Critical Correspondence
Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott

“Adrienne: So, because we are conducting an interview, you must tell me some things about it. What are the basics?

Neal: The most basic thing is that it is built around Britney Spears. All the songs are Britney Spears songs, save one. When I started making it, I was interested in some old punk rock performers like GG Allen and particularly Darby Crash—the idea of people who are professional maniacs. That’s their job, to fall apart.

Adrienne: Now all I can think about is new terms for what you call yourself: professional maniac that conducts office party events.

Neal: I was also interested in teenage stuff. Originally, I was mixing up Britney Spears and Hannah Montana. And now, I’ve split them into two parts. So this is part one of what will be a two-part show. The structure of the show is that I start out completely destroyed, and I get more and more pulled together as the show goes on. So that at the end of the show, I’m as pulled together as I can possibly be, as Britney Spears. Also, as I was getting into her, I was realizing the whole thing now with her fans—they have gotten into her since she’s been crazy. They don’t remember young teenage Britney. They really only know crazy Britney and that’s what they identify with.”

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