Britney fans do it one more time

The Register-Guard ^ | March 12, 2004 | Mark Baker

[Clinging Bitterly]

Here, after some time without mention on these pages, is something sort of about Britney. Probably shoulda been posted straight to chat, but it'll be there soon enough I'm sure.

Interesting article, I thought. What about this poor kid? I think a lot of guys find Britney pleasant to gaze upon, and maybe even enjoy some of her musical performances. But here is a young man, a high school senior, exhibiting some rather odd behavior in his obsession with Britney. What do you suppose would explain that?

Oh, by the way, he is "openly gay", it says near the end. And the mention of alleged harassment means nothing - in this paper, if a person's homosexuality is brought up, reports of discrimination or harassment are gratuitous, but I dare say any guy in high school who worhips at the altar of Britney like this kid best be prepared for some serious ribbing, guys aren't supposed to like her in quite that way.

Dave in Eugene

[GeronL]

Let's begin with the outfit - Nathan's, not Britney's. We'll get to her in just a minute. Picture skin-tight jeans with spiraling studs and sequins going up the legs with glitter all around. Picture the pants ratted and torn. Now picture the skin-tight, black-fishnet, stocking shirt, and see the face and hair sprinkled with glitter, too.

Intervention is a good thing. It needs to happen NOW. The first step is to admit you have a problem.

[Chuck N]

Britney Spears is a complete idiot. I'm embarassed whenever I see her. Who can in their right mind listen to her? She's obnoxious. I feel sorry for her but I guess fame and "being an entertainer" is something she's always wanted. I sure we'll continue to hear more stupidity coming from her in years to come. I don't blame her, I blame her mother who pushed her into her glitz career. The mother already divorced the father. She's living the big dream. Too bad it's all so shallow. That's what the hollywood elites want people to see...all sequins, sex and no substance.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Well, maybe he's aiming for a job with this outfit.

[thefactor]

well, he may be a little too obsessed with her, but it's a phase. and even if it isn't whats the big deal? her influence probably saved this kid's life. that is healthy enough for me. and all these parents whining about how awful "brit-brit" is to their kids is kinda silly. it is up to the parents to either effectively limit exposure to such things, to explain that hollywood is pure fancy and not real, or simply ride out the phase. don't blame your kids problems on anyone but yourself.

[RWR8189]

as an openly gay student at Marist High School,

Who would have guessed?

[joyce11111]

I choked on my coffee when I read that this AM...the Red Guard likes to glorify all the weirdos.

[bluefish]

And his admitted obsession with her is evidence of the power, and influence, Spears has on teen lives.

n=1 - This goofball's obsession is evidence of nothing more than his own mental illness.

[Chuck N]

what on earth are you talking about? basically britney spears isn't a bad kid, it's what she's been thrown into and all the trappings that go with it. It's unhealthy, all that fame and people worshipping her. For what? She has no talent at all. what the heck is so great about that little girl? It's totally embarrassing. I feel bad for her but she's gotta put on "the really big shew". It would be nice not to see that stupid looking egotistical grinning dummy on every magazine and tabloid in the universe. Unfortunately I think she'll end up like Farrah Fawcett or someone like that. There's no way out. That's why the poor kid tried to marry a boy from her home town. She wants to be a normal person but look what she's facing. If I were britney, I'd take the money and run and stop getting her picture taken.

[Clinging Bitterly]

If you didn't know, Marist is a private Catholic school. Up top, it says he is currently attending Churhill, which is a regular publik skool.

[thefactor]

um, i did not once mention britney's actions. i was talking about the actual subject of the article which was this kid and his obsession with her. and how on earth do you have any idea that "britney spears isn't a bad kid" or that she has been thrown into this, or that she hates all this and just wants a normal life? do you know her?

you seem to be a bit out of touch with today's youth. every kid has heroes. whether they are actors, musicians, soldiers, artist, etc... heroes get kids through some tough times. they serve a purpose. and then, when the child is mature enough, he/she moves on. i could really give a rat's b-tt about britney. but if she stopped this kid from killing himself, what is the big deal?

[Terpfen]

Where do they find these people? It makes me embarrassed to be 19.

[Clinging Bitterly]

...choked on my coffee

Nothing in that paper phases me anymore. I read it over lunch and everything stays down just fine.

But I wasn't born that way. Stuff in there used to give me the old choke & spew quite often. It has taken years of disciplined readership to achieve the level of strength and endurance I currently posess.

[Cold Heat]

Just a Pop Tart!

Nothing here.........moving on.....

[A CA Guy]

This boy sounds like if he was ten years older he'd be stalking her.

[Spruce]

This...

is Brittany

[kenth]

My advice: Prozac

and lots of it...

[NYCVirago]

Here's the saddest thing about this story:

Spears' latest tour, which kicked off March 2 in San Diego and hits Seattle tonight, is more of a circus than anything else. It's multiple sets and costume changes, and techno-grinding dance numbers and, in all likelihood, mostly lip-synched.... "Which is totally understandable if she's dancing like crazy," said another Britney, Brittany McGrath, a senior from Aloha High School in Beaverton.

These fans spend all this money to go to a concert of somebody lip-synching? And it's "totally understandable" because Britney's gotta dance? Geez, it's too bad one half of Milli Vanilli is dead -- they could make a comeback. After all, they always could dance well!

[HHFi]

It's incredibly sad that we have an entire generation of kids who don't know what musical talent is and don't expect "music stars" to exhibit a trace of it, even during a concert they're charging $100 or more to attend. But what's even sadder than that is that they excuse Britney by saying she can't sing because she has to dance. Two points about that:

1. Who asked you to dance, especially if it means you can't sing during your own concert? I'm a writer, so that's like me telling a client, "I'd love to write a script for you, but I'm too busy juggling to type. I know you didn't ask me to juggle, and that it's entirely incidental to the main point of our transaction, but it's just something I do, and I'm letting it take precedence over the actual job."

2. Britney is a lousy "dancer." Her dancing is to real dancing as her "singing" is to real singing. There's no flow, no grace; it's just a mixture of cliched pole dancer moves and bad cheerleader choreography. You can even see where one "hunk" ends and the next begins because she clomps back to her base spot, plants herself on the piece of tape at center stage, counts "1-2-3-4" (which I suspect is as high as she can count), then launches into her next clunky hunk.

Sorry, I won't cut these squirts any slack just because they're young. When I was young, everyone in my school liked disco, while I was into Bowie and the Kinks. 30 years later, Bowie and the Kinks still sound great. Can you imagine what the current pap will sound like three decades hence? Even the Archies sound better than Britney. At least those cartoon characters' lips matched up fairly well with the words when they sang.

[LisaMalia]

As a mom, I would encourage Britney to double, maybe TRIPLE her security.