Love her or loathe her, Britney still drives 'em crazy. Reactions to our cover featuring the teen queen (#624, Nov. 9) were almost as heated as a Spears show. ''Britney sounded more like a selfish 16-year-old than an adult,'' growls Becky Hunt of Cedar Lake, Ind. ''If [she's] serious about going for the older crowd, she needs to get her Britney dolls off toy store shelves.'' But not all speared the pop star. ''I couldn't have been happier with your cover!'' says Erick Flores of Stanford, Calif. ''[And] it was nice to catch up on what she's up to.'' Equally appreciated was our Scout 100 package. Says Marc Weinberg of Los Angeles: ''There are [people] who've grown tired of the same old gifts!'' Time to kiss the Furby goodbye.
True Brit
Wow! Your cover featuring Britney Spears was your best front page
to date. There will no doubt be readers who will write in and
complain, but I think that your cover found that perfect ground
between conservative and erotic. Oh, and by the way, the article
was pretty good too.
JEREMY SHEARER
punk_and_disorderleee@hotmail.com
Kent, Ohio
The Britney Spears article said what I've been thinking for a
long time...''not that innocent,'' my a--.
STEPHANIE BRESZ
breezygirl78@hotmail.com
Kalamazoo, Mich.
She's so lucky! She's a star! And now she has her own fabulous
EW cover! Thank you, guys, for a great issue featuring this gem!
TEE POPLION
poplion@loyno.edu
New Orleans
Spare us the whiny tripe about Britney Spears' teenage
oppression. She drew the Good-Girl Box around herself when she
first started annoying us three years ago, so excuse my lack of
sympathy for her now. Everyone in Ms. Spears' age group has
identity problems. We just can't all drive around in our Porsche
and think about them.
CHARLOTTE DOWNES
Alliance, Ohio
Britney Spears makes me long for the days when an artist had to
be talented to have a record deal. And seeing the airbrush work
on the cover reminds me of just how fake she is.
ERICA SHEPHERD
caniverus@aol.com
Concord, Calif.
I'm a 25-year-old gay male, but after seeing your latest issue,
with Britney on the cover, I'm starting to wonder. She's
simultaneously enticing, sexy, and innocent. Kudos to EW for
exposing this little star (no pun intended).
PIERRE DUPUIS
pm.dupuis@sypmatico.ca
Toronto
Is our society so starved for entertainment that a simpleminded
19-year-old product of pop culture with marginal talent can
warrant six pages in your magazine? The reason she doesn't know
what her ''freakin''' image is, is because she never created
it—the media did. Like so many of her tween-pop counterparts
out there, she's always been and always will be just a little
girl imitating a star.
GREG NEWCOMB
gregntampa@yahoo.com
Tampa
Articles and cover pictures of Britney Spears and Sarah Michelle
Gellar?? Oh, EW, I'm a slave for u!!
SCOTT AUDETAT
BritBuffGuy@aol.com
Oshkosh, Wis.
Please tell me that Britney Spears didn't actually say ''the worst
thing that could happen is if my boyfriend would break up with
me.'' Or, better yet, assure us that this interview took place
before Sept. 11. I can't believe this came out of the mouth of
someone who wants us to believe she's not ''a little girl.'' Being
in love is one thing, being insipid is another.
AMANDA BOGARDUS
Bradenton, Fla.
White Glove Treatment
I found David Browne's article on Michael Jackson (Music)
disturbing. Reviews need not include a personal attack. I would
have assumed that EW would have found a less biased writer to
review the CD. Give the man some credit—30 years of performing
and he still has millions of fans around the world.
EMILY D. MARKUSSEN
emarkuss@smith.edu
Irvine, Calif.
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