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				This anime superheroine isn't the latest Japanese import, it's Britney Spears, restyled into an assassin/spy/freedom fighter from a future dystopia for her next music video, "Break The Ice." Britney's <em>Aeon Flux</em> riff makes her just the latest over-produced, programmed and processed songstress to reach for a dystopian future image, after Janet Jackson's <a href="http://jezebel.com/336467/janet-jackson-literal-living-doll">much-maligned</a> depiction as an airbrushed bondage robot. Click through for more images of animated Britney and the dark cityscape she protects.				<a href="http://io9.com/366739/britney-spears-is-our-future-champion" title="Click here to read more about Britney Spears Is Our Future Champion">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:20:23 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Jane Anders]]></dc:creator>
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