Britney Spears hasn't been able to fully live her own life for 13 years, stuck in a court-sanctioned conservatorship. A new documentary by The New York Times examines what the public might not know about the pop star's court battle with her father for control of her estate. It also explores the fervent fan base that is convinced Spears should be liberated from the conservatorship, and re-examines the media's handling of one of the biggest pop stars of all time.
It's vertigo-inducing knowing that the seeds of Spears' ascent were planted on the Mickey Mouse Club revival and, decades later, another arm of the proverbial mouse house (FX) is litigating what the ensuing years hath wrought. Bone-chilling story of overt misogyny notwithstanding, the mere existence of this documentary is an eerie cipher for the ever-grinding gears of the entertainment industry itself.
The '90s Club was actually filmed on a soundstage in Disney World that was razed to build Galaxy's Edge. So, if you ever find yourself in the middle of Star Warslandiverse, you're also standing on the ground where Britney Spears' career was born.