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| steph | Jan 5 2008, 05:01 PM Post #1 |
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Saturday, January 05, 2008 The revolution will not be televised Current mood: eh Category: eh Music A while ago I just stopped reading tabloids. I don't mean just the newspapers like the 'Hate' Mail in London or News of the World. I stopped looking online. I stopped reading the gossip sites, the paparazzi havens. The juicy chain emails that went around the music and entertainment industry. I stopped being sucked in to it. It's funny because in the past I would justify it by maybe buying the odd gossip rag when I was on a long haul flight. But never in my home. You'd never see copies of the gossip rags in my house. But I'd read them if someone left them around. Or devour them at a photoshoot out of sheer boredom. And then years later it turned into mindlessly following link after link of bullshit online trash when I couldn't sleep at 3 in the morning. It wasn't subscribing to the gutter press. I was just, sorta, a casual bystander, right? But the day I stopped doing that was quite simply the day I received a bunch of articles, sent to me, about me. They were mean, they were inaccurate and just plain spiteful. I'd gone from a member of the audience to an actor in the worst trashy soap of all time : the tabloid. For the first time in my public life I saw first hand what it felt like to be the subject of venom. So I stopped subscribing to it. Literally because I didn't want to accidently run into one of those articles and have it ruin my day. But the unexpected upside was, I felt like a weight of bullshit was just lifted off my shoulders. The day I turned my back on the dealer, I got a lot more than just protection of fragile lead singer ego. I didn't care to know who was sleeping with who. Or who'd had botox. I didn't know who's movie was flopping. Who'd been arrested. Who'd won a grammy. And then I didn't care what people said about me. Or didn't say. The only gossip I got was sort of accidental. And it felt good. So today, I got one of those accidental pieces of hideous gossip. I'm at home doing some work emails and my gorgeous friend pops up on I.M and says 'Britney had another meltdown'. Huh? Oh Britney. Right. She's still our entertainment even when she's not entertaining. Show me. Tell me. Google me. So I did. And there she was, like our generation's Frances Farmer - being taken away in a stretcher. Being sectioned. Having her dignity and her mental breakdown cut up into bite sized chunks to be spread all over the world for us to digest and cast judgement on. Now I don't know this lady. But I know what depression looks like. And I've seen post natal doldrums. And all I could think of was how absolutely mortifying it must be for her children to be at the centre of all this flesh eating consumerism of meltdown as entertainment. And how they might feel about us all one day if their mother isn't around anymore. It's lame I know. And it's unoriginal. I'm a hypocrite because I'm on the bandwagon and I'm saying jump off it. But this isn't about celebrity. It's about social values. When did we become a society that held fame up as being more important than humanitarianism? And when did it become permissible to not only watch the fall of another and do nothing to help, but to actually film it, record it, send it, upload it, profit from it, digest it, comment on it, sell it, judge it, enjoy it? What does this say about us as a culture? My hands feel a bit dirtier tonight. x |
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| Geo~Toni | Jan 5 2008, 08:57 PM Post #2 |
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I saw this on the itv news yesterday... I felt bad and yet angry at the whole situation... first off, the media / paperazzi overing over her like a pack of faltures with a bit of fleash meat between them all. <_< It made me feel sick. And also i felt quiet annoyed at her label / record company and management! I mean, these people work with her (supposibly) did not one of them turn and say to her to forget releasing the album and go get help??? Instead of bring the release of the album sooner! I do like Brittney, not as much as what i did but what happened last night, i mean why wasnt someone there to pull her out of it!? And as for those gossip mags / sites... dont read em! There all full of crap now! I'm gonna shut up now. :lol: |
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| Nienna | Jan 5 2008, 10:07 PM Post #3 |
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It's My Life I'm Living, Not Yours.
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They did try to help, her whole family and everyone she knew tried to help. She either turned them away and or fired them. I guess she thought she's the queen of the world and can do whatever whenever she wants with no reprocussions. It's all quite sad realy. |
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| in_infrared | Jan 5 2008, 11:35 PM Post #4 |
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Snowball them! Elemental!
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Britney is such a drama queen. She does it all on purpose. If she really cared about her life, she would try to change herself AND take care of her family *wait what family?* She has no respect for herself, management, and the law. Those court dates she missed. If a Normal person like ourselves did that. Just after one ditch, we would have been in jail without a trial. BUT NO, they don't put Britney in jail, even though they know they should. The whole stretcher thing in the ambulance made me sick. just the damn paparazzi would not leave her alone. EVERY damn moment of her life is recorded and taken pictures of. Personally, i think this breakdown was real though. But a lot of what she does is only for herself. Though lots of people are trying to help, but are not really because she's not nice to them and or they get angry at her for not wanting their help. I don't blame Darren for not reading the stuff. I do it just out of PURE boredom. The same shit over and over again. OH PLEASE get some new material that is not fucked up in every way. I'm soo tired of hearing about Britney. She was interesting to read about when she first shaved her head, now she's just old news. It would be tragic is something happened to her, but she either deserved it or did nothing to prevent it. She's not going to change for nobody and for nothing. If she really wanted to, she would have done it by now. Example of pure F**k Up. It's all old news. |
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| steph | Jan 6 2008, 02:14 PM Post #5 |
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I think with britney, it is half her fault & half the media and people around her. One thing's for sure, if the press weren't always following her and giving her column space in papers every time she steps outside - publicising every spot on her face, every hair out of place and every stain on her t-shirt, she'd probably be less messed up. She really needs to get her act together though. She's lost her children because of her behaviour and the main issue here is that those two boys are growing up in the public eye aswell and it's so unfair on them. Although I do like her new song! I just get so sad to see all those videos she did when she was on top of her game. There's no denying she's a good talent and it's all going to waste. I wish she'd get herself together. |
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| Geo~Toni | Jan 6 2008, 06:53 PM Post #6 |
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Totally agree with ya Steph! and Nienna... did not know that, as i know that her management/label is the same as Bsb and i know when AJ had his drink and drugs problem the RC didnt excatly do much to help... only the other members, his mom and sercurity guard did... :rolleyes: |
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