Before you go rushing to iTunes and blow $1.99 to download Britney Spears’ brand new "Gimme More" video, here are a few things you should know.
1) If you’ve seen those ubiquitous paparazzi pics of a brunette Spears donning a leather vest and fishnets on the day of the video shoot, and can imagine them airbrushed and color-corrected, then you’ve pretty much seen everything there is to see. Sure, there’s a few seconds of footage of Brit in a tacky blonde wig, accompanied by a couple of blond friends, giddily staring at "Stripper Britney," but mostly, it’s just our dark-haired heroine walking in circles around a pole.
2) Carmen Electra already conquered the "good girl with exotic-dancer alter-ego" genre — with more enthusiasm and better moves — in her 1992 clip for "Go Go Dancer," which is streaming free of charge here at PopWatch (after the jump).
3) The "Gimme More" videoclip is quite possibly an homage to Lindsay Lohan’s ghastly I Know Who Killed Me, which (spoiler alert!) focused on a bad-ass stripper who experiences "psychic stigmata" after the Yale-bound twin sister from whom she was separated at birth is kidnapped and mutilated by a serial killer. (No, I didn’t make that up. And yes, I actually paid to see I Know Who Killed Me. But I did it all for you, PopWatchers….all for you!)
4) A few minutes ago, during my first viewing of "Gimme More," I got distracted IM-ing with one of my friends about whether or not fruit is an acceptable dessert option. I say, perhaps. (Feel free to weigh in.)
The moral of the story is, if you’re going to build an entire video around a stripper pole, then you better work said pole like a nine-to-five. Drop it like it’s hot. Throw a leg up over your head. Hire one of the elegant ladies of HBO’s G-String Divas, and have her teach you that daring move where you hang upside down by your legs and spin with reckless abandon. Alas, in the case of "Gimme More," I’ve seen sexier pole work during an afternoon of fly-fishing.
(Update: Looks like "Gimme More" has found its way to YouTube — at least until somebody at Britney’s label tells ‘em to take it down — so check it out for yourself, and do a side-by-side comparison with Ms. Electra, after the jump!)
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Thank you Slezak for watching this so we don’t have to. I just wanted to say that fruit alone is not really a dessert, but if you pair it with some whipped cream, cake or maybe cheese, it is acceptable.
let the bashing begin (Slezak, any and all britney posts are the same, they’re old. please go see “The Heartbreak Kid” so we don’t have to).
i find fruit acceptable dessert, entree, appetizer, or snack. i love the stuff and eat tons of it. it’s quite healthy you know. (this opinion reflects what i think about the young lady mentioned in this blog. enough already. she should be in the same category as paris: we should ignore them).
I have no idea what teecee and snarky are talking about, and I bet no one else will either. Either way, I’m downloading Britney’s new single tonight even though I am 1) tired of her drama and 2)tired of reading about her. Besides, the video is a wonderful piece of trash. Go Britney!
Unfortunately, I saw the video before reading this post, and I do agree with you Slezak. If I were to go to a strip club and that’s what the girls were doing, I would say, gimme less,please.
Um, I don’t even know what to say. Honestly I don’t expect too much from her these days. Her videos used to at least be fun and she could sell them with her dancing. This video looks like she didn’t have a budget to work with. Dancing on a pole doesn’t seem all that challenging. How did she think this would show ANY talent that she may have left??
Now, are you talking about fruit as a dessert in a restaurant or just at home? In a restaurant I would say it’s a little weird. If paired with cheese or contained in a cake, pie, or tart (or in a key lime creme brulee like I had last weekend OMG soooo good!) then it’s cool.
GeeMoney: read point 4 of michael’s blog.
I think it depends on what kind of fruit. If its just plain apples then no way, but if it is fancy berries or mixed tropical fruit then sure.
unless there’s chocolate involved, it’s not dessert.
I believe fruit is an acceptable dessert as long as the presentationis there…..but for me (besides sweets) a cheese course is a great dessert (with some fruit).
As far as the Brittny vid goes…who cares.
Also, I call shannagians on her song reaching number 3 on the billboard charts…it was number 65 or something for three weeks with no airplay and suddenly it jumps to number 3? I am betting someone inthe Britt camp went out and bought it a few thousand times.
