Britney Spears – Double Pop Standard
Britney Spears has had her share of troubles in the past few years. Included in the long list of PR violations are a marriage in Vegas that lasted for 48 hours, a messy divorce, a custody battle for her two children, a distanced relationship from her immediate family, an entourage quitting left and right, rehab stints and photo shoots and interviews gone bad. However, celebrities are not strangers to drama. A few of her close friends named Lindsay and Paris have done jail times, but we have yet to see a spears “Oops!” mugshot. Why is Spears being torched by the media while others get away with it?
Musicians are always getting into trouble. Hard rock and rap artists are notorious for drama, rehab and jail time. Britney, the one-time princess of pop, has had her dramatic transition from pre-teen to young adult, splashed on the front pages of the tabloids. Madonna, a media sweetheart as a matured A-lister, had her share of teenage troubles, and rock bands like Aerosmith have had drug problems and relationship battles as well. Is there a double standard for Britney? It’s true that Britney has gone from pre-teen virgin to a rehab hopping divorcee, but does that make her a celebrity we should write off for good? Britney sold a record 500,000 copies of her Oops! I Did it Again album, on its opening day and she has toured the world playing to sold out audiences. Britney has obviously done something right, and now that she has done a few things wrong, she has nowhere to go but up-or so we hope. Optimists predict these troubled days will mold Britney into a more complex and interesting artist and performer-if she can find her footing once again. Websites like, Britney Spears I Believe, predict a big comeback for the popstar. If other musicians can have roller coaster lives, can’t Britney as well?
Rags to riches stories are as classic at the concept that sex sells. Artists who have come from tragedy or worked their way up to beat the odds are glorified in the media. Well, Britney has amazing odds to beat. So if tragedy are what inspires depth of artistic skill, we may be looking out for an amazing comeback to Britney. A reinvention perhaps. Madonna has done it many times, and if Britney can reinvent herself and grow from her pain, are we all in for a surprise? Can beauty be born from this tabloid named, ‘trainwreck of a celebrity’ we see before us today? Afterall, isn’t drama, pain, emotion, tragedy and chaos what the entertainment industry is all about? Who likes a boring pop star anyways?
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Kathleen Patalsky, http://www.britneyspearsibelieve.com
