@jandrese wrote:
It is controversial because it was designed to be controversial. I wouldn't be surprised if her publicists didn't hand out bullet points to the major news organizations beforehand describing how they should be outraged at the performance.
The industry has a very specific path for these young female actors/singers. You spend several years on the Disney circuit doing kid friendly stuff, then when you hit that 18-21 range the crystal in your wrist start to blink and you're required to make some sort of "outrageous" performance or maybe get knocked up by your boyfriend or "forget" to wear panties to some event that's full of paparazzi to show that you're an "adult" now so Disney can move the fanbase over to the next 15 year old starlet. Then you can fade off into obscurity and maybe make some bad movies or write a country album or something.