other major players include the key cast of of Disney Channel’s insanely popular television series Hannah High School Musical (Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Montana in which she plays a character who leads a double life. Tisdale), the Jonas Brothers, and the crew from the movie By day she is schoolgirl Miley Stewart, and by night she is Camp Rock. Gone are the half-naked Britneys and gyrating famous pop singer Hannah Montana. Only close friends and family Christinas who purr such lyrics as, “I’m a genie in a bottle, (her real-life father, Billy Ray Cyrus, of ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ fame, baby.
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