It's A Girl Thing: Tween Queens and the Commodification of the Girl's Tween Market

A few years of research, thoughts and adjustments that all led to a completed film which, framed by the structure of a faux interactive website for tween girls, looks closely, and critically, at the tween market's evolution and the role of Disney and Nickelodeon's tween queens (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, Miley Cryus, Miranda Cosgrove, Kiki Palmer, Selena Gomez, and more) in the market's explosion.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Hannah Montana/Jonas Brothers Concert Insanity




So I've been hearing a lot about the crazy ticket prices for the "Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana with Jonas Brothers" concert and thought Id look into how much it would cost to go and shoot one of these concerts for the doc. Results? DC on Jan. 7th would be the closest location. And $305 is the cheapest ticket. $1975 is tops. Man oh man! See my previous Oct 21st post about the Jonas Brothers if you wanta hear that bitch fest. And don't even get me started on these ticket prices.

Also check out just two of the weird articles about this phenomenon below...

Y98 High Heel Derby for Hannah Montana Tickets
The rain stopped just as the races were to start, and it was a great day for a High Heel Derby. 50 men, selected at random, competed for tickets to see Hannah Montana at the Scottrade Center. Plus, there was a random drawing for tickets of everyone who registered for the High Heel Derby.




And I didn't find any photos for this one, but...

Man hangs on to 'Hannah Montana' statue for 6 days to win concert tickets (The Canadian Press)
Nov 15, 2007 - TAMPA, Fla. - Some people will do anything to make a kid happy.
Jody Powell, 35, hung on to a 3 1/2-metre statue of "Hannah Montana" for the better part of six days to win tickets to a sold-out concert by Miley Cyrus, star of the Disney Channel TV show. The concert will be held next week in Tampa.
"I'm ecstatic. It's like a dream come true," said Powell, holding four tickets to the show and a photo of his fiancee with her seven-year-old daughter, also named Hannah.
Twenty contestants started Nov. 8, placing a hand on the 180-kilogram statue in the parking lot of radio station WFLZ-FM, the contest's sponsor. They were allowed 12-minute breaks every three hours and got catered meals, but weren't allowed books, cellphones or iPods.
Powell was declared the winner Wednesday afternoon when the other remaining contestant, Lara Padgett, became distracted and let go.
"That sun really got to me today," said Padgett, who later was checked out at a hospital because she wasn't feeling well. "I took my hand off the fur-lined boot."
But the two had already made a deal. Powell gets the tickets, and Padgett will use the two backstage passes that are part of the prize package. They'll split a $5,000 cash prize.

4 Comments:

At 1:32 AM, Blogger OliverMellan said...

Question: does hannah montana actually wear a wig while preforming in real life? because on the show she has brown hair, then puts on a blond wig to perform.

dont tell me if this is the main plot point of your film, i dont want to ruin it for myself.

 
At 7:35 AM, Blogger silvashan said...

well, its that whole duality complication (see previous posts about duality and different hair colors).

technically there really isn't a "hannah montana" - she's just a made up character. but when miley cyrus performs in concert she performs as hannah, and then sometimes as miley too. they've even put out a cd together these two girls (who are really just one girl). so in answer to your question, on stage miley cyrus performs as two girls. one thats a made up superstar and one that's a real girl superstar. and if you get confused about which one you like best you can tell them apart though by the wig.

hehe

 
At 7:39 AM, Blogger silvashan said...

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At 7:45 AM, Blogger silvashan said...

Oh, adding a bit of further complication, my cousin reminded me that on the Hannah Montana show the Miley character is not actually Miley Cyrus but Miley Cyrus playing Miley Stewart who's hiding that she's Hannah Montana.

However, all this said, if Miley Stewart performs in concert Im unaware because the two Miley's have the same hair color.

Damn Disney for not giving us some visual cue from telling those two (I mean that one girl) apart.

Hopefully my amusement with all of this translates. :-)

 

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