Feel free to use this post to speculate just what, exactly, Brit Brit wanted “more” of during this performance. Cheetos? “Mature dancing”? Wide-brimmed hats? Funny lines from Sarah Silverman? (Well, we all wanted more of those, but there are some things that are just in the realm of the absolutely impossible.)
2007 Video Music Awards [MTV.com]
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@lucasg: The one big difference between this and a lot of other VMA dance numbers is that in the others, the star can actually dance.
has anyone considered the possibility that this is actually a brit-bot pleading for “more” in the way that the tin man longed for a heart, etc?
@ELIJAH-M: tomato, tomahto.
She’s Naomi Watts in I Heart Huckabees, minus the Amish hat.
After seeing the performance a couple more times, I have to say two moments are hysterical (knowing what’s to come): when she rapidly and shyly smiles at the announcement “It’s Britney, bitch”; when she lipsynchs the chuckle during the intro. The rest is still lifeless, although I now love the song.
Feel free to use this post to speculate just what, exactly, Brit Brit wanted “more” of during this performance.
Clothes.
Demerol.
I don’t get the lack of clothes either. They had dress rehearsals right? I can’t believe no one said, “maybe another look, Brit…”
She danced well enough to most likely win a elementary school talent show. So….she’s got that going for her.
spray tan.
@dennisobell:
Dignity.
Am I the only one who didn’t think it was that bad? Sure, she’s not as ripped as she was, and yes, she lacked a lot of her old snap and strut - but the moves were still good and her figure is fine. She looked nervous and she needs to get back into the swing of things. I’m not saying that outfit was the best idea, but it wasn’t as horrible as some are saying. The song is great, and I predict it will 1) be huge and 2) have a killer video. As for the rest of her life, well, that’s another story. Good luck to her, seriously.
God, how I wanted to make snarky remarks about Britney and her barely-there performance. But this has all become terribly sad, and there’s simply no enjoyment in watching an increasingly fragile 25-year-old crumble before our eyes. She needs help, not lame-ass “jokes” from the stunningly unfunny Sarah Silverman or that fat knob-end Perez Hilton.
Her figure isn’t bad, but the outfit is *hideous*. Most unflattering.
And she does look like she’s sleepwalking. Or high. Or drunk. Or doesn’t give a damn. Or some combination thereof. Not quite a trainwreck, but not worthy of how much money she makes.
more time to form a mind of her own
oh god, i CANNOT, CANNOT watch this again. i cried the first time, i really did. there were actual tears in my eyes.
Man, that was rough!
What we are seeing here is Britney doing an interpretative dance of “Woman Being Excessively And Drunkenly Humiliated.”
This woman needs a competent management team, like, yesterday.
The thing is, it’s not even good-bad, not even ironically funny. It’s inert — a performance somehow bereft of any conceivable measure of entertainment value.
i watched it with the sound off, of course. it didn’t look any different to me than any other big stupid dance number that i have ever seen on mtv, ever. the bottom of the barrel is long overscraped.
@KingHater: Exactly. There’s barely anything to laugh at. It’s just sad.
I kinda like that song, too. Maybe she’s a zombie? Has anyone checked?
zoloft and beretoyl, the depths of my addiction…
well that’d what i heard, aside from ‘it’s brittany bitch!”
Not meaning to go all Deadspin on y’all, but she needs shoulder pads, a helmet, and a New York Jets uniform. I hear they need some help on their offensive line.
Oh Britneeeee! She just doesn’t want to be a pop star anymore. She’s over it - been over it for years. But I can’t wish Britney ill. Although it didn’t show in this performance, she is a fantastic dancer - she finshes all her moves so neatly when she’s really on it. That’s always been enough to make me stay on her side.
I really expected her to run away crying half song in, you know, like it happens in the movies… then she moves to a little town, works as a waitress incognito, finds the true love of her life, learns lessons and in a couple of years comes back singing an epic, heartbreaking ballad that makes the whole world cry. End credits. Ok I need a coffee.
She wanted more Front 242 reject waveforms to make her next trainwreck of a single.
And Cheetos.
After observing this video, a number of times, I think, “Yeah, everybody is right” regarding lack luster on her return. It’s just down right obvious that she’s under the influence of something, and no….the “overdose” of anti-depressants in a gulp before the performance is ludicrous (sp?) She is on alcohol and this I know from experiences of my own. Of course my actions weren’t scrutinized by the whole world. But lets just say that if she were under the influence of some mind-altering thing, and was really messed up, she still shows talent because, honestly, how many of us could get up on a stage and even lip sync, and remember the coreography, (Can we even attempt to do the step work that she did? If you can, then you are simply amazing) How many of us at the age of 25 are/were famous and dealing with the media attention at ALL times? Does any body out there have a memory of a time where they messed up because of “overdoing” it? I know I have…enough about me - Britney is in a place that most of us will never know. Maybe, she is addicted to something that makes her stumble. Do you really think that she planned it that way? This young woman needs help, not judgement, after all…..haven’t we all thrown the first stone? In opposition to the “Leave Britney Alone” club. I know that in order to help someone, you don’t leave them, you care for them and if you don’t like someone that is going through a bad time, then perhaps you should keep it to yourself.
So that’s why I’m saying to you, as much as you mean well……but having that site draws more attention to her, and you’re the one who is supposed to be (I guess) her biggest supporter. MMMMHHHmmmm…Yes I should leave her alone as well, however, it would be a weight off of her shoulder’s if we just let her be. Did you see the home video where she says she feels like she’s missing out on life? All messed up, (and don’t even talk to me about “alleged” things: She was straight forward fucked up!) So let’s everybody step up to the plate, and admit that we all mess up sometimes, and at 25 years old, major success, and major misseries in her life, really, for her life, let’s back off and give her some space. Now it’s the next person’s turn, and I’ll give them the space they need to voice their opinions.
Paddi