The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears (Official Trailer)

I got me two boys.

R1 she doesn’t speak like that. Asshole.

Don't think I could name any of her other songs after the first two.

Everyone knows "Toxic."

Anyone who doesn’t know BOMT, Oops or Toxic lived under a rock

Nope. I stopped watching MTV/VH-1 about 25 years ago and mostly listened to FM alternative radio until it went away. I have discovered a lot of stuff I like by listening to a couple of stations on Music Choice on Verizon Fios.

Don’t care that much - but I do find it bizarre that she can be put under a decade long control agreement. But the clearly crazy homeless people wandering around threatening violence in their deluded state can’t be constrained at all.

If I were her, I would just not work. She has enough money. Go on strike Britney.

Hey hey hey... remember when it was just she & Madonna against the music?

It's Britney BITCH!

[Quote] Go on strike Britney.

What do you mean? Go on strike from doing the same two moves on Instagram Video?

I’m really praying for her

An independent guardian or advocate for Brittany should be appointed. Let her have a life instead of being an ATM machine for dad

R3/R6 here: Just played video for "Toxic" (494 MILLION views!) and I remembered the flight attendant uniforms, but not the song. I didn't hit thumbs up or down.

Why can't people (ppl) spell her name correctly? It's right there. You know, that line you clicked on in order to reply?

I was supposed have been immortal!

I predickteded it y'all.

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That haircut is very Karen lol

R18 it’s a wig

I know I'm the only person here who even notices or cares about r14's "people (ppl)" thing, but I did a Google search and he's been doing it since 2015. Insufferable.

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This documentary is creating headlines all over the world and bringing attention to the issues with this conservatorship like nothing else has. I am so happy. Anyone who thinks that all of this is normal or ok needs to have their own head examined.

R20 that makes you a stalker.

I can’t wait to watch this!!!

Her ex lawyer speaks out against her father in this Documentary

Oh for fuck's sake - monster OP, she's MENTALLY ILL.

Do you seriously not understand that? Do you not know what that means?

She was getting crazier and crazier and self-medicating like mad before her huge public mental breakdowns. We all saw it so don't even pretend it didn't happen. She lost her fucking mind, bit by bit and then - *poof* - it was gone.

Her father stepped up and was a good conservator for a while. Her mother had been absolute rubbish for years, didn't look after Britney or the younger sister who got knocked up by that producer. After some years, I don't know what went on with her dad. I know that she had run through all her fortune by the time she flipped out. He put together a record, tour and Vegas thing to get her back on sound financial footing despite her mental illness. Once she had built some of that back, her performing monkey routine should have stopped forever. The father was painted as some kind of "bad guy" but the mother was trying to get back on the gravy train so I don't know how much is reality and how much is just people going after him for Britney's money.

In my opinion she needs a MEDICAL and PSYCHIATRIC conservators to handle her personal issues and medications. She needs a killer CPA and tax attorney to handle everything else. Keep that fucking white trash family out of it. Keep her exes out of it. Keep her shitty drug friends out of it. Let her live quietly and peacefully, no longer putting on a performance for the public, just living a calm, private life.

Being MENTALLY ILL does not mean you need to be on a Conservatorship. Jesus Christ.

If that were the case why aren’t you on one? Stupid ass.

In Britney Spears' case her being severely mentally ill actually does mean that she needs a conservator.

More than one knowledgeable person has told you that conservatorship doesn't require that the person be a vegetable. You refuse to pay attention or take in any accurate, reasonable information.

I think you may be the one who is mentally ill. Is this you, Chris?

It doesn't help that she's functionally retarded either.

R28 that’s false.

It's false that this is you, Chris, or it's false that being placed under a conservatorship doesn't require that the person be a vegetable?

Because if you're not Chris and are, instead, some other lunatic Brit-obsessed person, that's fine.

On the other one, the facts do not support your argument, dear.

It debuts this Friday

A preview

I have to admit I stopped paying attention to pop music many many years ago, except some power pop and alt rock.

I know all the names and faces but I honestly could not identify ANY song by Britney, Christina Aguilera, any of the hip hop stars, Taylor swift, Kanye west, Bieber, etc.

It premieres tonight at 10!!!

The Director says some of Britney’s “people” aka her father tried getting this canned

It’s gonna be good.

Make sure to watch. Let’s find out what is really happening

I'm convinced that she was always low iq. She has never not been dim. The real abuse is the fact that she was pushed into the spotlight to begin with.

She is fine. She is no worse than many others you all love.

It starts in a few minutes. You can watch it on FX at 10 or on Hulu

Good. They’re gonna tear Jamie apart.

She’s mentally ill to the point of barely functioning. She needed a conservator to make sure she wasn’t using illegal substances but taking prescribed meds to keep her illness in check. She also needed the conservator, her father at the time who did a brilliant job, to make sure she wasn’t being robbed six ways til Sunday but the vultures in Hollywood and her baby daddy. She can’t take care of herself let alone two kids. She’s a mess when she’s not in a rigid daily routine. When her dad got ill, he had to step away from the daily monitoring to take care of his health issues and Brit Brit fell apart fairly quickly. Her kids are sadly out of control teens because of their F***ing batshit Mom and childhood like wild animals. Her moms a fame whore who was Kris Jenner Pimp mama Before Kris did it better. She had Britney on stage barely out of diapers, in NYC dancing age 8 (Britney’s said she hated it and wished she was back in TN with the other kids just being a kid) Then the mom began to work on the sister but she wasn’t mentally effected by their forced show biz childhood like Britney was. The girl needs to be off all socials, checked into a facility to assess her medical and therapeutic needs and set back up with her dad (if he’s capable health wise) or a very trusted conservator (sister Jamie Lynn?) who will have Britney’s best interest at heart and keep her in a healthy state of mind. Her declines been evidenced by her baby voice with rapid speech patterns and trashy hair/makeup and Forever 21 wardrobe. Her man is really hot looking but somethings off about this dude, anyone feel it ?

R41 only that isn’t true