That’s what I wondered when I saw this side by side comparison of a young and lively Britney Spear and her current performances:
How can she look so deflated, bored, stiff, and annoyed? More than that, how do her fans still cheer her up and pay good money to go see her when her shows are clearly just a grayed and distant memory of what they used to be?
I was never a Britney fan, since I always considered her a fraud: she’s not a good singer, her songs are insipid, dumb, and forgettable, her dancing is artificial and unimpressive, and her whole image is too heavily concocted.
Now, some of those same adjectives could also apply to Madonna, one of my favorite artists: not a great singer, some songs are very forgettable, her dance numbers are choreographed to perfection, and her image ... well, she’s practically a walking billboard.
However, Madonna is over 50 years old now and still going strong onstage, and she was always fully and firmly in charge of her image, while Britney is clearly told what to do and say by a cadre of handlers that never leave her side, and when they do she usually messes up.
Perhaps she’s tired of it all, and it shows in her live performances, but this video all but confirmed what I think of her.
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