They capture the simultaneously unique and relatable pains of an adult woman who is permanently yoked to an online persona that she created as a joke. View Iframe URL. She reflexively checks her makeup in the camera and mutters about how exhausted she looks, dragging her fingertips across the fragile skin under her eyes.
The first vlog, uploaded in , begins with a breathless apology for not responding more quickly to fan mail, then it moves on to an explanation of why she had to move out of her apartment: she needed more space to film her videos.
Some days, Ballinger films confessionals in front of a wall covered in Miranda fan art. Her Los Angeles home is large and under-decorated in the way of the young, newly affluent, and very busy.
Other days, she hangs around in an adult-size pajama onesie with her large family and extended circle of friends. But Miranda is never very far away.
The lipstick is a constant irritant; Ballinger often complains that the red tint stains her face. He and Ballinger were friends before their relationship shifted to a romantic one. They've also navigated social media differences, as Stocklin prefers more privacy. In June , Ballinger announced she was pregnant and that she and Stocklin were engaged. In July, a gender reveal video on her YouTube shared that they were expecting a boy.
The pair married a few months later and welcomed their son in December In May , Ballinger announced she was pregnant with twins after suffering a miscarriage earlier in the year. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives.
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Olivia Rodrigo —. Megan Thee Stallion —. Bowen Yang —. See More. The characters were so ridiculous, I wanted to make one of my own. Ballinger's YouTube channel received little traffic for more than a year; but in March , she uploaded a video called " Free Voice Lesson " that quickly became a sensation.
The video consists of advice to use, and demonstrations of, techniques that real voice teachers would warn students to avoid. As the videos on her channel became popular, Ballinger modified the character to draw negative comments on YouTube: "People would make fun of my hair, and I made it worse. I took what people hated and exaggerated it more in the next video. Since her first video, Miranda now has a far more exaggerated personality than before. In earlier videos, the character was far more disguised and easier to believe.
But more recently, Miranda has become more obviously an act, exaggerating her singing voice, lipstick, etc. After Miranda videos first went viral, Ballinger was not sure what to do with her newfound internet fame.
She arranged her own appearances and publicity for the first nine months but realized that she needed a professional manager. Ballinger notes, "I went from making a minute-and-a-half video in my bedroom to doing an hour-and-a-half live show". Ballinger's first live performance as Miranda took place in April when Jim Caruso invited her to perform as the character at Cast Party, a weekly show at Birdland jazz club in New York City.
Members of the Broadway theatre community quickly became fans of the character and were eager to be a part of Miranda's cabaret acts, and Ballinger has made a living ever since by performing her cabaret acts in character as Miranda.
An example of the Broadway community's embrace of the character is the composer Lin-Manuel Miranda's mock audition video with Miranda. Since the summer of , Miranda Sings has also been featured in radio and television interviews where the broadcasters play along with the character. The Miranda character receives hate mail from viewers who are fooled by the character and believe that they are watching a serious video by a bad entertainer.
You wouldn't believe the hate mail. You would never say that stuff to someone's face, but you can type anything online. Her hate mail, which she reads some of on stage, is an art form all its own.
The Times commented, "there is another, sweeter side to her travails. Miranda loves singing and, despite — or perhaps because of — the satire, becomes an evocation of something all humans love to do and have done since before we discovered language.
The very act of singing, however dire the sound, makes us feel good. She noted that Glee is causing a resurgence of interest in singing in schools: "Everyone is talking about Glee and choirs and musical theatre, igniting a flame that has been dimmed for a long time.
Live performance and musical theatre were almost a lost art Ballinger told the Wall Street Journal that "I have to do things like torture myself to keep people watching" her YouTube videos.
To this end, she took the cinnamon challenge in character as Miranda in February after hundreds of fans started asking her to take the challenge. Her video garnered 70, views after one week and later accumulated more than 1 million views. Since early , Ballinger's character has enjoyed widespread popularity, particularly among musical theatre fans. In , the Los Angeles Times wrote of her videos, "this footage is a major hoot", and BroadwayWorld. Miranda is not to be missed.
TheaterJones similarly concluded: "Ballinger has hit on a character that reflects the zeitgeist of our time and does it with tongue firmly planted in cheek. Only a truly talented performer could make the Miranda character believable, let alone as endearing as she ends up being.
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