Is Madonna too old, or am I?
I took a short break from the rest of the world in late July. My bro gave me a three sentence rundown on what is going on in the middle east to help me get back in touch. It went something like Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped Israeli soldiers, lots of bombing.
It wasn't until I saw this picture earlier this morning that I really got it though. Thank you Madonna for bringing this issue to light and for solving this as only you can- through mediocre, electronically-produced dance music and your hollow, obvious religious symbolism that was provacative about thirty years ago.
I think I get it now. So, through Madonna we can bring together what appears to be two naked dancers. No, wait. I think they are functioning as symbols of the Star of David and, what is that, the Soviet Union? So we should bring the jews back to Eastern Europe and bring back Communism? Oh. that's a muslim symbol I believe. Is this telling us that more muslims and jews should be dancing? Is the answer in the recycling of disco music? This is a tough one to decipher and I for one am outraged that sacred symbols are on the naked, sweaty chest of back-up dancers.
Oh- I get it now that I am calm and able to see the real message of this. She's saying that it's ok to get along no matter what God you worship and dancing is just the medium to get her powerful worldview across. Wow. Leave it to Madonna to still be relevant after all these years!!
posted by Katie @ 10:36 PM
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Let's not forget about her tepid statement during her recent "Confessions" tour where she donned a crown of thorns and mounted a cross. This was truly the yawn-worthy and uninspired act of a smug 13 year old, just like her coffee table book "Sex". But I guess her message is that we can get along no matter what God you worship, so long as it's not a Christian one. This is a common theme in pop culture. Christianity isn't New York enough to be represented on the chest of a hot dancer. Also, you can mock it with impunity and not be called intolerant but at the same time have a veneer of radicalism.
I am reminded of the great stand-up comic Bill Hicks' words to a woman who walked out of his show during a particularly political segment: "Don't like it? Too much to think about? Go to a Madonna concert, you dumb cunt."
Anyway, welcome back Katie. Good to read the old blog again.
Don't let Doug see this, he L-O-V-E-S Madonna! I was looking through his ipod one day and found this little jem of blackmail. When I questioned him about it he said, "I always listen to Madonna while snowboarding, Lucky Star is great to listen to while entering the half pipe."
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