Watch out for nostalgia. If you are like me, a child of the 1990s, you will love this docu-series which deciphers the media epic of Britney Spears because it will instantly put you back in your teenage bedroom filled with Diddl posters and trinkets. But even if you are not of this generation, his story deserves to be told because his descent into hell actually says a lot about us, our consumption of information and the latest major digital transformations.
Director Jeanne Burel attempts to elucidate the mystery surrounding today’s Britney, the one we see dancing frenetically in scantily clad fashion in ever more bizarre Instagram videos. But to understand this overflowing euphoria beyond the norms of current social networks, you have to understand who Britney is and what her life has been like.
The docu-series then retraces an extraordinary journey: hard work to become the princess of pop which begins in childhood, while Britney is pushed by interested parents into a career where intimacy has never been really plenty of room. Absolutely everything about Britney Spears’ life has been commented on and judged. Are you a virgin, Britney? Are your boobs real, Britney? Did you really cheat on Justin, Britney? Do you really think you’re a good mother, Britney? A whole life spent in the spotlight, more and more stifling and harassing with technological developments and the arrival of the Internet and then smartphones which break down all the barriers between the stars and us, and above all, feed our unhealthy thirst for see everything and comment.
-Today, Britney takes back the power, dances, exposes herself, as she sees fit. And when I reached my forties, it was the first time that this happened.
Britney without filter can be seen on Arte.tv or on their YouTube channel.
