Britney Spear's career resurrection required a little something extra, and since its clearly not talent, her "people" instead relied on what worked in the past--controversy.
If that doesn’t spell trouble, then pay a little more attention to Britney’s snappy lyric, as she claims “All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to If You Seek Amy.” This lyric doesn’t make any grammatical sense, until you read it phonetically. She’s spelling out the F-bomb.
That's it? Sounds like she's reformed if anything, considering that the last controversial thing she did was flash her genitalia for the paparazzi. Frankly, I think a return to innuendo would be a good sign for the culture right now. Have you listened to any rap music lately? Innuendo is infinitely preferable to frontal assault.
I suspect much of the outrage comes from the fact that the political polarization of the country reflects a cultural divide far more than a philosophical one. Consider Christian Bale's recently released rant over a disruption in a scene he was filming. Bale apparently only knows one adjective, and uses it liberally when he's upset, which I think is actually an improvement over the way some people in certain parts of the country use it casually in normal conversation. I think this particular line was the most ironic.
"We are effing done professionally..."
I eschew the use of vulgar language (for the most part) not because I think if morally offensive, but because its so ridiculous. Most of us already assume that actors are morons, so Bale doesn't do his image any favors by demonstrating his ineloquence and dearth of wit.
I suspect that Bale would have been much more effective if he had simply stopped the scene, addressed the offender by name and asked, "Is there something we can help you with? Did you lose something? Can we help you find it? No, no, please go ahead and do what you need to do--we'll wait right here until you're done. Oh, you found it? I'm so pleased. I'm sorry, but I don't recall you name. What it is that you do here? Have you been doing that long? I see. Well if you don't mind, we'd like to get back to filming this scene if that would be convenient. Yes, the lighting change is much better, Thank You...."
I guarantee you that guy will never move a muscle during a scene ever again. You also get the added bonus that he gets to wear the asshat while Bale would have emerged with his image unscathed, and perhaps even enhanced.
Using the sexual act as a universal adjective goes almost unnoticed in the liberal Northeast, but don't try it in the more civilized parts of the country. I had the illuminating experience of visiting Philadelphia for a couple of days, and then immediately flying to Huntsville, Alabama. Lots of effing this and effing that in Philly, but not once in Huntsville-Decatur--not once! Instead I got those delightful southern metaphors and similes I like so much like, "You look rode hard and put up wet," which in Philadelphia would be, "you look effing wasted..."
Yeah, no contest.
