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Celeb News: Telegraph: "Britney is fake which makes her fascinating"
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Telegraph: "Britney is fake which makes her fascinating"
It's hardly news that Britney Spears can't sing when everything else she does is fraudulent, says Neil McCormick
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So Britney Spears can’t sing? Quelle surprise, as the French say. The leak of a dull, flat, wobbly vocal exposed as utterly inept without the aid of autotune is just the latest opportunity to mock her minimal musical ability, as if that was even a consideration in a contemporary pop career. But if you have been paying any attention to the career of Spears at all, you would know by now that she can’t really sing, can’t dance and often can’t be bothered even making an effort to pretend otherwise.
Personally, I think Britney is the very worst kind of modern pop star, which is, of course, part of what makes her so fascinating. She is not famous for any particular charisma or talent, she is famous for being sexual jailbait who made a very public transition from cherubic Mickey Mouse Club starlet to provocative schoolgirl fantasy figure with the video for her 1999 hit single ‘ … Baby One More Time’. She was the Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus of her time, a teen crush who also fed dark adult desires, promoting an American dream of apple pie chastity whilst performing risqué songs with revealing costumes and dance moves, the latest incarnation of a bizarre cultural fascination with the virgin *****. She achieved such an incredible degree of fame in the early 21th Century (she has sold over 100 million records worldwide) that her career since has been one long public burn-out, a fairly standard pop soap opera narrative of extreme fame exposing family dysfunction, romantic disasters, drug addiction, weight problems, depression, breakdown, recovery and comeback.
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Really? Reach abit further.
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in b4 the MESS 
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This is worded really harshly, but the points the writer is making are basically true.
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I dont agree that she's not talented. She was an amazing dancer, NO DOUBT about it.
But the last part is kinda true.
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Gross, wrongheaded and inherently sexist. White men need to stop writing articles.
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I think this is a really mean article. Surely Britney's had enough of this throughout her career? People make me sick.
She is talented. Not in the same way as Beyonce and Xtina (vocals), but she has the star power, a unique love it or hate it voice, and whilst she used to be an incredible dancer, she's still pretty damn good. The girl's not famous for nothing.
Edit -- Why has this thread been reported? It's not like the OP themselves wrote it... 
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The leak of a dull, flat, wobbly vocal exposed as utterly inept without the aid of autotune is just the latest opportunity to mock her minimal musical ability, as if that was even a consideration in a contemporary pop career
Personally, I think Britney is the very worst kind of modern pop star, which is, of course, part of what makes her so fascinating. She is not famous for any particular charisma or talent, she is famous for being sexual jailbait who made a very public transition from cherubic Mickey Mouse Club starlet to provocative schoolgirl fantasy figure with the video for her 1999 hit single ‘ … Baby One More Time’.
er career since has been one long public burn-out, a fairly standard pop soap opera narrative of extreme fame exposing family dysfunction, romantic disasters, drug addiction, weight problems, depression, breakdown, recovery and comeback.
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I agree.
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Originally posted by Great Username
Gross, wrongheaded and inherently sexist. White men need to stop writing articles.
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Gross, wrongheaded and inherently racist 
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mess
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Overtly mean. Not entirely untrue but he did way too much.
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Originally posted by Truth Teller
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Racism? Against White Men? BAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
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Originally posted by swissman
This is worded really harshly, but the points the writer is making are basically true.
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Say what you will about Brit post-breakdown, I mean she really hasn't been all that compelling, but to discredit everything else leading up to that point is completely unfounded. The writer seems to be a bit of a hater.
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Well, It's good to know that Brit brit won't be reading this. They need to leave her alone.
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Damn. He went in! A bit harsh, but I agree with most of it.
Also, I don't think Britney was ever that great of a dancer. It was a lot of hair flips, hand flailing and light shows. I don't think any of her choreography is particularly challenging.
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Originally posted by casholic
Racism? Against White Men? BAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
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Yes, white men can be victims of racism too.  if you want an example of a racist look in the mirror.
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what pressed Soul wrote this? 
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