![]() ![]() Despite the doc’s insistence that “to understand where Britney is now, we should understand how she got here,” the episode itself offers a cherry-picked biography-one that oversimplifies the many societal impulses that converged to dehumanize and torment a young celebrity in distress. But its study of the singer’s life and career in the public eye feels rushed and even superficial at times. More than a decade later, the clip is just one of countless pieces of chilling archival footage included in The New York Times’ explosively popular documentary Framing Britney Spears -which explores the singer’s life and career within the context of the fan-led movement to free her from the conservatorship that has ruled her life for more than a decade.Īvailable on Hulu following its debut on FX, Framing Britney Spears builds on the multiple robustly reported articles the Times has run over the years -each of which have lent gravitas to a fan effort that might otherwise have been written off-and is a handy primer for anyone who’s still not quite sure what cries to #FreeBritney actually mean. ![]() Her hair? Ding! Her husband? Ding! Her sanity? Host John O’Hurley’s voice boomed with classic game show boisterousness as he shouted, “Has she lost her mind?!” Ding! Other answers included “Her Children” and “Weight”-to which O’Hurley replied, “I guess.” In 2008, the same year that Britney Spears had been placed under a 5150 psychiatric hold after losing custody of her children amid a painful, tabloid-fueled public breakdown, a gaggle of Family Feud contestants took turns guessing at all the things she’d lost. ![]()
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