Wednesday, May 18, 2005

The Greatest Romance of Our Time

Say what you will about Britney & Kevin: Chaotic but I think it's performing an excellent public service: stay in school, get an education, otherwise this could be you.

It's hard not to laugh at this "reality series" made out of K-Fed and Brit's home movies, but that's the bizarre project's saving grace. It's awfully wonderful stuff, even if no one is watching.

I can't really tell if the show is designed to refute tabloid portrayals of the couple or just add more fuel to the fire. No one has ever accused Spears of being a great intellect, or Federline of being a useful member of the human race, and one hour of this show proves that every nasty unflattering thing anyone ever thought about either of these two is entirely fair and accurate.

And it's all underlined and italicized by the fact that this show was created, produced and filmed by Kevin and Britney themselves (yes the camerawork is nauseating, but never as much as what the camera is actually capturing).

Apparently the couple feels they're engaging in a remarkable act of self-revelation. The premiere episode was titled "Can You Handle My Truth" and during the hour Britney mused "people can't take away your truth."

They can rest easy their truth is out there.

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