Bieber Fever

 

Bieber is extra dreamy in 3D 'Never Say Never'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110211/ap_en_re/us_film_review_justin_bieber

Fine, I can admit this. I've really been looking for an appropriate article on Justin Bieber to include in my professional reading log all along. A couple of weeks ago I was subbing a 7th grade English class and a riot nearly started when I said the words "Justin Bieber". Like it or not, he's HUGE with tweens right now. Mostly tween girls, though more and more tween boys are rockin' the Bieber bangs (despite claiming to very much dislike the Biebs). With the new movie "Never Say Never" tween girls are even more worked up over Justin Bieber. Like they needed one more reason to scream.

The article documents the new movie "Never Say Never" (in 3D mind you) and how the movie follows Bieber on his journey to being famous. Apparently his madison square garden concert sold out in 22 minutes. Really. Obviously, Bieber is a really important figure in tween culture right now. The article comments on his androgynous look, claiming he's non-threatening for young tween girls.

I, personally, didn't live through Beatle-mania. I mean, I had a poster of the New Kids on the Block on my wall, and I was a little partial to Donny Wahlberg, but I don't think I would've sent death threats to anyone he was dating. I think the Bieber movement is one of the biggest in quite sometime. It's worth paying attention to, at least a little. And while this article doesn't really detail anything that I didn't know already, I just wanted an excuse to vent about the movement that is Bieber fever. He's here, he's driving tween girls crazy, and if you're studying tweens and haven't listening to "Baby" you're just doing it wrong.

In a not completely unrelated note, my six year old insists that "Justin Beaver" is a girl. He has a point.