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  "path": "/issues/2026-3-21/the-making-of-hannah-montana",
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  "textContent": "\n\n  _Hannah Montana_ ’s young stars Mitchel Musso, Miley Cyrus, and Emily Osment, in 2006.\n\n##### On the show’s 20th anniversary, one zillennial goes behind the scenes of the Disney Channel juggernaut that launched a 13-year-old Miley Cyrus and captivated a generation\n\nBy Carolina de Armas\n\nPerhaps the only people who know (or, frankly, care) that _Hannah Montana_ is having its 20th anniversary this Tuesday—an occasion Disney is marking with a live-interview-concert special with Miley Cyrus, the show’s star, hosted by _Call Her Daddy_ podcaster Alex Cooper—are “zillennial” women. This micro-generation, of which I’m a card-carrying member, was born between the early 1990s and early 2000s. We arrived in a world re-shaped by tragedy and the Internet boom, came of age during a financial crisis, and chose as our standard-bearer—ask your twentysomething niece or daughter but, good God man, hopefully not your girlfriend, lest you be pulling a Leo DiCaprio!—a 13-year-old pop star in a platinum-blond wig. READ ON",
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