Misskermie
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What happened to Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus? I wondered why Hannah Montana and Sonny with a chance didn't come on anymore, when they were doing fine...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the only Seinfeld actor who's had a successful career since the end of the show, but then again, I think in some small way, it's easier for women to get by like that... somehow, a lot of it has to do with their appearances, it seems like all they have to do is change their hairstyle, and they look like a completely different person... if years ago you were to show me Old Christine, I guarantee you I would not have recognized her as Elaine Benes.It's unwise to be stuck with one role in the entertainment industry. Lots of careers were killed or otherwise doomed after an actor/actress played on very famous role.
Look at how things were for Mark Hamil after Star Wars. If he didn't land the role of The Joker, who knows what he would have done. Now, he's arguably more iconic as The Joker than Luke Skywalker. Seriously, Family Guy was right. Harrison Ford was the only career that wasn't destroyed by the original Star Wars films. Same crap happened with Adam West. He was so iconic as Batman, he had trouble finding work. Bela Lugosi was a great actor who did Dracula, and languished in terrible B movies ever since.
There was also a LOT of expectations that the stars of Seinfeld, when they went to their own shows, would be as funny or as successful as Seinfeld (or their respective characters). I wouldn't exactly say that Julia was the only one to find a career. Patrick Warburton carved out a niche as a voice actor before landing that "why the heck is this still on the air" series Rules of Engagement. But the biggest success was show creator Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm. None of the shows anyone did was half as funny as Seinfeld, not because of the stars... because of the quality of writing. Heck, I actually watch old Seinfelds and pick out things that could happen to Larry David's character in that show.Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the only Seinfeld actor who's had a successful career since the end of the show, but then again, I think in some small way, it's easier for women to get by like that... somehow, a lot of it has to do with their appearances, it seems like all they have to do is change their hairstyle, and they look like a completely different person... if years ago you were to show me Old Christine, I guarantee you I would not have recognized her as Elaine Benes.
What really gets me is the fact that these uptight soccer moms that pretended to be cool by watching Hanna Montana are thinking the actress is the character, and therefore that character should never grow up and has to be a role model for little kids. And the words role model are, combined, the most dangerous term in the English language. It forces an unrealistic rule of conducts and beliefs onto famous people, fictitious or real, that anytime they screw up and act human instead of god-like, they're the evilest monsters on the planet.I don't keep up with these Disney chicks, but it seems like Miley Cyrus pops in the news when you least expect over some kind of mild scandal... like recently, she was in the news for a tattoo she got support gay rights, and telling the uber-Conservative religious crowd that they need to re-read the Bible where it says we're not to be judgemental of other people.
Mark Hamil is a great voice actor. Just throwing that out thereI
Look at how things were for Mark Hamil after Star Wars. If he didn't land the role of The Joker, who knows what he would have done. Now, he's arguably more iconic as The Joker than Luke Skywalker.
*facepalm* Just *facepalm*I don't keep up with these Disney chicks, but it seems like Miley Cyrus pops in the news when you least expect over some kind of mild scandal... like recently, she was in the news for a tattoo she got support gay rights, and telling the uber-Conservative religious crowd that they need to re-read the Bible where it says we're not to be judgemental of other people.