Anyone Else ...?
So I can't be alone in this, does anyone else prefer this phase of the Britney Spears project to her old "identity"?
All they can say is what a shame and what happened to the old Britney we all used to dissect with glee? She no longer looks so plastic and proportional it makes you nauseous to look at her; she's even got a little belly like a real person who's had two kids would. She doesn't cater to expectations that she play the part anymore, didn't even seem to care that her show obviously sucked, in fact she seemed to expect it to suck going in, from not having rehearsed on purpose. All the partying only makes me reconsider her emotional depth, because it takes some guts to let go and go down smiling cuz it's at least as intense as the stuff you'd rather not deal with instead. So Britney can get down, even do it like she's not being scrutinized and judged by thousands. I read she one time stripped to her underwear and ran into the ocean accompanied only by paparazzi she led there. I wonder if she just wasn't trying to make them all get wet. I could sorta see an actual person leaking out of her face in some photos I saw on VH1's Most Shocking, her eyeliner all smeared like she was crying or drunk and holding her kid tight against her face. I bet she's bewildered at how it all happened. I thought she looked beautiful with a shaved head, and her doing that on a whim totally raised my respect for her; she ranks now even higher than some who can actually sing, cuz she proved by example how empty looks are, and how easily the Beauty Myth is dismantled when real issues enter the picture.
I also give the silly thing credit for divorcing the trashy guy she married and for serving her mom with the legal equivelent to "You Got Told" in front of reporters she invited along. It's as if she was trying to convey some sense of irony at being sold to the media circus at 15 by a too-slick-to-believe parental marketing ploy. Is anyone suprised for real that she turned to drugs? What really has she gotten out of her "career", besides too much money to have real friends and a crash course in parenting she will likely screw up horribly, what with being raised to sell sex and morals that contradict each other. I'll bet she'll use money as compensation for her lack of parenting skills, basically spoiling the shit out of those kids while they're still young enough not to notice anything wrong with mommy or everyone else for that matter for treating mommy like a god and then washing its hands in disdain when the pressure finally drives her to the point of realizing what a sham her life became, and then figuring the money may as well go towards relieving at least some of the weight.
My conclusion to this tale of resignation is less a commendation then an alternate reading of a Cultural Icon I am surprised as hell to admit has earmarks of being a person; the camera clearly marks her even as a maturing person, so there's more hope on top of all her flaws and quirks I feel credit her potential as well. Its nice to know even the worst ranked of star-bitches can one day begin growing up, even at 27. You'd think more of society would catch on about the money and beauty lie thing if even she did.
So my summary to this rant is short and sweet. I like her better now, cuz she's making all her fans and corporate backers look stupid. If I could give her any advice I doubt she'd listen tho.
The witty endline therefore is this: Welcome to Adulthood Britney Spears.
All they can say is what a shame and what happened to the old Britney we all used to dissect with glee? She no longer looks so plastic and proportional it makes you nauseous to look at her; she's even got a little belly like a real person who's had two kids would. She doesn't cater to expectations that she play the part anymore, didn't even seem to care that her show obviously sucked, in fact she seemed to expect it to suck going in, from not having rehearsed on purpose. All the partying only makes me reconsider her emotional depth, because it takes some guts to let go and go down smiling cuz it's at least as intense as the stuff you'd rather not deal with instead. So Britney can get down, even do it like she's not being scrutinized and judged by thousands. I read she one time stripped to her underwear and ran into the ocean accompanied only by paparazzi she led there. I wonder if she just wasn't trying to make them all get wet. I could sorta see an actual person leaking out of her face in some photos I saw on VH1's Most Shocking, her eyeliner all smeared like she was crying or drunk and holding her kid tight against her face. I bet she's bewildered at how it all happened. I thought she looked beautiful with a shaved head, and her doing that on a whim totally raised my respect for her; she ranks now even higher than some who can actually sing, cuz she proved by example how empty looks are, and how easily the Beauty Myth is dismantled when real issues enter the picture.
I also give the silly thing credit for divorcing the trashy guy she married and for serving her mom with the legal equivelent to "You Got Told" in front of reporters she invited along. It's as if she was trying to convey some sense of irony at being sold to the media circus at 15 by a too-slick-to-believe parental marketing ploy. Is anyone suprised for real that she turned to drugs? What really has she gotten out of her "career", besides too much money to have real friends and a crash course in parenting she will likely screw up horribly, what with being raised to sell sex and morals that contradict each other. I'll bet she'll use money as compensation for her lack of parenting skills, basically spoiling the shit out of those kids while they're still young enough not to notice anything wrong with mommy or everyone else for that matter for treating mommy like a god and then washing its hands in disdain when the pressure finally drives her to the point of realizing what a sham her life became, and then figuring the money may as well go towards relieving at least some of the weight.
My conclusion to this tale of resignation is less a commendation then an alternate reading of a Cultural Icon I am surprised as hell to admit has earmarks of being a person; the camera clearly marks her even as a maturing person, so there's more hope on top of all her flaws and quirks I feel credit her potential as well. Its nice to know even the worst ranked of star-bitches can one day begin growing up, even at 27. You'd think more of society would catch on about the money and beauty lie thing if even she did.
So my summary to this rant is short and sweet. I like her better now, cuz she's making all her fans and corporate backers look stupid. If I could give her any advice I doubt she'd listen tho.
The witty endline therefore is this: Welcome to Adulthood Britney Spears.