Framing Britney Spears is finally available to stream in Canada today (on Crave) and I'm so anxious to see it. Until recently, I had no idea her father still held a morally-questionable conservatorship over her entire life -- the shadiness of which is explored in the documentary.
Throughout the mid- to late-aughts, I voraciously consumed celebrity gossip. (dlisted was my favorite fix but, honestly any rag would do the trick.) You might remember Britney Spears was going through a really, REALLY rough patch around that time. Looking back, I'm ashamed of how gleefully I soaked up news of her very public troubles. Almost daily, media outlets relentlessly exploited some "new low" of hers -- I was too entertained by the cruel spectacle to comprehend that an actual, flesh-and-blood person was in mental distress. Instead, I witnessed someone spiral into crisis (practically in real-time) and considered it mere entertainment.
I could blame my callousness on being a young person with zero real-life experience. The truth? I was an ignorant jerk who should have known better.
Anyway. Apparently, the doc pulls the curtain back to expose injustices Britney Spears has endured in the last decade-plus. Here's hoping all this renewed attention will benefit her legal battles and, ultimately, help her regain autonomy. I'm planning to watch it tonight. Do you have any interest?
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