I agree with teecee, fruit is acceptable anytime because it’s sweet & good for you. I have a small cup of green grapes I’m about to take to class with me as my dessert for lunch.
Although Stephanie makes a good point as well.
Forgot to comment about the fruit. Chocolate fondue with strawberries, that’s what I’m talkin’ about!! We just tried this fondue place last weekend and wow. All kinds of fruit, not plain of course
Cooked fruit – acceptable
Raw fruit – unacceptable as dessert but can be a side dish or palate cleanser.
I think fruit is fine for a dessert.
I think fruit can be a dessert, if it’s good enough. Semi-ripe orange slices? Nah. A perfect, fresh peach that you have to eat over the sink because it’s so juicy? Totally.
Also, strawberries with brown sugar.
First – love that the fruit conversation takes priority here.
Second – Carmen worked it in that video and actually showed real dancing and gymnastic ability. Anyone else that thinks that walking in circles around a pole is impressive, please take notes.
Who is buying “Gimme More”? The song is lame and the video is even worse. It’s nice to see Carmen pre-implants – her video puts Britts to shame and so the does the song actually.
In regards to the fruit – maybe if it’s in a pie or a tart, but bringing a banana or an apple is not “dessert”.
Fruit is dessert only when surrounded by sweet, sweet creamy deliciousness or pastry. Britney is only talented when surrounded by sweet, sweet airbrushing and vocal reverb.
Um, this vid kinda rocks, i like the grainy, edgy look for some reason … and dont’ all videos ultimately kinda suck now anyway? what’s the last great video, something by Eminem, I’d say…
It looks like she made it in her basement with a camera phone. The song is boring and repetitious and she just spins around the pole. Unfortunately tons of people will probably buy it for the voyeur value.
A lovely strawberry shortcake with piles of whipped cream = perfect dessert!
Fruit with chocolate: yes. Fruit with cake/pastry, and/or cream/ice cream: yes. Fruit with cheese: yes. Fruit salad: maybe. A bowl of whole fruit: no.
Slezak, you took the words out of my mouth. All she does is walk in circles around the pole. I would say it looks like an amateur p0rn director had his hand in it, but I think even that would be more visually stimulating than this sad, sad piece of crap.
Fruit works as a dessert only when it’s summer or if it’s paired with a cake or cookie of some kind. Oh, and that video is the worst video of all time.
I don’t drink coffee, so I’m not inclined to visit StarBucks more than a few times a year, but my friends have recently turned me on to thier Strawberries & Cream drink! IF that counts as fruit, then YEAH… Nice little dessert!
This Britney video is about as bad as I knew it would be. After watching it, its exactly as how I envisioned it when I read the reviews of her making it back in July. If she had paparazzi there taking pictures of her on the set, did she even have a budget? Or did that ALL go to whoever digitally photo-shopped this entire video??? And the 2 guys at the end, is the shaggy haired one, the one she took back to a hot tub after the video shoot? They’re not that attractive! But they’re finally releasing the video NOW since the song is officially a hit. Let her have her good news, maybe then she’ll FINALLY prioritize & START to get her personal life in order & realize thats where her priorities should be, NOT the entertainment world that just criticizes her daily now!
I’m in agreement with those who say fruit needs to have something done to it to qualify as a dessert. Bake it, pair it with pastry or chocolate, macerate it in Grand Marnier, make it into a sauce and put it on cheesecake. But whole, raw fruit? No. It’s part of a healthy diet, sure, but it’s not dessert.
Oh, fruit goes well with ice cream too, of course.
Also, I recall Kate Moss pole danced in the White Stripes’ “I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself” video. I’m no fan of hers, but that was some pretty good pole dancing. Not that I’ve seen a lot of pole dancing in my life.
Didn’t need to see the jelly filled buns. She’s dancing like that’s a pole on a subway train rather than in a strip club.
The fans that are buying this song are putting money directly in Brit’s pocket…more for her to buy booze and drugs with! Congrats, you are enabling a addict so that she can continue to neglect her children and focus on what’s really important…her career.