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So, did Britney do a good job? Artists and viewers speak out

by Wendy on September 10th, 2007

So! If you’ve already had the, uh, pleasure (?) of watching the Britney Spears VMA performance, you’ll appreciate what fellow artists and members of the audience had to say about her “comeback”.

The reaction to Brit’s performance was overwhelmingly negative (see “Britney Spears Kicks Off Show, But VMA Night Belongs To Rihanna And Justin Timberlake”). “That was a comeback?” asked Melissa, 30, from Richmond, Virginia. “She didn’t seem to know where she was at. I think she needed a lot more rehearsal and a lot more talent.”

Many longtime fans of Spears were left disappointed. “I wish that it was Britney five years ago on that stage,” wrote Laurice, 24, of Nashville.

And others, such as Tara from Exeter, New Hampshire, offered sympathy for the troubled star: “Brit, you did great. We all need to get off this girl’s back and let her live. Brit, you stand true to yourself, and it will all work out. It is going to be a long road, but you have already taken some of the hardest steps. I admire you, hon.”

Sara, 19, from Oakfield, New York, said: “I think it’s time for Britney to give up performing for a while and take care of her children and herself. Rethink your coming back, Britney!”

Fans weren’t the only ones who were mixed on Spears’ VMA performance. Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger tried to be encouraging but was reserved with her applause, saying, “It’s hard because being an artist like myself, I don’t like it when I’m not in front of the house and I can’t hear the monitors properly. … I dunno, it was cool, I was just sending her good vibes the whole time.”

50 Cent called Brit’s performance a “highlight,” saying, “I told you outside, she was gonna be the hottest thing, and she did it, she worked it out. Yeah, she had a big production, things started coming out of the sky.” But then he changed the subject to another performer: “Chris brown was hot too, he jumped from table to table.”

Common wasn’t so kind with what he had to say about the performance. “It felt like her heart wasn’t in it. It didn’t feel like she was really goin’ for it. It just felt like she was there, man,” he added. “There’s so much talk about her personal life, you wanna see her come out on top. She eventually still can. But that performance, I don’t think it was what we were lookin’ for … to light it up.”

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