Crossroads

 

 It's not a feel-good tween movie, not yet a grown up drama. We take a look at the wreckage of Britney Spears' movie vehicle, kick the tyres, suck our teeth and tell you it's going to take a lot to get this thing running smoothly.

 Filmed at the height of Britney's pop princess power, why did this road movie take her and the audience nowhere? Recorded in 2020, before the fallout from #FreeBritney, we take a look at this weird little movie and ponder what forces were in play behind the scenes.  

 

SHOW NOTES:

 

Ralph Macchio's "Crossroads," which is at least a less depressing and more musically competent movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntrCbhQw8yg  

 

An article on a new documentary charting just how weirdly, scuzzily obsessed the tabloids were with Britney Spears' sex life: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/sexist-treatment-of-britney-spears-retold-in-new-documentary 

 

"BookSmart," a much better and much more uplifting "Girls want to have fun before they graduate" film: https://youtu.be/Uhd3lo_IWJc