Britney Spears continues to shock the VMA's audience. During her past performances, she has stripped down to a nude-colored ensemble, kissed Madonna on the mouth, and?in her most iconic performance?carried a giant albino python.
The giant yellow snake, wrapped around her shoulders, became an instant sensation.
As Jonathan Van Meter wrote for Vanity Fair two months after the performance, ?She looked like a cross between Jane of the Jungle and a belly dancer. There was no real news to go with [the coverage of this event], because that was not their point.?
According to Van Meter The media that followed this performance was simply a response to the level of stardom Britney Spears had achieved in the fall of 2001.
What made the VMA performance memorable was not its excellent dance moves, or Britney?s tight and tiny costume, or even the cultural moment in which it happened. What made this performance a sensation was choreographer Wade Robson?s decision to use exotic animals on stage.
