When I thought about Dora and her new adventures into adulthood, a few, very Random thoughts popped into mind. Imagine that, eh? Actually, those thoughts were limited to two names and … one Disney movie?
Believe it or not, all three are related. Really. I just hope to hell I can present what I want to convey in a readable, non-random fashion.
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Lindsay Lohan‘s work won her childhood stardom, and the sleeper hit Mean Girls (2004) affirmed her status as a teen idol. After starring in Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), she quickly became the subject of intense media coverage following a series of personal struggles and legal trouble, as well as stints in rehabilitation facilities, which led to the loss of several roles and significantly impacted her career and public image
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Marilyn Chambers, the pretty Ivory Snow soap girl helped bring hard-core adult films into the mainstream consciousness when she starred in the explicit 1972 movie “Behind the Green Door”.
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Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) is captain of the basketball team and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens), is a shy transfer student. Together, they try out for the lead parts in their High School Musical (HSM), and this causes division among all the school’s students. Despite other students’ attempts to thwart their dreams, Troy and Gabriella resist peer pressure and rivalry, inspiring others along the way not to “stick to the status quo“.
Unfortunately, that damn Map led Dora away from the innocence of HSM to Behind some Door that I’m certain Lindsay Lohan opened. Granted, Dora hasn’t gone completely Green like Ms. Chambers. However, there is an episode where Dora travels to a Vegas strip club for a bachelorette party. So, … .
I know everything that transpired in HSM would never happen anywhere but on the Disney Channel. Still, it’s nice to think otherwise. My 16 year old daughter tells me constantly that middle school was so much worse than High School. Yikes! Maybe that’s where Dora strayed? Maybe if she hung with Troy and Gabriella, she would’ve had her head in the correct game. Instead, she soared off that status quo trajectory and started checking pregnancy tests.
For me, some things just need to remain unscathed. Dora should forever be trapped in her computer young and innocent and pure – when I say pure, it is NOT pure as … Ivory Snow! Okay? It sounds completely naive, but not all teen stars need to have a #Lindsaymeltdown. For ten years, mind you.
Anyway, I could go on. To continue, though, would be complete Nonsense. If that hasn’t happened already. Instead, I’m going to close the Door on this post, hoping I achieved my goal. Oh, I’m still not going to sing with Boots. He’s too stoned to remember the lyrics.
