Saw on hulu "The New York Times Presents" on Britney's Struggle
@mythociate (21432)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
February 8, 2021 3:33pm CST
The special reviewed how Britney started early--appearing on Star Search & The Mouseketeers--and warped into superstardom.
Then it reviewed how the media-blitz took over and drove her crazy, forcing her to go into conservatorship (of her father and/or her mother and/or their lawyer(s)).
Thinking about it: The phrase "fake news media" comes to mind. Not only that 'you'll hear lots of fake stuff about Britney,' but also "'Britney' (or at least 'that identity in our minds') has always BEEN fake!" ... not that she was "lying" in any interviews she gave, but she was giving those interviews as "Britney Spears the pop-star" and not necessarily "Britney Spears the 'young woman in whatever her then-current stage of life'."
I haven't heard from any of her doctors about her condition (last I heard, she was staying in a mental-health hospital). She SEEMS 'cognizant' & 'sane' etc. to all of us, but "we don't know what we don't know" (something that one of her father's former-attorneys said a few times).
Maybe she has a 'chronic' mental-condition that could act up any time (even though she hasn't had such an attack for over a decade now ... kinda like The Incredible Hulk).
https://www.nytimes.com/article/framing-britney-spears.html
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@xFiacre (13144)
• Ireland
8 Feb 21
@mythociate What I get all metagrobolised about is why people even think the lives of celebs are newsworthy.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
9 Feb 21
We follow celebrity-news for the same reason (I imagine) parents follow 'news about their children (after the children have moved out)'---because we feel partly "responsible for" the celebrities ... they got 'where they are' with our help, so we want to make sure they're headed in the direction we expected them to go.
... metagrobolised ... is that Irish?
@Deepizzaguy (104142)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9 Feb 21
The price of fame can be deadly for young artists who gain fame at a young age.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
8 Feb 21
The controls of other people(adults) they label this in most cases as a 'mental condition.' She was dominated, controlled, manipulated, intimidated, walked on, until enough is enough. The human mind can endure just so much of that crap, until it eventually breaks down. To label her as 'mentally ill' is cruel and it's not the root issue. Instead it's the RESULTS, what the media does to a young girl's mind. Look at 'Hannah Montana.' What a mess!
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