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            While sitting in the movie theater, waiting for Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds 3D to start, a man walked in with his 3 daughters; singing and hopping around dressed up just life the perky pop star and I thought to myself, “poor bastard.”            As a 21 year-old college senior, I’m not exactly a member of Hannah Montana’s target audience.  I do, however, fall into the age range of the “other” Hannah Montana audience; the group of older sisters, cousins, and aunts who decide to pay the $15 ticket price to appease the squealing tweens in their lives whose world was considered a disaster when they couldn’t get tickets to the actual concert.            I’ve never had a problem with Disney’s Bubble Gum Princess, the show’s cute enough and her music is just as good as the stuff I grew up listening to,  it’s just the idea of seeing star, Miley Cyrus, switch between her 2 personas for an hour and a half seemed a bit much.  In truth, if it wasn’t for the fact that the Jonas Brothers - whose music transcends their teen group image-, were her opening act, I’d probably have skipped the show.  That being said, I’m glad I didn’t.            The musical numbers, which are visually stunning, are interwoven with behind-the-scenes footage of putting the show together and interviews with the young star.  Viewers really get a sense of the details that are put into getting such a show off the ground and hours of rehearsals are made even harder when trying not to overwork four young performers.            Along with being informative I also found the interviews refreshing. The Cyrus and Jonas families are managing to keep their stars grounded and they manage to keep family first.  There is a heart worming scene where Cyrus sings about her dead grandfather as well as a funny moment where Cyrus talks about how her dancers had dropped her while she did a lift.  Cyrus is shown telling her director, Kenny Ortaga, that she wanted to remove the life from her act, when the director says no, you expect a diva moment but instead the young star runs and tells her mother, “Mommy they’re making me do the lift again, tell them no.”            I feel the film is quite bearable for adults and makes a point to show that beyond the lights and sparkle of the stage, Miley Cyrus is just a regular girl and one worthy of being called a role model. 

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