Given all of the media hype surrounding Britney’s “comeback performance”, I felt compelled to tune in to MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMA) on Sunday – if only for blogging purposes.
However, as soon as it was announced that she would be opening the VMA’s, I began citing – to my one friend who cared – why watching Britney these days seems eerily similar to watching the train wreck that was the surreal (and cartoonish) life of Anna Nicole Smith. And, in this respect, Kanye’s pre-show rant about Britney not being worthy of, or ready for, such a feature performance was far more obvious than it was prophetic.
I was not at all surprised, therefore, when she bombed. And now America’s P.T. Barnum of Pop, Simon Cowell, says that she may have “killed her career”. Although I suspect there are many more suckers out there still willing to pay for more of “The Britney Show” than even Simon seems to realize.
Nevertheless, I waited until today to comment on her performance because I did not want to participate in the unseemly media orgy of piling on…no matter how much she invited it. Instead, I wish only to reiterate my hope that Britney can get off Anna Nicole’s pedestrian path to self-destruction.
Moreover, I urge her mother and other loved ones to fight now to save her life. I fear, however, that they will simply standby and watch her self-destruct, and then fight over her children and her money (though not necessarily in that order)….
Meanwhile, the irony is not lost on me that MTV bosses got exactly the ratings bonanza they wanted – complete with a drunken brawl between Kid Rock and Tommy Lee over Pam Anderson.
But kudos to Justin Timberlake, Britney’s teenage crush and the real star of the show, for having the balls to bite the hand that gave him four “Moonmen” VMAs. Because he seized every opportunity on center stage to criticize, and even ridicule, these venal bosses for peddling “Real Wold” train wrecks as entertainment instead of promoting music videos; which, after all, is MTV’s purported staple.
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*Published originally Friday, 14 September at 5:11 AM
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