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    Haters Back Off takes a star from YouTube to TV

    by Daniel D’Addario Oct 15, 2016 2 minutes
    Ballinger’s Miranda, with an admirer (Erik Stocklin), dreams of adoring fans

    MIRANDA SINGS, A YOUTUBE SKETCH series introduced in 2008, makes a mockery of the web’s would-be celebrities. Miranda, a misfit in cakey red lipstick played by Colleen Ballinger, appears in lo-fi music videos, either caterwauling or sing-speaking salaciously. The joke is that Miranda thinks fame is her birthright.

    But that’s made the joke

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