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Spamalot stops laughing at Britney

February 13, 2008 |  8:27 am
Spamalot I've been lucky enough to be able to avoid writing about Britney Spears of late. Thankfully, Spears has made it easy for me by not being in Vegas recently. Considering her history of drama and histrionics in Vegas, that is probably one of her saner choices these days.
 
But at Wynn Las Vegas each night, the show Spamalot has a joke about the deeply troubled pop star. The actress who plays the Lady of the Lake character, a sort of parody of an Andrew Lloyd Webber diva, worries about being replaced by Britney Spears. In the Vegas production of Spamalot, the line would be delivered with the Lady of the Lake actress miming cutting off all of her hair, an obvious reference to Spears. But all that changed last week.
 
Apparently, the horrid tale of Spears' life has become too much for the whimsical humor of Monty Python. The BBC is reporting that director Mike Nichols, along with creator Eric Idle, made the change in Spamalot last week. "We think it is now too sad," Idle told the BBC.
 
Also sad is that the replacement joke is sort of lame, removing Spears name in favor of Posh Spice. Does anyone really worry about losing a job to Posh Spice? Does Paris Hilton's name have too many syllables?
(Photo by Sarah Gerke)
 

 


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Britney needs to read the new book FREE MIND FREE BODY by D. R. Boisse she would learn to free her mind and body from negative thoughts and emotions and gain some control over her life and build up her self-efficacy. I bought a copy of Free Mind Free Body on Amazon.com the links to buy it are at www.freemindfreebody.com. Its a great motivational and inspirational book.

I think it was a wise choice to change the script, even in favor of a lesser joke, due to the extremely sad condition of Spears life. Somebody needs to put those kids first.



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