When a teenage Britney Spears was burped into the limelight way back in 1998, you could tell from the start she knew exactly what she was after.
Now 25, she can no longer stomach the level of fame she’s attained. But can Britney Spears, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, resurrect her career?
That’s the question appropriately asked by The Boston Phoenix, which notes that Americans love comeback queens almost as much as they love train wrecks.
Can Britney Spears rise from the ashes of her own self-destruction?
“Everybody is really attuned to showing what a manic-depressive, bipolar, poor-mother mess this girl is,” says Kelly Cutrone, former publicist and the founder and CEO of People’s Revolution PR in New York City.
“Everybody’s building on it, stalking her, and running around getting pictures of Britney Spears, just waiting for ‘the moment’ to line up.”
Yet despite her penchant for irresponsible partying, her astoundingly bad VMA performance, a poor driving record and — rock bottom — the loss of custody of her sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline, Spears’ new single “Gimme More” may still hit pop pay dirt and Blackout drops October 30. So there is hope.
Most Americans get off on a good redemption story, and Britney Spears would make a darling poster girl — but can she just stop parading that naked vagina around like a beauty-queen’s crown long enough to turn things around?
It’s the question of our time. In a show of encouragement to the Louisiana lush, The Phoenix came up with a field guide to celebrity comebacks. The pop princess is a Category One at the moment. Follow the jump to continue.
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