Glee Director Talks Britney 2.0 Tribute

Glee faced a huge backlash for their Britney 2.0 tribute, if that’s what you want to call it.
Britney’s team is upset about it, fans are pissed and director Ryan Murphy seems to be completely oblivious.

“[It] was my idea. They [Britney's team] never asked me at all. The first episode, we had Britney’s cooperation and she was in it and had approvals and I never wanted to do that again. I thought it would be interesting to do another tribute to her simply because it was a big hit for us but to do it in a different way. I like doing tributes the way we do in this episode; what’s more important are following the characters’ stories or doing another fantasy number or some of that razzmatazz stuff. I suggested it and network liked it because of the Britney tie-in but it was a different way of doing it. I don’t know if she’s seen the episode and I really admire her. I hope she would like it but it was meant to be another type of love letter to her. What Brittany says about her at the end is that Britney Spears’ career is about resiliency and that’s what we say.”

Absolutely, Britney achieved one of the greatest (don’t call it a) comebacks of all time, but having Brittany S Pierce state Britney gives her inspiration versus showing that was their biggest mistake. Instead, they took the easy route.
Lame.