“Britney’s Next Act — Virgin Mary?”
No, you haven’t had too much eggnog. TMZ.com (via US weekly) is reporting that <a href="“>Britney Spears is being courted to play the mother of Jesus in a film satire of the Nativity story.
The film, called “Sweet Baby Jesus,” would star Spears as a “pregnant 19-year-old who doesn’t know how she got knocked up, living in a place called Bethlehem, Maryland.”
I don’t know what is more disturbing: Spears, the poster-parent for bad mothering, being asked to play the most idealized mother of all time, or the producers of this film asking the former pop-tart to take the role in order to drum up publicity for the project.
This is not provocative casting like Alanis Morrissette — outspoken songstress and child actor — as God in Kevin Smith’s “Dogma.” This is pure publicity stunt. Have you seen “Crossroads?” Heck, I’ll call the Catholic League’s Bill Donohue myself to get this offer protested to death.
Chances are that Britney will never actually receive an offer from the publicity-seeking producers. But, if she does, someone, anyone, please stop her from taking the role! Sure, it could be an opportunity for Spears to clean up and reinvent herself, playing a gritty, satirical role. Maybe she could pull it off and win a Golden Globe nomination a la Courtney Love.
But, more than likely, playing the Virgin Mary in what is sure to be a B movie may just cause an offended public to lambaste the popster even more than they already do. Even I find the idea distasteful and I’m a liberal Protestant. Besides, enough with the whole Britney and Virginity motif; recent reports suggest, that the whole no sex ‘til marriage thing was a clever PR campaign.
Sure, Spears’ acting ability frightens me, but what truly terrifies me is that the producers are taking advantage of someone who clearly has mental health issues. I think we would all agree that Brit-Brit has gone way beyond the unstable person with money euphemism of being “eccentric” and is now displaying some sort of pathology, with her avoidance of court appearances and flashing of her female bits. It’s despicable at best and further damaging to Ms. Spear’s fragile state at worst.
Yes, Spears needs a miracle in her life, it just shouldn’t be the Virgin Birth.
posted December 15, 2007 at 9:26 pm
To Whom It May Concern:
Madonna, lived a wild life style, before she had her children, and she committed to leaving that wild life style into rasing her children and that to me is a 100% turn around for Madonna. She is to be recommended for her efforts. Meanwhile, Brittany Spears has alot of growing up to do before she commits to any type of “parenting” skills. Let a lone committing to having any such type of a serious relationship with any children. Give up the wild lifesyle Brittany and be a better secure role model for your fans, if you want to follow in the image of Madonna or her footsteps as a role model for your fans in the year of 2008. Good luck to you in cleaning up your act with your kids and become the best mom you can be toward them. (if you read these articles at all).
Posted 12/15/07
posted December 17, 2007 at 12:28 pm
You’ve got to be kidding!! Britney Spears as Mary? Even the setting
for the movie is sacraligious.I mean come on “KNOCKED UP IN MARYLAND”?
Those of us who know something about the Bible know that in the end
times sacraligion will be rampant. And this travesty of a movie is
a “prime example” that we’re in the end days!! If my child started
to idolize that “skank” Britney I would give her back to God in a
heartbeat!! We are obligated to fight these “God Bashing Heathens”
both in the church and in the media.
“THINK ABOUT IT CHRISTIANS”
posted December 17, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Talk about disgusting. This girl, plus many in Hollywood make me sick to my stomach. The media thinks we viewers are soooooooooooo interested in Hollywood and what those disgusting human beings do in their everyday life. but I can sit back and put a smile on my face, because when God comes back to this earth, look out Hollywood and sinners, whoppeeeeeeeeee, what a shock they are in for. I hate to even cut the tv on these days, it’s stupid, disgusting people and things that you have to watch on tv these days, well, it’s for morans.
posted December 17, 2007 at 4:06 pm
this is sickening me ! can this women be committed please, she does not want them kids at all !!! she is making a mockery of the judge & court! because why ? cause she can,& no-one does anything about her or her action’s! she has plenty of time to hang out at clubs,drive with them kids& friends hanging out in the car & her house,pumping them up with sugar,candy,junk foods and they already have rotten teeth not caring for them at all to her they are a hiderence that her lawyer’s & nanny take care of & then she is at starbucks the nite before court till late hours but is “under the weather” when she’s due in court, B.S!! she was still in bed !! take them babies away and make her & the young girls that are following her thinking its cool and that children are disposable, see that there ARE consequense’s for their actions in life !!! what a mockery, put her butt in jail for contempt please and just not for 8 hours ,give her 365 days to think about how she is affecting everyones life !!!!
posted December 17, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Britney playing Mary is not that big of a eral
posted December 17, 2007 at 5:46 pm
The role of Britney playing Mary in a movie it not that bad. Maybe this will wake her up and make her a better person. No one knows what she is really going to do and we have not walked in her shoes so we can’t judge her or have no right to judge her. God says to love everyone and not judge people. We have better things to worry about any way.
posted December 17, 2007 at 9:51 pm
You need to lighten up. Britney Spears is a beautiful and talented young woman who’s made a lot of mistakes. She’d be the wrong choice for Mary in a conventional nativity story, but this is satire, and a harmless one at that, I can guarantee you. But how Christian of an attitude is it to just spew hate and her no matter what she does? Also, if you hate her so much, why spend that much time on her?
Oh, and
“If my child started to idolize that “skank” Britney I would give her back to God in a heartbeat!!”
Yikes! What does that mean?!
posted December 18, 2007 at 9:17 am
She needs to grow up and learn about real life befor trying to mock our GOD.
posted December 18, 2007 at 10:42 am
The thought of Britney Spears playing the mother of Jesus is absurd. Considering her lifestyle and problems with custody of her children, she should be the last person to portray Mary. I hope there is something that can be done to stop this from happening.
posted December 18, 2007 at 2:49 pm
I believe Britney is a woman who is trying to escape reality by unappropiate and outlandish behavior. And if playing the Virgin Mary will spark a little fire for Jesus within her soul then I am for it. For Jesus said ” I came to seek that which was lost.
posted December 18, 2007 at 5:00 pm
what a brilliant idea to bring sinners to God’s holylight. it might be subliminal, but did youknow the 80′s pop star nicknamed “madonna” (like a virgin—this used to be my playground) converted many pimps and inner city rif-raf… maybe the idea is a parallel of this.
posted December 18, 2007 at 5:35 pm
BRITNEY NEED TO GROW-UP! THIS IS VERY APOLLING. HER MOTHER OR SOMEONE WHO CARES NEEDS TO SET HER STRAIGHT. IT IS HER FAULT AND NO ONE ELSES BUT HER OWN THAT SHE LOST HER CHILDREN. I’M TIRED OF PEOPLE MOCKING MY GOD AND MY MOTHER MARY. “LEAVE THEM ALONE!” I HAVE 5 CHILDREN AND I KNOW THERE WANTS AND NEEDS COME BEFORE MY OWN. GROW-UP!
posted December 20, 2007 at 12:55 pm
In regard to my comment made on 12/17 I would like to apologize for
lashing out in such a negetive way. My wording was way out of line and
I should have given more thought to what I was saying. But I still
Feel that both Madonna & Britney have a long way to go before I would
see them as positive role models.
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