What Is Our Fascination With Britney Spears?
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What is it with our fascination in Britney Spears?
I suspect the same thing that keeps us watching Michael Jackson, or Paris Hilton, or O.J. Simpson.
We like to see train wrecks. Or what we think will be train wrecks.
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We like to see people on edge. And hopefully, going over the edge.
Britney, of course, is in a sad league of her own.
But the theme is remarkably similar. People who had it all seemingly losing it all, and we've got a front row seat to their unwinding.
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To their SUV arriving at a fateful courthouse, or their SUV taking them from a courthouse.
Maybe there's something about the powerful looking pathetic. Some secret delight in seeing Hillary Clinton allegedly unraveling.
Or four years earlier Howard Dean definitely unraveling.
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I guess in an overly rehearsed and programmed world, it is refreshing to see what image-makers hope we do not.
Stars suddenly struck.
Very human, very vulnerable, and sometimes, just very nutty.
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Psychologists say we're seeing more people losing it today. Maybe because there are a lot more pressures today. And a lot more media today.
So I guess that means, no, you're definitely not going crazy. Stars are going crazy.
The difference this time, there are helicopters and cameras everywhere to make sure you don't miss a single shot.
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