This article is in response to Australian journalist Rebekah Devlin’s editorial on ThePunch, titled “Read My Lips: The Truth About Britney”.
Rebekah Devlin has every right to offer her opinion, and with experience of 6 years in the business we are not one to question this, however the story that was first written by Ms Devlin on Friday night/Saturday morning was not written as an opinion piece. It was written as a news story, and came across like EVERYONE who saw the Britney Spears concert thought the exact same thing as these 25+ people who left early. 25 people out of almost 20,000. It almost appears to have been written to spark controversy and outrage.
Good reporting is investigating further into it. Waiting until the concert was over, then asking another 25 people what they thought, and reporting on that. Did they all think the concert was bad, and why? These people who left the concert because they were “outraged” by Britney miming I don’t get. Do they not know what Britney did before they purchased the tickets. From what I was told today, alot of people who paid for the cheaper tickets wanted to go to see what all the hype was about. Fans knew what they were in for – take a look at this Channel 10 report.
How Ms Devlin came to the conclusion from only 25 people walking out early meant that everyone hated the show is just incorrect, and isn’t factual at all. She defends her journalistic integrity in her soapbox rave, but she wrote the news article with every intention to make it negative. If she was a fan, like she said herself, then she would’ve looked further into her research. Ask 25 more people when they came out – who actually saw more than 2 songs before walking out. What’s the saying? Never judge a book by it’s cover? Why judge the concert only after a short period of time?
We do acknowledge that reviews on the first show were very divided. Many people who attended couldn’t see Britney – who they had paid alot of money to see – because they were too far from the stage, or they expected alot more – and thought that Britney didn’t interact enough with the audience. Maybe she didn’t, and maybe that is something that needs to be looked at. It’s all constructive criticism. Her lip-synching should not even be questioned here, as Britney has always been known to do this. She dances and covers more of a stage than both Pink and Beyonce – both of their stages were back against the wall of the arena, not in the centre.
In the end people will believe and say what they want – and that’s their choice.
The Australian fans – the people who go the fan sites, who buy her music, who listen to her songs – loved the show. That is what matters here, and we all need to remember that here on gimmeBRITNEY and all the other fan sites around the world.
Let’s leave it there and enjoy the next show in the Circus tour – Melbourne.
