The Britney Spears Doc That Sparked A Reexamination Of Misogyny, Media Coverage And Complicity
Last month, the documentary “Framing Britney Spears” reignited a cultural conversation about misogyny, the superstars’ treatment by a ruthless tabloid press and the complicity of all of us who consumed the story. We sit down with the director of the doc Samantha Stark as well as Vox writer Constance Grady to dive into the documentary and how it’s forced us to re-examine our treatment of female celebrities in the nineties and early aughts. Guests: Samantha Stark, director of “Framing Britney Spears,” part of “The New York Times Presents,” a series of standalone documentaries currently available to stream on FX and Hulu; she tweets @starksamantha Constance Grady, culture writer for Vox, where her recent piece is “Who is responsible for what happened to Britney Spears?”; she tweets @constancegrady