Britney – oops she didn’t do it again!

I haven’t heard anything good about Britney’s performance last night at the MTV VMA Awards show which was held in Las Vegas. Evidently what happens in Las Vegas doesn’t always stay in Las Vegas.

The critics are cruel. Personally I haven’t figured out why female singers have to have sexy dominate their singing careers. Years ago singers were famous for … well … their singing. Of course they didn’t have videos and the competition wasn’t what it is today.

You’d think the best wouldn’t have to concentrate so much on their moves and lack of clothing.

Who manages Britney and did anyone tell her ahead of time that she was headed for trouble?

I keep reading the word “fat” when describing her performance. She definitely isn’t fat. But, if you’re not in the flat abs condition, then a jeweled bikini isn’t what your wardrobe should be. She has money and designers. Someone could have come up with a much more appealing costume – one where her butt didn’t hang out.

The public builds them up, pays them well and then can tear them down just as fast. Those celebrities who believe all the hype are the ones who get knocked down the hardest.

I don’t remember ever seeing Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Rosemary Clooney, Peggy Lee, Aretha Franklin, Della Reese or the like ever appearing onstage basically naked, slithering across stage, gyrating like a monkey in heat or having to kiss each other. Bette was probably the most flamboyant but never disgusting. None of them had to worry whether their abs were flat or that their boobs were hanging out of their clothes. They all had a lot more flesh on them than Britney has but because they based their careers on their singing, no one said much about how fat they were and some of those women got very fat. But they were still respected and loved and made a lot of money.

Britney was successful because of her body and her sexiness, which frankly I never did understand, but perhaps she still has a chance if she really works on reinventing herself. I don’t like to see anyone fall. I hope someone is there to catch her.

Kanye West invites you to his pity party!

Every day we all hear or see something that just makes us do a double take and wonder what in the world is going on. One of those I heard lately was Whoopi saying that Michael Vick did what he did because basically everyone in the south was brought up to think that was okay. We all know that’s not right and the next day she did scold us for not knowing what she meant.

A little while ago I was reading the latest on the MTV Awards that will be on tonight. Confession: I”m a grandma who doesn’t even know if she gets MTV on her t.v. I did hear that Britney Spears is supposed to open the show. That didn’t surprise me at all because that girl has been in the news so much lately that it seemed like a great marketing move. There are those who will cheer her on and there are those who will watch to see her fall. It’s very obvious . . . to me.

Evidently it’s not that obvious to Kanye West who is performing. CNN says, “The ever-outspoken West had some less-than-kind words for Spears and MTV.

“I can’t believe she would perform. She hasn’t had a hit record in years,” he said, apparently miffed that MTV didn’t invite him to open the show. “Maybe my money’s not right. Maybe my skin’s not right.”"

I don’t get what he means when he says his money’s not right? But, and you’re going to have to help me here – is he saying that his skin is not right because he’s a man of color? This bugs me. Why in the world would he think that? Of all the places where I wouldn’t think the NAACP would ever have to bust would be the MTV Awards. And – here’s my disclaimer before anyone reads this the way it isn’t meant to be – these are not racist statements – I truly am a bit puzzled. Why would there be approx. twelve acts that feature black performers and five or six that feature white entertainers at this show if there was any skin differentiating? (Number is approx.)

I will definitely put it on my list of things to do this week – listen to Kanye West’s music. I figure he must be really, really good to get away with his “woe is me” pity party. I think he’s very successful and does very well so can’t understand why he thinks he’s being discriminated against.

Yes, Britney IS the big money draw, but it’s not because she’s a better performer.

My note: Sometimes I get inspired by just reading something like this in the news. Thus, I did a new design (featured above) which sort of says it all for me.