Britney Spears’ Promotes Potentially Abusive Relationships in Her Song,

Britney Spears Promotes Potentially disgraceful Relationships in Her Song, Baby, One More TimeIn her Top 10 hit . . . Baby, One More Time, Britney Spears posits the melodic phrases persona as a passive naf. Continual references to blindness and hitting transform the song from a teen-targeted summer pop tune into ideology enslaving spring chicken women into dangerous, constrictive views of relationships--and themselves. Using feminist and Lacanian theory allows us to see the verbalizers entrance into the Symbolic and the problems thereof. The speaker unit rues over a alter love affair. She (although arguable, this critic finds the speakers notion of and adherence to sex activity roles distinctly female) supplicates for a sign of his (again, heterosexuality is an assumption make for the sake of discussion) persevering proclivity. This sign is to come in the form of a hit. References to the speakers death (killing me) ar frequent, as are other indications of mistreatment. The speaker begins addressing baby, her lover. She claims ignorance of the troubled relationship, thus displaying her quiescent predisposition how was I supposed to know / that somethin wasnt right here. Because of her passivity, she appears as an innocent victim. The poor, confounded speaker is not to be blamed for anything. One might escort a little girl shrugging her shoulders and asking, what could I do? when caught eating a whole cake. This denial of responsibility is commonly seen on The Jerry Springer orient when someone maintains, I didnt mean to have an affair. It just happened. Placing the locale of control outside oneself causes one to naturally become a victim. and the speaker seems apprehensive in her inveterate paralyzed role. She pro... ...song might prepare? By attempting to erase the hit me, someone tried to cover up the overtones of violence. Yet simply changing the title cannot efface the masochism and vapidity of the songs speaker. The speakers complete yield of self to a potentially abusive lover is deleterious for teens still forming an identity, especially those pursuance guidance and advice about sexual relationships. The effects of Spears song remain to be seen yet this critic feels that the message sent is a harrowing one. The speakers recognition of self-worth cannot eventuate too quickly. plant CitedHaywood, Susan. Key Concepts in Cinema Studies. Routledge London, 1996. Spears, Britney. . . . Baby, One More Time. . . .Baby, One More Time. Audio CD. BMG 1999. Works Consulted Lacan, Jacques. Ecrits A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. Tavistock London, 1977.