Britney Spears for the Record: Review and Analysis of the Brit-umentary

A Caged Bird Sings

December 1, 2008 - The documentary, Britney Spears for the Record, premiered last night on MTV. In the hour-long documentary, Britney Spears talked openly to the production crew and did her best to provide normal-sounding answers to the probing questions about her life's ups and downs in the past few years.

The Britney Spears for the Record documentary is only one recent example of the pop star's attempt to try to take some control over her public image and to provide her fans with what they so desperately seek: more, more, more.

Britney and Opening Accessibility

Recently Britney Spears had her personal website revamped. She started including videos, including simple videos of her working out with her trainer. Britney Spears may be trying to take some steam away from the paparazzi, who have been making a living off the pop star for years.

She is providing fans with "exclusives" on her website, in an attempt to gain control over her public persona while feeding her fan's incessant hunger for more information and pictures of the pop star.

Britney Spears' Birthday

In a further attempt to give the public what they want, Britney is celebrating her 27th birthday by performing on Good Morning America on Tuesday, December 2, 2008. It's also part of her publicity plan for her new album, Circus.

Britney Spears for the Record: Review and Analysis of the Brit-umentary

In Britney Spears for the Record, Britney Spears comes across as a little girl lost and trapped. The two themes which Britney Spears focused on through the Britney Spears for the Record documentary were rebellion and freedom.

She used both the concepts of rebellion and freedom as explanations, or excuses, for her erratic behavior.

When asked about her now infamous head shaving incident Britney's explanation was simply, "People shave their heads all the time." (MTV)