Monday, December 1, 2008

Britney For The Record


Last night I tuned into Britney's new Documentary "Britney For The Record". I had waited an entire month for this show. With a few minor setbacks. (Cable Box died a few times over the weekend, Believe me I gave it to the poor timewarner employee because no one was going to keep me from my Brit Brit). And nothing did. I came home from work, poured myself a glass of wine and changed into my PJ's and it was on! Britney For The Record. I was scared! Will this poor lil southern girl who really didn't finish High School look like an idiot once again? Will she talk too much? Or even worse will she defend President Bush again like she did in the Barbara Walters special? YIKES! Will she spill the beans about drugs, sex and that crazy exboyfriend/Paparazi Adan? The beginning was a little too artsy! Come on Brit get to it already! Then she did. Conveniently shacked up in the Mondrian Hotel Britney answered question after question. Repeating herself a lot but she seemed present, warm and open. In between the question and answers they cut to her preparing for events, performances and we even saw her auditioning dancers and filming her videos. It was the 60 day's leading up to her video shoot for her latest album. And they marked each day. The first thing I thought.......was where are her friends? We all need friends! Esp. Brit Brit. She needs to have someone in her life that is not making money off her. No wonder she feels "used" which is something she said over and over. About a little over half way through we did see two girls (one was said to be her cousin and the other a childhood friend) that seemed to like her even though they got ready in an entirely separate room. They were dressing up for Halloween even though when they got ready there was no discussion on where they were going or what they we're about to do. This was also the only time we saw her two little boys. Thank goodness. I did not want this show to exploit the two little bundles of joy. They really are cute. Something tells me they are going to be hitting on Suri Cruise in 10.5 years. But there was also something disturbing in this scene. Britney’s dad decided to dress up as a scary clown for god knows why, then decided to creep around the side of the house and poor little Jayden (or maybe Sean P.?) Started crying like the baby that he is. Poor kid will now be scared to death of clowns forever.
One part of the show that really sticks out in my mind and that I really loved, was there was a part where Britney was on her bed and she was making fun of her dad. And I felt like THERE SHE IS!!!! That's the Britney I love!!! It was so real and so honest!
On the not so light side there was a part when she was answering questions and she just bluntly said I'm sad! And then the tears started to fall. And all I wanted to do was to hug her. We have put her on the huge pedestal, she is so young and has achieved so much fame that she will never ever know what a normal life is like. Sure some people will still say "poor little rich girl". But yes! That's what her story is, "poor little rich girl, that mommy and daddy forced into their lil meal ticket at a young age" And heaven forbid she you go through tough times. She explained her recent "crazy" bit's as simply not wanting to be home because home reminded her of her two babies that were no longer there. I get that.
Overall I LOVED THE SHOW!!! I LOVE BRIT!!!! I can't wait for next week!

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