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Nov 25th, 2008, 11:37 AM
Brit Me Baby, One More Time: A First Look at 'Britney: For the Record'
Two days before her latest album "Circus" drops, Britney Spears' biggest fans and toughest critics will get a behind-the-scenes look into the life of the mega-star as she mounts what has been described as a comeback of epic proportions. In "Britney: For the Record," an exclusive 90-minute documentary airing Sunday at 10pm on MTV, the creators (a production house called @radical.media, known, quite interestingly, for heady historical works like the Oscar-winning documentary "The Fog of War") were given unprecedented access for three months to document Britney's day-to-day life.
The film is being billed as Britney's opportunity to tell her side of her story in her own words. The filmmakers claim no topic was off-limits, so viewers will get a rare glimpse at what has been happening in the "Overprotected" pop princess' life for the last several years -- as well as her aspirations for the future. The thing is, this television event sounds suspiciously similar to a few of the pop tart's previous biographical projects, all of which depicted the superstar in the worst possible light. Can "Britney: For the Record" really set the record straight?
Needless to say, we were beyond skeptical.
Back in the summer of 2005, the now defunct UPN network aired the reality series "Britney & Kevin: Chaotic," which chronicled the unlikely couple's courtship leading up to their wedding. The show included personal video footage shot by Britney and K-Fed while on tour in Europe (as they lounged around "preparing" for their nuptials). The show was hard to watch as Kevin often struggled to put coherent sentences together and Britney rambled about their sex life, going so far as to share the number of times they got busy during yet another lazy day. Coming out of "Chaotic," Britney's so-called "real-life" revealed nothing short of a narcissistic celebrity already bored with her fame.
The following year brought a rapid sequence of negative publicity: Tabloids reported that Britney's marriage was on the rocks and that she was a bad mother; she was caught speeding down LA's Pacific Coast Highway with her son Sean Preston on her lap, and then she nearly dropped her baby in New York while holding the tot in one hand and a cocktail in the other. At the end of the PR nightmare, Britney was desperate for some damage control and sat down for a candid chat with "Today" show host Matt Lauer on "Dateline." Despite her tears and her plea for the paparazzi to leave her alone, viewers were stunned by her ragged and disheveled physical appearance. She chomped on gum throughout the interview, her makeup looked pitiful at best, her denim skirt was too short, her top was too low, and her hair looked over-bleached and in need of a good brushing. She was seeking the public's support via one key message: She was just like any other ordinary woman. Unfortunately, all people felt for Britney after the interview was pity.
It seems every time Britney has tried to explain herself, she has only made things worse, so can you blame us for having our reservations about the upcoming MTV special?
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Two days before her latest album "Circus" drops, Britney Spears' biggest fans and toughest critics will get a behind-the-scenes look into the life of the mega-star as she mounts what has been described as a comeback of epic proportions. In "Britney: For the Record," an exclusive 90-minute documentary airing Sunday at 10pm on MTV, the creators (a production house called @radical.media, known, quite interestingly, for heady historical works like the Oscar-winning documentary "The Fog of War") were given unprecedented access for three months to document Britney's day-to-day life.
The film is being billed as Britney's opportunity to tell her side of her story in her own words. The filmmakers claim no topic was off-limits, so viewers will get a rare glimpse at what has been happening in the "Overprotected" pop princess' life for the last several years -- as well as her aspirations for the future. The thing is, this television event sounds suspiciously similar to a few of the pop tart's previous biographical projects, all of which depicted the superstar in the worst possible light. Can "Britney: For the Record" really set the record straight?
Needless to say, we were beyond skeptical.
Back in the summer of 2005, the now defunct UPN network aired the reality series "Britney & Kevin: Chaotic," which chronicled the unlikely couple's courtship leading up to their wedding. The show included personal video footage shot by Britney and K-Fed while on tour in Europe (as they lounged around "preparing" for their nuptials). The show was hard to watch as Kevin often struggled to put coherent sentences together and Britney rambled about their sex life, going so far as to share the number of times they got busy during yet another lazy day. Coming out of "Chaotic," Britney's so-called "real-life" revealed nothing short of a narcissistic celebrity already bored with her fame.
The following year brought a rapid sequence of negative publicity: Tabloids reported that Britney's marriage was on the rocks and that she was a bad mother; she was caught speeding down LA's Pacific Coast Highway with her son Sean Preston on her lap, and then she nearly dropped her baby in New York while holding the tot in one hand and a cocktail in the other. At the end of the PR nightmare, Britney was desperate for some damage control and sat down for a candid chat with "Today" show host Matt Lauer on "Dateline." Despite her tears and her plea for the paparazzi to leave her alone, viewers were stunned by her ragged and disheveled physical appearance. She chomped on gum throughout the interview, her makeup looked pitiful at best, her denim skirt was too short, her top was too low, and her hair looked over-bleached and in need of a good brushing. She was seeking the public's support via one key message: She was just like any other ordinary woman. Unfortunately, all people felt for Britney after the interview was pity.
It seems every time Britney has tried to explain herself, she has only made things worse, so can you blame us for having our reservations about the upcoming MTV special?
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