Because you know I had to post it - Britney Spears VMA performance
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2007/09/britney-vmas-pe.html
Britney's VMAs 'performance'
Sep 9, 2007, 11:11 PM | by Dawnie Walton
Categories: Britney Spears, Music, Television
I should have known that Britney Spears' big Video Music Awards performance would have been uncomfortable to watch the moment it opened, with that closeup of the weave tracks in the back of her head (seriously, MTV camera folks, didja think that was a flattering angle?). But I wasn't quite prepared for the awkward mess in store, as Britney gallumphed around like a zombie while lip-synching to her new single, "Gimme More."
I was really rooting for Britney to be awesome and get the show off on the right foot. And by all rights, she should have rocked  "Gimme More" has been received amazingly well (it's no "Toxic," but admit it, it's better than you expected)  and we have all those fond memories of Brit Brit from VMAs past (with the python, with Madonna and Xtina). But instead of watching a sexy, exciting performance  a resounding statement that yes, she IS Britney, bitch  I saw a tentative, confused-looking girl who could barely muster the energy to mouth along with the backing track, let alone work those stilleto boots. Britney, if you're gonna lip-synch, at least be entertaining!
PopWatchers, am I being too harsh?
UPDATE: If you haven't seen Britney's performance, you can watch it after the jump, via this clip from AOL Music. (If you watch the clip on the AOL Music page, it's preceded by an anti-drug PSA. Think AOL is trying to send a message?)
On the other hand, knowing her life is like that, that girl needs to hire a driver, and just be done with it.
She shirks her responsibilities yet again. I guess it was more important for her to get her lips done than see the counselor yesterday.
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Wow, All I can say is Wow this is awful.
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She really just does not give a fuck. Pay special attention to what she said to a reporter coming out of the bathroom for the 3rd time.
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I'm sorry...but with a two year old and a one year old....wouldn't childproofing be a top priority and not something you have to be told to do?
/baffle
GD Hormones making me all pissy!
SYMPTOMS
A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:
(1) is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of attention
(2) interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior
(3) displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions
(4) consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self
(5) has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail
(6) shows self-dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated expression of emotion
(7) is suggestible, i.e., easily influenced by others or circumstances
(8) considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are
“Her record company would no doubt like us to consider this album a bold assertion of Spears’ identity and, by extension, relative sanity. “Crazy” is acceptable in pop, clinically insane is not. But the self-consciously stylish tin-can beats on “Blackout,” referencing every ’80s synth phenom from Trio to Berlin and smothered with vocal tics cribbed from Beyoncé and Christina Aguilera, actually testify to Spears’ absence, and point to the irrelevance of her modest contribution to the process of building her brand. With so many hot producers competing with one another, what you hear on “Blackout” are not songs so much as commercials for songs — a team of professional songwriters frantically overselling and spinning the image of a celebrity who has essentially left the building.”
- Salon.com’s review of Brtney’s new album, Blackout