“I think social media gives these people the chance to really reclaim their careers and narratives in a way that the old conventional model of Hollywood wouldn’t.”
It's hard to know whether to file it all under"totally cringe," or"totally brave." What do you think? Is Christy playing up the cringe factor for clicks, or is she just speaking her truth, regardless of how it might be perceived by others?This is a question that I ask myself a lot when I'm watching it. It's sort of hard to unpack to what degree she's aware of the cringe, versus oblivious to it.
And then on the clickbait end of things, clickbait is this criticism that gets thrown at these YouTubers sometimes, but at the same time, they are competing in an environment where all videos look like that. So at a certain point, you either have to play the game or don't even bother at all. I think she's in it to win. I think she wants to become a big YouTuber. And this is the kind of stuff you have to do to get there.
But then on the flip side to that, I do think there is a real bravery element to what she's doing, and I think there is authenticity and truth to what she's speaking. This is really the first time she's been able to tell her story on her terms. And I think when you are someone who grew up in a more conventional old-school Hollywood model, where you never really got to speak for yourself — like when she was behind the Disney Channel veneer, she never got to say her truth.
BuzzFeed Daily: We all know that being a child star can be traumatizing on young children, or at the very least it can severely affect their development. It seemed like for a while Christy was falling into the regular trappings of post-Disney stardom — she even talked in
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