frustrated rant: Britney gets the headlines

fsquared · #1 10-09-2007, 12:13 AM

So, I'm greeted on Yahoo with a headline linking to a withering review of BritBrit's new video, a breathless story about a suicide watch, and a chastisement of a radio station for running a Britney death pool. And OK, I'm rubbernecking a little like everyone else, when I think to myself, "why isn't 'le grand retour' of an apparently normal, well-adjusted, reasonably scandal-free pop star (at worst, a little trumped-up potential cooling in the relationship with her ex-mentor) with a new hit single getting the headlines, huh? What does that say about us as media consumers? Grrr..."

Sorry, just had to vent a little.

Steven0022 · #2 10-09-2007, 12:17 AM

Britney is one screwed up individual and people love that in the news. They like to hear how she is messing up her life more and more. The good people never make the news or national headlines only the screwed up stuff!! Britney will be in the news as a top headline for years to come so I guess we must just get used to it. Screwed up people and trouble will make headlines while sweet innocent ones will not!!!

Deepwaters · #3 10-09-2007, 12:17 AM

It says that the relatively normal pop star is French and her music isn't being marketed outside France yet.

I truly wish it were otherwise. BTW Britney is a jackass, but just the same I hope she doesn't kill herself.

fsquared · #4 10-09-2007, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Deepwaters

It says that the relatively normal pop star is French and her music isn't being marketed outside France yet.

I truly wish it were otherwise. BTW Britney is a jackass, but just the same I hope she doesn't kill herself.

OK, true, but....even in France! Look at voici.fr, it's Britney at the top of the page. chartsinfrance.fr hasn't had anything since the official MJ announcement, nor nrj.fr...

Well, I guess part of the problem is that there isn't anything to say (salacious or not), right? No scandal, no headline-grabber...just the release of a new single and a radio appearance, and hopefully a climb up the charts. No public appearances, no working the talk show circuit, etc....

Rev · #5 10-09-2007, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by fsquared

OK, true, but....even in France! Look at voici.fr, it's Britney at the top of the page. chartsinfrance.fr hasn't had anything since the official MJ announcement, nor nrj.fr...

Well, I guess part of the problem is that there isn't anything to say (salacious or not), right? No scandal, no headline-grabber...just the release of a new single and a radio appearance, and hopefully a climb up the charts. No public appearances, no working the talk show circuit, etc....

Exactly.

Alizée has previously said that she doesn't want to be "that" popular (to the point where the photographers are hounding her). She likes having a private life.

We all want her to be successful, but I can't blame her for sacrificing some of the potential (any coverage is good coverage) fame in order to keep her balance (and sanity).

Hylas1896 · #6 10-09-2007, 12:55 AM

For one, people are obsessed with pathology these days. If someone is not really messed up they're considered boring, or even worse, fake.

And if someone is Mr. genuine or Ms. likable, it's assumed the other shoe hasn't dropped: they aren't 'flawed' until they've been arrested or through rehab, by which time they're not just 'flawed', they're 'flawed, disturbed, and miserable'.

Hylas1896

painbringer · #7 10-09-2007, 01:08 AM

got to admit its a good song by britney tho

ed2010 · #8 10-09-2007, 01:41 AM

I think that Alizée has got class. Something we see very little of in the US of A these days.

( Don't get me wrong, there are still some stars out there with class,
Alizée just seems to have more of it. )

Just my 2 cents

Killian · #9 10-09-2007, 02:59 AM

I don't think Britiney is worth the bandwidth that this thread takes up. Alizée is in an entirely different league, they are incomparable. Alizée is a goddess while Britney is a demon. (I know no one was attempting to make the comparison, but I don't think one should ever be made).

OGRE · #10 10-09-2007, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Steven0022

Screwed up people and trouble will make headlines while sweet innocent ones will not!!!

QFT.

Also, now that Alizée is back in the spotlight and if she runs up the charts and gets back in the news, they'll find something. Something she says, something she does, something....whatever. Unfortunately that is a price one pays for fame. The greater the fame, the bigger the spotlight. Put any person's life under a microscope and sooner or later there will be a "gotcha". The key for Alizée (and for all us true fans) is to be prepared for it, accept it as part of the life, stay focused, and move along.