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To: Neeka who wrote (229521)	2/21/2002 12:14:45 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Meanness just seems to be your innate character trait: BRITNEY’S MOVIE IN A NUTSHELL “Crossroads” is clearly a Spears vehicle. It is semi-autobiographical to say the least. Like its star, the film teases the audience with its playful hints at Spears’ sexuality, allowing the audience to take a small peep at the pop princess while leaving the whole show to the viewer’s imagination. The movie takes advantage of the audience’s curiosity and fascination with Spears, but the story does not completely revolve around the issue of her virginity (is she or is she not?). Instead, sexuality is only one of several issues that face Spears’ character Lucy in this buddy road trip movie about finding one’s identity. Lucy is the valedictorian of her graduating class and has reached a crossroad in her life where she needs to start making decisions about which direction she is heading. Before she can move forward, she needs to go back to the past and search for her mother, who abandoned young Lucy and her father at the age of three. She embarks on a road trip with her childhood friends from her hometown in Georgia to sunny California in hopes of meeting her mother. Along the way, friendships are reaffirmed and love is discovered. It is not fair to label the movie simply as a teen flick despite the trailer showing Spears and pals singing the overplayed *NSYNC song. Instead, the story is surprisingly more complex than the average teen flick, as it tackles societal issues of teen pregnancy and broken families. There are several Hallmark moments in the film sandwiched in-between scenes depicting the girls just having some fun. “Crossroads” succeeds on the same level as “Legally Blonde” as a chick flick with a tender sweetness. The movie’s weakness lies in the actual development of the complex issues that the film tackles. However, sometimes, attempting to address the issues is enough. As a whole, the film is still conservative and subtle in its approach to the serious issues. This subtlety not only follows the rules for a successful transition by the pop artist from music to film, but it also leaves the audience yearning for more. All contents of this site are © 2001-2002 by the New University Newspaper.

To: Neeka who wrote (229521)	2/21/2002 12:17:16 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Not altogether. Her singing, while undistinguished, is professional enough; her dancing is great; and I can't say much about her acting. She is pretty, and need not be sexualized much to be found pleasant to look at. And she is no more exploitative of her sex appeal than the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders or Tom Jones. The main disquiet had to do with the way in which her parents (mother?) permitted her sex appeal to be exploited at a fairly tender age, to a degree that seemed to rob her of innocence......