![]() Honestly, “Can you show me the difference between twerking and making it clap?” is a welcome change from the usual “work the pole, bitch!” (actual quotes). But then I learned that all I have to do is flex one butt cheek and I’m met with a disproportionate amount of fanfare. While “twerk” has been part of strip club vernacular for years, only in the past few months have women at the rack begged me to twerk. The first time I had a doe-eyed girl plead earnestly, “Can you twerk for me?” I had to choke back laughter. Kat: Thanks to Miley Cyrus, female strip club customers have actually been slightly easier for me to deal with lately. She wanted to shock and awe us at the VMAs, and that’s what she did-but not in the way she hoped. Obnoxiously sticking your tongue out numerous times: check. Tastelessly glorifying parts of black culture: check. Playing air guitar with yourself on stage: check. She’s raunchy, inartistic and unoriginal. When Miley did it I wanted to wash my eyes. When Britney Spears did the 2000 VMAs, I wanted to see more. When Nicki Minaj was performing and she bent over in front to shake her oh-so-obviously enhanced behind, she made it part of the performance rather than just an easy move to grab attention. Shock value helped her transition from one image to the next through her music and video art. Madonna’s explicit “Justify My Love” video was racy but tasteful and artistic. The performance was her coming of age in the music industry and it was well-choreographed and sung. When Britney Spears did the 2000 VMAs she stripped in front of the crowd, revealing a sparkly nude bra and pants outfit underneath a tearaway suit. What really bothered me was that she’s trying so, so hard to show the world she’s not cute little Hannah Montana Miley Cyrus anymore. Her performance and song lyrics show that she is completely unaware of what actually defines black and rap/hip hop culture. ![]() She only glorifies ideas from the way black and hip hop/rap culture is portrayed in the media-grills, twerking, big butts, getting high, being surrounded by hot women and acquiring money. ![]() There’s more to black and hip-hop/rap culture than what she is picking apart and glorifying. It’s the selected parts of black culture she attempted to portray though her song and dance. It’s more than the bad pancake booty twerking. I’m not sure what she’s trying to prove or say by hiring black women to act as her friends in the “We Can’t Stop” video and on the VMAs. As a black mixed woman, I’m offended by Miley’s choice to do this. Countless hip-hop and rap videos use black heavy-bottomed women as accessories. It wouldn’t be the first time people have accessorized with black women (or women of any race) for entertainment. I wasn’t shocked that there were big booty black women dancing on stage with her. The show was much like her video, complete with human accessories. I’ve seen those women, and they are much better than she will ever be. She’s not like the strippers in her song lyrics. When Miley shakes it, it’s because she’s trying to shock us with her uncoordinated hip wiggles. When (most) strippers shake it, we know it’s for entertainment, so it should be good which can mean extra tips on stage and off stage in terms of lapdance sales. There’s no huge thought process behind it but it’s hard when you don’t know what you’re doing, just like any other dance move. I’ve seen white women and black women and every color in between shake it well on stage. When it comes to twerking, it’s about more than just having a big round booty. Sometimes routines are choreographed well to music and other times it’s short and sweet and then it’s over. I wasn’t expecting her to slip back into her role as Hannah Montana and give the VMAs a sweet and boring show, but I sure wasn’t expecting that.Īs strippers, we perform on stage for one to three songs per set. It wasn’t tasteful or well-choreographed. Where do I begin? There was so much wrong with her performance. Image via When thinking about Miley’s horrible performance at the VMAs, I let out a big sigh.
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