Britney's decision to go on with the VMA show after discovering that the producers would not let her do a complicated illusionist number was a mistake. She should have walked -- but then the newspapers would have run a billion "Britney Bails! Loses Sanity! Should Be Killed!" headlines.
I got a kick out of it. It was jarring, it was weird, and it was unnerving. And she was the only human being on that stage during the entire show, with one or two exceptions. In a glossy fake world of soon-to-be has-been's, she was the only star that matters. Newspaper and media people don't realize it, but Britney has bypassed media control long ago and has an army of fanatical supporters who don't care if some unknown at the New York Times or Extra Exclamation Mark disapproves of her.




