Here are the three best things that came in response to former Disney child princess Miley Cyrus’s public gyrations.

1. The reaction of Will Smith’s family.

2. CNN’s defense (via the Onion) of making it their top story.

3. This question (reiterated by Time and others): Is MTV still relevant?

There was a time when MTV was simultaneously the scariest and most powerful culture shaping tool in American pop culture. The world was a ship spinning out of control with the Brat Pack was at the helm. That was decades ago before music videos migrated to YouTube and Reality TV became banal.

Miley’s strip show comes across as a desperate plea to remind the world MTV exists.

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