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‘Britney vs Spears’ Director on Why She Plans to Stay With Pop Star’s Story “For the Rest of My Life”

Erin Lee Carr is ready for a nap. On Tuesday, Netflix debuted her documentary Britney vs Spears about the life and tangled conservatorship of Britney Spears on the eve of what turned out to be a life-changing hearing for the pop star as her father was suspended from the constrictive 13-year arrangement. Carr had been […]

Critic’s Notebook: How the Britney Spears Documentaries Reveal an American Obsession

A couple of new investigative projects about the pop singer make clear that when it comes to the nation’s fascination with her life, little has changed.

Netflix’s Britney Spears Doc: 12 Revelations From ‘Britney vs Spears’

In the opening minutes of her new Netflix documentary, Britney vs Spears, filmmaker Erin Lee Carr reveals the initial intentions of the project. “Two years ago, I began making a movie about Britney Spears with Jenny Eliscu,” she states of her colleague, a journalist, radio host and onetime Rolling Stone contributing editor. “The movie was […]