God, my grammar in the above is really atrocious. Apologies.

I guess my question is, “Does the world need Britney Spears?” Isn’t there someone who can take her place? I find the whole situation rather distressing. I’d rather see Hillary Duff or whoever take the helm as reigning pop blonde. You know, as opposed to an unstable, chemically-dependent mother of two.

I watched this number and the girl looked terrified and overwhelmed. The mob has turned on her and they’re going to eat her alive. I hope for the best, but fear it is too much to ask that she will quietly fade away. I fear her demise will be tragic and it’s a comment on our society that this ignorant child, incapable of anagnorisis, without a shred of wisdom, whose hamartia is merely a lack of talent and whose peripetia exposes our own shallow obsessions with fame and fortune compels us so.

Or maybe I’m just disappointed that she’s lost her six pack.

Full disclosure (and I probably should have mentioned this before): I have not watched this performance. The fact that it’s incredibly easy to do so just means I’m that lazy.

So now I feel a little sad about Britney. My moods are quickly changing, like the winds.

I do think the focus on how “bad” she looked was kind of insane. For someone who has had two kids in quick, unhealthy succession, she looked fantastic.

Granted, she stumbled half-awake through a completely uninspired performance, and should’ve taken a much longer, quieter break before getting back into her “music,” but really, her only good song is “Toxic” anyway so expectations should not have been sky-high. But ragging on how bad her performance was would at least be fair game. Acting like she’s lost her looks is just kinda disgusting; why didn’t these people ever complain that Paris Hilton has never, ever been attractive? Oh, right, because at least she’s ridiculously and grotesquely skinny.

But the best part of all of this is the crazy like a fox PR move Kevin Federline pulled while Britney’s was “preforming.” He was at home throwing the boys a pool party for their birthdays with exin-laws in tow, complete with balloons and ice cream cake. At least according to the gossip blogs. Genius. I swear he’ll get the kids now.

I think we expect certain celebrities to make complete asses of themselves, and we’re actually okay with that, which is why this girl keeps getting shoved onto stages. I don’t know if she’s even aware of what she’s doing, and that it may not be, ahem, appealing any more. But it feels like we’re all just poking at a dying animal with a stick, at this point.