My American Celebrity Obsession: Framing Britney Spears
Why are we obsessed with celebrity? Is our obsession what fueled the paparazzi and their treatment of stars like Britney Spears? Or did the paparazzi create our obsession?
Should a father have complete control over his adult daughter when she can function as one of the most popular musical pop stars of her time?
In this episode, Kim and Dan unpack all of this and more when they explore The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears, the 2021 documentary television. The film revolves around the career of American singer Britney Spears, her celebrity and popularity within American culture, and the conservatorship that she has been living under since 2008, which has sparked the fan-driven #FreeBritney movement.
The show explores the pop star’s rise to fame, her treatment by the paparazzi, her highly publicized breakdown in 2007 and her court-mandated conservatorship overseen by her father Jamie Spears.
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My American Celebrity Obsession: Framing Britney Spears
“We don’t know her. We’re having a conversation about what this world looks like. We’re not a part of this world.” Kim
“There is a lot of reckoning that we have to do, as a county. As fans, as lot-fans, as consumers of a product, for what we have done.” Kim
“Their time, their energy - these are not to costs of entry, into fame.” Kim
“She doesn’t need to say no - she never said yes.” Kim
“They think they know me because I’m in their living room every single day.” Dan
“We are flawed human beings. There’s no perfect person.” Dan
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