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The single great eye of the spaceman´s visor was the most idolized image of America in the 20th century, and Britney Spears´ appearance in her video ´Oops! ... I Did It Again´ is preceded by her spaceman´s discovering a miniature cameo picture or icon of her in the sand, which marks the encounter Christian rather than idolatrous, because such icons are acceptable if spiritually meaningful. Descending inside her giant´s ring at the beginning of the video, Britney represents the marriage of Venus Aphrodite; ´the pearl of great price´ of the Bible: ´woman´s seed´ pearl: ´Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.´ (Matt: 13. 45-6) In terms of ´seed´ pearls, music listeners need look no further than Spears´ symbolic lyrics and video imagery to find wisdom.

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Bright, Robin
Literary critic, SF writer, and producer of commentaries on BritneySpears´ career, songs and videos, e.g., May 2014´s e-zine, SurprisingStories # 36 (ed. John Thiel), ´SF Music and Heinlein: Hot Gossipfeaturing Sarah Brightman´s Starship Trooper and Britney Spears´ Oops!... I Did It Again´.

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