That's the Double Truth, Ruth

I am reading Slate right now, and they have an article about Miley Cyrus. I think the article is excellent and brings up a lot of good points about image and branding and consumerism. My question is: Do people really care that much. Hannah Montana is pure shlock, I'm sure but I've never seen it, but its still really really popular. Even if people knew all the details about how stupid and fake Miley Cyrus is in real life I'm not sure that that would make them turn off the show. You can beat people over the head with facts about how stupid the shit on TV they love is, and they will still watch it. People are stupid, and Disney knows that, probably better than anyone. Miley Cyrus will go the way of Brittany Spears, and in a few years she will be totally irrelevant, but there will be someone else for sure. I feel like commenting on Miley Cyrus, as good as that commentary is, is useless. Obviously nobody cares, or at least not enough people care. All the intellectual people can sit around and talk shit about Miley Cyrus, and watch shows like Deadwood or Six Feet Under, and have a much more evolved understanding of art. All that does is make other people think that being smart is the same as being a snob. They share lots of traits, but they are not one and the same thing. My advice is to ignore Miley Cyrus. She isn't going to be around that long, so what's the point wasting all that energy writing about her. Focus instead on the things that are good. Things like Friday Night Lights.