“But there’s nothing subversive about “Teenage Dream.” Perry’s notion of how teenage girls behave – or what they want from their pop music – is pretty depressing. It shares a lot in common with the major-label executive who once said he signed Britney Spears so he could market her not just to the overdriven libidos of adolescents but to the dirty imaginations of older men.”
Kot’s always great, but could this review get any more perfect? This is how to do it - justified savagery, not self-important snark. And it sums up her schtick so well no one else may ever have to talk about her again.
