Answer the question – Britney Spears
Her latest video has been slammed for being too sexy for her young audience. This week we ask: Britney Spears: Barbie doll or a serious artist?
| Britney says: ‘I don't believe in pre-marital sex,’ but the way she dances in her video says the complete opposite. |
Britney cares more about her money than what young children think of her. I saw her once in a newspaper and she was almost naked and I was shocked because I used to really like her. When you see her posing naked it bothers me because on TV she acts like she's so nice, but when you see her in the newspapers naked you think: 'what?'
Loui-Marie Ebanks, 12
She's a Barbie doll. When she first started she was the teenage girl with a good voice. But recently, she has started to wear slutty clothes. She should realise that young girls are watching her and wishing that they could be super thin and wear torn clothes. Girls shouldn't have a role model like this. What really annoys me, is when she says: "I don't believe in pre-marital sex," but the way she dances in her video says the complete opposite.
Keshia Harvey, 13
Britney Spears is a bit serious and a bit Barbie doll. When she's making music, she's taking it seriously - most artists do. The thing that makes her look like a Barbie doll is the way she dresses. I like her new video but she's hardly anything on and the video has nothing to do with the song. I think it is just a way to show off her body. She is making girls think, if you aren't slim, you're not as pretty as I am.
Benjamina Avro-Owiriwa, 13
She's too stuck up and she thinks that she's really good. She thinks that she's sexy but she's not. All the boys like her because of her clothes and she always dyes her hair and now she looks like a Barbie doll. I think she's had plastic surgery, which, if it's true, is a stupid thing to do.
Cere Ebanks, 9
She's getting to big for her boots. Britney thinks she's grown-up and can do what she wants, but she can't because little girls will try and dress like her and she's setting a bad example. If she wants to show off that's her business but little kids follow her. She should be able to dress how she wants but should be careful too. She's not quite a Barbie doll but she's too full of herself.
Danyel Edwards, 14
Blonde hair and big breasts, yes she does look like a Barbie doll. But Britney has broken the mould and actually does possess some talent. She can definitely dance as her performance at the Video Music Awards proved. Ms Spears can hold a note, maybe not for long, but long enough for her to have the amount of world-wide success she's had. She may not be the best artist, but she's serious about what's she's doing.
Della Hicks-Wilson, 15
About the team
The Answer the question panel are members of Children's Express London bureau. This column was published as part of Teen Talk, the Children's Express page in New Nation.
