Imagine the sexy Beyonce singing "My body is too bootylicious" or the incomparable Marilyn Monroe standing on subway vent while her skirt billowed around her. Just perfect, right? Now imagine a girl of four years doing either of those, complete with the dress and everything? Disgusting! So why do local stations think it's OK?
It's become very trendy to have talent shows for kids. They sell. The kids are extremely talented and very cute. It blows my mind sometimes to watch them perform, either sing or dance. One Hindi channel even has a kid perform a solo comedy sketch and she's very funny in it. And then one day I saw something that made me wish I could unsee it. A little girl, not more than four years of age, wearing something that would make even Mallika Sherawat blush, dancing to a vulgar "item song" - రాత్రైనా నాకు OK, పగలైన నాక్ OK. The lyrics of the song (translated) are - "Nighttime is fine by me, I'm OK with daytime too"; I'll leave you to imagine what the singer is claiming to be OK with. The next time I turned on the program, she was dancing to అబ్బనీ తీయ్యని దెబ్బా.
I do believe that there is a certain level to cuteness to be found in young children behaving like adults. But I also believe that there's a certain line that you shouldn't cross and this program crossed it. The sad thing is, the little girl won't realize how screwed up her life is going to get till it actually does. All she sees is the crowd going wild and the judges heaping abundant praise on her. She doesn't understand the lyrics of the song or why her dress is completely inappropriate. I just hope she loses early enough so she can put this behind her. God save her.
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