Ok, sounds like maybe I will check out the doc. My take on her around that time was that she needed a conservator, but it should not have been her father, or anyone who stood to profit from commodifying her.
On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 at 1:00 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 10:58 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah, yesterday Diane Sawyer trended because people suddenly decided her >> interview of Spears from nearly two decades ago was bad, which is a bit >> like people only just now realizing Geraldo is really bad at his job. >> >> I miss Ferguson on late night. I understand why he got out when he did, >> but I still wish he’d have stayed through Trump. >> > > I wanted to watch the Britney doc on Hulu before responding so I could > avoid hot takes. > > I have taken to watching documentaries about bands from when I grew up, > usually on YouTube. There are two types: movie length promotions made for > fans where the band is awesome, all their music is awesome, and they'll be > beloved until the end of time. And then there are more reflective > documentaries, made a couple of decades after the band broke up, where the > musicians, managers, record company executives, etc talk about the rise of > the band, what life was like at the top, and why it fell apart. Those are > the documentaries I watch. I'll even watch if it's about a band or an > artist who was very popular but I didn't follow at the time. I figure I can > put my biases aside and see if I missed out on any good music. > > The Britney documentary was not about her music. The frame is a legal > battle over conservatorship, a status she entered into in 2008. The first > half of the doc is about her life up to 2008 and the second half is about > the conservatorship, the legal situation, and a movement from her fans to > end the conservatorship. The first half is tough to watch even though it > happened in recent enough memory. The tabloids saw dollar signs in covering > her and they had no conscience about any damage they might be doing to her > and certainly no restraint. And the attitude infiltrated into mainstream > celebrity coverage like the Diane Sawyer interview. It would be at least as > much of a relief for me to know that she gives up music altogether and goes > to live a quiet life somewhere raising her kids (and there's no sign of > that happening) as hearing she is recording a new album. > > As for Craig Ferguson he brought his own vulnerability into his monologues > and the show and it was really refreshing to see him so fearless talking > about his past. He had an empathy for his guests and I miss that, too. In > the late stages of his show he burned out and stopped putting any effort > into it. I really liked the show during his peak, but I'm glad he got out > of it in time. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFFEGuM9THGVeGuW7-6Li0qjfWiJubzxUhz0MX_xDzvfQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFFEGuM9THGVeGuW7-6Li0qjfWiJubzxUhz0MX_xDzvfQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYK8431Dwof_XujQUUopK60wxzueFVR_nrjn3H6a61yV7w%40mail.gmail.com.
