Lackluster Britney Spears kicks off MTV awards

CNN.com ^ | Sept 9, 2007 | (none)

[dayglored]

[ Please note, I'm posting this as a commentary on our increasingly decadent culture and the either impossible or undesirable goals it sets for our young women. ]

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- Somewhere, Kevin Federline is laughing. An out-of-shape, out-of-touch Britney Spears delivered what was destined to be the most talked-about performance of the MTV Video Music Awards -- but for all the wrong reasons....

She walked through her dance moves with little enthusiasm. It appeared she had forgotten the entire art of lip-synching. And, perhaps most unforgivable given her once-taut frame, she looked embarrassingly out of shape....

[dayglored]

> Proof positive that you can take the girl out of the trailer but you can’t take the trailer out of the girl.

OUCH.

Actually, I'll comment that although I know what you mean, what you say is somewhat unfair to young women in trailers, in general... Britney is a pretty extreme case...

[dayglored]

> She’s looking matronly.

Only by comparison to her former self. She looks like a normal woman now. IMO she'd have to put on a few more pounds in the midsection to qualify for "matron" status.

> Midway between young and too old to wear two piece bathing suits.

I'd be okay seeing that in a 2-piece as-is... the striking upper story and honest hips make up for any extra in the middle. She's still terrific-looking, IMO.

I just wish she'd dress more decently onstage, not that I'll get that wish.

She's not slut material any more, maybe more like MILF material.

[pax_et_bonum]

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[pax_et_bonum]

Thank you very much for the ping!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

She looks fine. Actually has some meat on her bones.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Hmm, even in her rock bottom state, he’s still a hell of a lot better/more talented than Jessica Simpson in my opinion.

[CholeraJoe]

I saw a replay of it. It was pretty nauseating.

[Perdogg]

[sarasota]

I read this morning that she was planning to wear a corset but opted for the bikini/stripper look. her 15 minutes are beyond over.

[absolootezer0]

i thought superman set that fashion?

[colorado tanker]

I think she's a pretty good looking milf, myself. But, I'm not a fan of the anorexic look.

What disgusted me is that she seemed to be high.

[dayglored]

Unfortunate pose (she looks bent over, thus shorter than she really is), but hey, I’ve chased a lot worse than that, perfectly happily... The tummy pooching out is going to haunt her, but I’ll cut her some slack — two kids in three years...

[junta]

Since MTV is run by a bunch of chickenhawks looking for teenaged boys I’ll bet they are disappointed as hell in a curvy Spears. But if this gig had plenty of barechested “boys” prancing about like teenaged girls then all will be well out in the Hamptons at Redstone’s “parties.”

[dayglored]

> I think she's a pretty good looking milf, myself. But, I'm not a fan of the anorexic look. What disgusted me is that she seemed to be high.

I'll second both those thoughts.

[Perdogg]

I think she looks fine. I don’t require any more from a mate than I expect from myself.

[dfwgator]

I think she looks fine.

That doesn't change the fact that she's still a talentless skank.

[Perdogg]

Here's Jessica "I look like a client of Balco" Simpson.

[dfwgator]

Ditto my comments for Jessica and her sister.

[MarkL]

i thought superman set that fashion?

Only for superheros. Madonna set the fashion for prepubescent girls.

Mark

[chasio649]

It wasn’t too bad when it was new: music videos and Liquid Television with Aeon Flux and Beavis and Butthead, et al.

But now it just sucks. It’s completely unwatchable.

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ditto