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Published Friday, October 22, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

While true creativity often goes unheralded or underappreciated (see Ray Charles), popular culture can go overboard the other way, too -- hype and hyperbole for those who do not deserve it or who have yet to earn it. For the prosecution: Britney Spears, who has written a letter to her fans to say another temporary goodbye. As Britney is an apparent Bush supporter, it's odd she didn't use the phrase "it's hard work" in describing her trials and tribulations as a child star.