{"id":1549,"date":"2007-12-14T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2007-12-14T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2007\/12\/madonna-madness-britney-spears.html"},"modified":"2007-12-14T11:00:26","modified_gmt":"2007-12-14T11:00:26","slug":"madonna-madness-britney-spears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/12\/madonna-madness-britney-spears.html","title":{"rendered":"Madonna Madness: Britney Spears to Play Virgin Mary?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cBritney’s Next Act — Virgin Mary?\u201d
\nNo, you haven\u2019t had too much eggnog. TMZ.com (via US weekly) is reporting that <a href="“>Britney Spears is being courted to play the mother of Jesus<\/a> in a film satire of the Nativity story.
\nThe film, called \u201cSweet Baby Jesus,\u201d would star Spears as a \u201cpregnant 19-year-old who doesn’t know how she got knocked up, living in a place called Bethlehem, Maryland.\u201d
\nI don\u2019t know what is more disturbing: Spears, the poster-parent for bad mothering, being asked to play the most idealized mother of all time, or the producers of this film asking the former pop-tart to take the role in order to drum up publicity for the project.
\nThis is not provocative casting like Alanis Morrissette — outspoken songstress and child actor — as God in Kevin Smith\u2019s \u201cDogma.\u201d This is pure publicity stunt. Have you seen \u201cCrossroads?\u201d Heck, I\u2019ll call the Catholic League\u2019s Bill Donohue myself to get this offer protested to death.<\/p>\n


\nChances are that Britney will never actually receive an offer from the publicity-seeking producers. But, if she does, someone, anyone, please stop her from taking the role! Sure, it could be an opportunity for Spears to clean up and reinvent herself, playing a gritty, satirical role. Maybe she could pull it off and win a Golden Globe nomination a la Courtney Love.
\nBut, more than likely, playing the Virgin Mary in what is sure to be a B movie may just cause an offended public to lambaste the popster even more than they already do. Even I find the idea distasteful and I\u2019m a liberal Protestant. Besides, enough with the whole Britney and Virginity motif; recent reports suggest<\/a>, that the whole no sex \u2018til marriage thing was a clever PR campaign.
\nSure, Spears\u2019 acting ability frightens me, but what truly terrifies me is that the producers are taking advantage of someone who clearly has mental health issues. I think we would all agree that Brit-Brit has gone way beyond the unstable person with money euphemism of being \u201ceccentric\u201d and is now displaying some sort of pathology, with her avoidance of court appearances<\/a> and flashing of her female bits. It\u2019s despicable at best and further damaging to Ms. Spear\u2019s fragile state at worst.
\nYes, Spears needs a miracle in her life, it just shouldn\u2019t be the Virgin Birth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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