Rules Of The Game #4: Britney Shows Brain

[koganbot]

Rules Of The Game #4: Britney Shows Brain

I quote poptasticuk, I quote Britney Spears, I mention the headshave, I use the phrase "creation myth." Comment here, there, everywhere (still don't know how consistently comments will go through on the Las Vegas Weekly site).

(Contains my answer to Jessica's question "How did you end up liking teenpop? Why don't you like what you're supposed to like?")

Apparently, LVW think "fuck" is a sacred word that cannot be spelled in full without offending the gods. Also, LVW dropped my italics, at least online, but I'll try to get them to change that.

EDIT: Here are links to all but three of my other Rules Of The Game columns (LVW's search results for "Rules of the Game"). Links for the other three (which for some reason didn't get "Rules Of The Game" in their titles), are here: #4, #5, and #8.

UPDATE: I've got all the links here now:

http://koganbot.livejournal.com/179531.html

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Good reading once again, Frank!

Although I have an affection for mental female popstars, I still can't think of Britters as anything but broken-lightbulb dim. This seems to feature with a fair number of child stars now grown-up (hi dere Fergie) who are v sharp in some respects (eg business acumen) but have 0 clue about dealing with 'social' problems (ie booze-druqs-men) because of sheltered/working childhood or whatever, and suddenly being let off the leash (or sacking their manager/parent) to do what they like. This earns the popstar in question my respect for their vitality but not their intelligence.

So anyway, I'm less than convinced that this was actually Britney that produced this barb - perhaps she had the idea and got someone else to execute it for her? "Write something scathing on my website for me, Jeeves! And make sure it sounds like it was me!"

[koganbot]

Even if she didn't write it, in your fantasy scenario it's still her idea. It's still her responsibility. And the point is that it's a stance that matters, and it's not one that the culture's scripted for her. (Unlike poor Paris, who's not been very impressive in the last month, and who's now being a good little conformist who's going to do charity work!)

sugarshocksneakpeek!

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Bad Miranda vs. Good Paris

[Lambert] delivers the hilarious preemptive antidote to Paris Hilton’s forthcoming PSA with “Dry Town,” in which she stops at a quickie mart to buy a sixth of Miller and a cupholder so it won’t spill while she’s driving.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think Britney is one of the stars who generally does write her own website, in that I doubt that a lot of the awful stuff that's been on it is the work of any kind of copywriter, so I'm happy to credit her the brilliant stuff too!

(Tho of course I'm being unfair in that I only look at BS' site when someone links to it going ZOMG READ THIS whether in horror or praise)