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The point of the #FreeBritney movement was to finally acknowledge that this woman genuinely needs help.
Do these documentaries actually help?
In the case ofControlling Britney Spears, the answer is yes.
(Not a legal expert, but this certainly seems like a violation of attorney-client privilege!)
Britney vs. Spears has a harder time contextualizing and making these broader connections.
The result is a piece thats more personal, but also not as rigorous and objective.
Carr and Eliscu are open about their admiration of Spears and personal investment in telling this story.
Lutfi implies that he became the perfect scapegoat for instituting the conservatorship.
ButBritney vs. Spearsdoes not dig deeper into this allegation or ask truly hard questions of Lutfi.
But it also doesnt connect the dots in the way the New YorkTimesdocumentaries do.
