PriMa-donna: Her Madgesty on a High Horse
Let me start this post by saying I love Madonna. I love her music, I love her new single and I am enthusiastically looking forward to her new CD, which I have already pre-ordered (dropping Nov. 15). And Evita is still one of my all-time favorite movie musicals. (Someday I'll tell you the story of when my ex and I got wasted, put on the Evita DVD and sang the entire soundtrack at the top of our lungs before going to the Pride festival. OK, that was the whole story, really.)
But if you'll pardon me, the lady has gone more than just a little batshit, and I'm tired of all the queens on the ass-kissing fansites who don't even want to countenance the very idea.
The current publicity blitz for Confessions on a Dancefloor and her new documentary, airing tonight at 10 p.m. EDT on MTV, have brought out more of an inner cuckoo than all the clocks in Switzerland.
It's not just the cult she belongs to. Or her oddball, highly restrictive parenting (which is working out so well). But it is the flagrant disregard for the public's desire, the people who buy her albums, to have a celebrity – even a superstar of Madonna's stature – who possesses just an ounce of humility, or at least feigns a "regular gal" persona.
I don't think her interview last night on Letterman will do much to dispel those negatives. Now, the devotees will argue that she is just being genuine and she is not trying to be phony to market herself. Well, if that is true, then she is ... well, sort of a nasty person, relatively speaking.
Sure, she threw a little flirtation Dave's way. But most of the time, she was either a) complaining or b) intimating how much better she is than everyone else.
Madonna maintained that she was an equestrian expert after only a few months of trotting around on her horses in England, even while Dave focused on the injury she suffered in August after being thrown. When Dave finally got her on horseback at the end of the segment, she complained multiple times about being in the wrong shoes, and oddly shared her opinion at least twice, without elaboration, that she hates female horses.
Watch for yourself, and then tell me if she were anyone other than Madonna, the whole "attitude thing" would have consigned her to a life as a second-rate dancer in Rochester Hills. But hey, she's got me writing about her.
[Watch video – WMV format, high bandwidth – low bandwidth not currently available]
oh, jeez, give Madge a break...the clip was completely innocuous and 1000x better than the "seriously, I'm suffocating" fiasco. The fact that she isn't a second rate dance in Rochester Hills and has survived these many decades has probably earned her a bit of attitude. In any case, nobody wants their royalty to be just like them. It defeats the purpose.
So she's weird...we don't buy weird, we buy good music. If the music is good, I'll by the CD.
Posted by: stever | October 21, 2005 at 12:08 PM
I looked for a link to the "suffocating" video -- can anyone help?
Posted by: The Malcontent | October 21, 2005 at 12:31 PM
She is a pompous bitch - but hasn't she always been one? When she gives away all of her money and lives like everyone else ... then I'll buy into her "materialism is evil" routine ... until then its just her next marketing gimick as far as I'm concerned. O, but I still love to dance to the mUsic mister DJ!
Posted by: Paul, Houston TX | October 21, 2005 at 04:11 PM
What I wanna know is . . what's up with the big floppy banana curls on either side of her head? Is that supposed to look good? Back in the day, that's what happen when girls couldn't get their feathering right. And I know, because I'm old!
Posted by: Kitty | October 21, 2005 at 05:10 PM
"...the lady has gone more than just a little batshit..." This coming from a guy who is taking a poll on what to name his cartoon goldfish?
Posted by: Me | October 21, 2005 at 05:15 PM
Well, it is, after all, not a real goldfish, so I guess it would have to be faux dementia.
Posted by: The Malcontent | October 21, 2005 at 05:51 PM
You forgot to bring up her "english" accent! Her and Michael Jackson should go on tour together. Perhaps they could entice the folks from Ripley's Believe it or not to handle the arrangements!
Posted by: Ethan | October 22, 2005 at 01:45 AM
I agree.. she was annoying through this whole interview.
Posted by: Bonnie | October 22, 2005 at 02:02 AM
damn you all, I love her...
Posted by: Igor | October 22, 2005 at 05:15 AM
Nobody else has such a legacy..you try to sell 200 million albums!
Posted by: Gdawg ! | October 22, 2005 at 11:10 AM
Yeah, she tends to excel at everything she does. Like acting, for example. Sheesh.
Posted by: Paolo Colonna | October 24, 2005 at 11:31 AM
Sorry...but i've always hated Madonna...she doesn't have an ounce of talent and yet thinks she's soooooooo important..she makes me sick
Posted by: Maryann | November 06, 2005 at 04:45 PM
Madonna had the coolest shoes on Letterman. Where can I find them???
Posted by: Lori | November 12, 2005 at 10:23 PM
Madonna & Letterman have a long BDSM history... she's always topping him, and I think it's hilarious. There's a few clips of her performing songs over the years on the show with him acting completely nervous & Madge exploiting that with a sly grin and wink for the audience. That's the context in which we should watch this clip. She's not so bad...
Posted by: Kitten | November 22, 2005 at 05:20 PM
Dude the Madonna-Open-the-door-I'm-suffocating video can be seen at this link: http://towleroad.typepad.com/towleroad/2005/05/open_the_door_n.html
She sucks on Letterman because she always tries to outdo him, and it just doesn't work. I wonder how she'd be with Graham Norton. Now the Dame Edna video you posted Matt, I was crying it was so funny....
Posted by: Juan Carlos | February 13, 2006 at 04:57 PM
raro infermiera amore
prodigiosamente ma
felicitous pulcino gruppo
crave fighetta urinate
busty ideal porn star
stravagantemente mature dildo
poor spirited fighette amore
goodly bionde frode
compleanni
attraente naturali
sex piercing
loghi suonerie klima
feticcio femdom
Posted by: Adamus99 | September 12, 2006 at 07:01 AM
It is never okay to lie, sometimes okay to lie
Posted by: university | September 03, 2007 at 08:25 AM
Help the homeless down the street and persuade them to look for work
Posted by: admission | September 30, 2007 at 06:10 AM