Framing Britney Spears involves the wife of the governor of Maryland, saying she wanted to take a gun and shoot Spears for corrupting children.
Welcome to America. (The wife later said she was joking. It doesn’t seem like it in the footage.)This was back in 2003 when Spears had moved on from her chain store crop tops and hipsters – but not far.
The outfits became more expensive, but the message was the same and it unquestionably had an impact on the way millions of teen- and-tween-agers dressed.
The murder-Britney threat came a few months before British Home Stores launched G-strings for eight-year-olds. Public disapproval was swift and molten and the offending thongs were rapidly withdrawn.
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