Posted on 12/02/2008 5:22:00 AM PST by Perdogg
There are so many things to like about Britney Spears -- she's so darn pretty for one thing, even when she's chewing gum, which is still pretty much all the time. She's got the same sort of mile-wide smile and joyous laugh that made Julia Roberts a big star. She sings pretty well for a pop star, and she moves her butt like no one's business.
But even after more than a decade in the business, she seems disturbingly stalled in adolescence. Those tuning into "Britney: For the Record" on MTV Sunday in search of a sadder but wiser Brit certainly found the former -- "I'm sad," she confided to the camera at one point, her lovely eyes filling with tears as she realized that her entourage didn't listen to her like they should -- but wiser? Does a wise woman answer a question about her infamous head-shaving incident with the observation that "people shave their heads all the time"? Possibly, no.
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Reminds one of that old poem about Richard Cory.
My wife and I were talking about her yesterday. Mentioned how they’re running puff pieces all week in anticipation of her re-debut Sunday night on MTV.
It’s my opinion she’ll have to have “handlers” the rest of her life, otherwise she’ll run off the tracks again.
Not uncommon in Hollywood.
“she moves her butt like no one’s business.”
Ha!
It’s sad how many in this country push our young to fame and wealth but when they are up on the pedistal they look for anything to topple them over. It’s really sad actually. She has been used and abused just because of talent and looks. It becomes a curse. Hollywood has a tendancy of doing that. Few seem to come out of it sane. I wish her the best.
Much like the athletes who are suddenly thrust into the limelight with many many millions of dollars in their pocket, they have no way to cope.
In today’s world, there are no role models either.
Pity.
Fame wasn’t hard when she was in her manic phase. It was fun, wild and crazy. Now that she’s being monitored 24/7 and appears to be on meds, she has to face the fact that reality can be “hard”. Welcome to the world as most of us know it, Brit.
Leave Britney alone! Leave her alone!
I think listening to her handlers got her off track to begin with.
God help her if Daddy dies. He’s the one who got her sane and normal again. Well, as normal as she can be.
Moving her butt IS her business!
B.O.: "Presidenting is HARD!"
And Hugh Hefner isn't?
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