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Citation:

Grigoriadis, Vanessa. “The Tragedy of Britney Spears.” Rolling Stone (2008): 46-56. PDF file.

Paraphrase:

According to Grigoriadis, Britney Spears has left her old image for good. It was only an image, not the real Britney. In fact, she wants nothing to do with the old Britney. The world only thought that she was “America’s sweetheart”, but in reality she is “an inbred swamp thing” (par. 10). She yells curse words at reporters and screams at fans who simply want a picture with her. Spears does not follow social norms by any means. She blatenly ignores Los Angeles’ Superior Court rules by skipping her court hearing over custody of her children. Spears disregards what anyone thinks of her and does not have a care in the world, even when the world is watching her life crumble to pieces.

Original text:

If there is one thing that has become clear in the past year of Britney's collapse — the most public downfall of any star in history — it's that she doesn't want anything to do with the person the world thought she was. She is not a good girl. She is not America's sweetheart. She is an inbred swamp thing who chain-smokes, doesn't do her nails, tells reporters to "eat it, snort it, lick it, fuck it" and screams at people who want pictures for their little sisters. She is not someone who can live by the most basic social rules — she is someone who, when she has had her one- and two-year-old sons taken completely out of her care, with zero visitation rights, appeared at Los Angeles' Superior Court to convince the judge to give her kids back, but then decided not to go inside, and she's someone who did this twice. She's the perfect celebrity for America in decline: Like President Bush, she just doesn't give a fuck, but at least we won't have to clean up after her mess for the rest of our lives.