Tackiness can go a long way

How would you categorize a person who hates an artist but likes her songs? I don’t like Britney Spears voice because – need I explain it? – it’s not the greatest (not even the best – synthesized) out there. I like her as a performer, though; she’s a great dancer, got a nice face and nice bod (pre-marriage). I simply like her songs because they’ve got good melodies and are danceable and the videos may be tacky and raunchy, but, hey, they’re nice to look at.

So, is she an artist? For me, she isn’t; a performer or entertainer, maybe. As to acting, heaven forbid! I’m glad that Crossroads flunked in the box-office, because her acting was flat even in her videos.

My favourite Britney song is Overprotected, and I bet guys are closet fans of I’m a Slave 4 U; for who would find that bawdy video and hearing Ms. Spears give an orgasmic purr and saying “I’m a slave for you”?

It's only with great vulgarity that you can achieve real refinement, only out of bawdy that you can get tenderness. – Lawrence Durrell