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08 January 2008
What is going on here? Britney has brand new british accent at 3:16? Check. →[More:]Strange bathroom visit at gas station? Check. Leaving her camera in favorite paps car? Check. Seriously, what the hell is going on here?
Oh. I guess I just haven't watched enough crap on youtube then. I was reading all sorts of bi-polar things into that. I have very little clue what bi-polar actually means, apparently.
Yeah that is very creepy. At the same time, I'm fairly sure I would be able to find other places to use the loo. Come to think of it, I never use gas station/public restrooms.
Did anyone else get a really ... sexualized feeling from that video? Like the paparazzi were in this weird, very creepy sexual power dynamic with her? I think it was that annoying voice in the background that kept going, "Brittany, Brittany, how are you, Brittany?" It sounded so salacious and sleazy. God, that entire video grossed me out on so many different levels.
I feel bad for her, and can't imagine being subjected to that kind of scrutiny, but I also felt that, perhaps because of how non-stop this has become, she was also strangely dependent on it too. She wasn't trying to actively get away from those vultures. Then again, having never been the subject of that kind of attention, I have no idea how easy or hard it is to get away from the paparazzi. Very sad.
Lassie, unfortunately you seem to be right about the character of at least one of the persons in the video. (don't ask me why I'm reading entertainment gossip - I'm home with the flu, I get a free pass)