Okay, so the hot rumour round the mill is that Britney's very half-hearted performance last night was, in fact, a result of her being angry as hell from hearing that comedian host Sarah Silverman was going to use her monologue to take the piss out of her kids.As a mother and a comedian myself, I have two thoughts on this.
As a mother: my kids are the one thing that I am super-sensitive about. I love them more than anything and would force-feed Celine Dion and Mariah Carey duets to anyone who dared to hurt them in any way. If Sarah Silverman was gonna crack funnies (or cruel unfunnies) about my little tykes, would I be mad as hell? For sure.
However...
As a performer: my job is to be professional and that means giving 100% all of the time, REGARDLESS of what is going on behind the scenes. Whether Sarah Silverman's comments were called for or not, is kinda beside the point. If Britney had simply put her anger aside for the duration of her performance and pulled out a ripper show, then Sarah would have been the one looking like a loser. But my guess is that more people are directing their wrath at Brit-Brit than Sarah, for letting it ruin (if indeed, that was the reason!) her much hyped comeback gig.
Ask any professional performer and they'll be able to tell you of a time they've had to strut their stuff when it's been the last thing in the world they've felt like doing. I can tell you myself, the hands-down hardest gig I've ever had to do was earlier this year, two nights after finding out that my dear friend had suddenly died. But I, like the many other comedians who knew this dear man, just got on with it. Because we had to. That's the deal. It sucks, but they don't say "the show must go on" for nothing!
For Britney to sulk all the way through her performance is quite simply, childish, selfish and symptomatic of an amateur.
Gimme more!
*Update: if you haven't already seen the traffic-wreck, here is it...
9 comments:
Eh, fuck Britney. Although, fuck Sarah too now that you mention it. (Did I say that?)
Gotta honour the talent, and really can SS do anything worse to the kids with her sharpest jab than what BS is slowly doing with her blunt motherly instrument?
You have a point Leon. As always. ;-)
where can i see this sulking video anyways....?
Right here baby. Posted for your viewing pleasure...uh, I mean, schadenfreude.
I watched this..she looks so hot for having had those little darlin' kids...poor little things, they ain't got a hope in Hell have they with two f*cked up parents?
To me, it looked like she could not walk or dance properly in those mighty high boots she was wearing..and..was the song mimed to or what? Hmmm.
I think so too, even though people have been slagging her off for being out of shape, I'm sure most mothers would be thinking she looks freakin fantastic...
I can't even watch her performance again, it just makes me feel sad. And if I'm gonna feel sad about the world, I'd rather it be of something more consequential than the state of Britney Spears. ;-)
Sarah Silverman's performance, on the other hand, was fantastic!
oh SNAP!!
She's SCATHING alright!...that performance was pretty sad though...I mean you totally have to put whatever other shit is bothering you away if you're going to mime and effectively strut in your undies onstage.
She looked awkward and distracted.
"from the hairless vagina"...lol
Mr Anon - She was on fire alright, but I dunno, the whole thing just made me feel a bit depressed, really.
Mezz - I put EVERYTHING away when I mime and strut in my undies. Oh, but hang on...that's offstage...
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