I was just reading a review of the recent extremely orchestrated introspective documentary “Britney: For the Record” after catching it on Sunday and was happy to know I was not the only one who came away with the same impression. There were many typically pivotal moments, including the juxtaposition of the I-do-not-know-why-people-complain-about-being-a-celebrity bit that told the audience that she is not spoiled with the I-am-going-to-complain-errr-explain-why-it-is-so-hard-to-be-a-celebrity bit that confirmed she is.

I do not understand why people feel that if they qualify that they understand something is wrong that they then can go and say or do the exact thing they were condemning. Is not that the exact thing that makes sociopaths so dangerous, that inability to truly moralize their actions? Is Britney, then, a pop sociopath? Is Madonna the queen pop sociopath? The answer is, of course, yes.

There several other wonderful moments. She said that after KFed and her split she let bad people into her life. Wait a minute…worse than KFed? Worse than a white go with dreds?

This was truly just a ploy to launch her new album Circus and her new tour, called The Circus: Starring Britney Spears.

The aptly named album, meant to describe her life and announce her return to the touring stage after four years of calamity, is actually a pretty genius, though tried, move. The cool of the cool know how to own embarrassment. Like Adam Sandler in Billy Madison wetting himself to save a friend from public shame (“Yes. You ain’t cool, unless you pee your pants”), Britney Spears is taking that shame and spinning it into something positive for her.

You cannot truly judge Britney Spears as a sympathetic character or a mother of two. She is a pop star, judging her by her actions would be like judging her by her music. The power of the pop star is in the show. They are like actors, only some people think that their album cover is a true representation of the performer.

There is no shame in suspending belief and finding her entertaining. People do it for movies and television. If you like the alternative reality for a few hours, then by all means enjoy it when the tour starts in March…I just ask that you do not think that any of it is real.