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Jul 24 2012, 08:37 PM
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Rock Star From Mars
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She says folks watch Madonna movies in Oz - is she sure? We sure don't watch them in the USA, and folks in Britain don't watch them. 
Like A Loser- July 25, 2012 - 12:16PM
by Paula Joye
I hate eating my own words but that sound you can hear is me, munching on a big bowl of O.P.I.N.I.O.N. Like anything you re-heat this dish is best served fresh. Second day it’s not particularly palatable. A bit dry, a little chalky – I’m washing it down with a large glass of Mea Culpa.
I wrote an open letter to Madonna early this year ["Desperately Seeking Redemption"]. In said missive, I emphatically, passionately and resolutely defended the Material Girl and her right to wear leotards, cartwheel across the stage and be sexy dammit. I based my argument on the sole fact that she is Madonna and I’ve loved her forever.
Perhaps I should have used a different measure because my feelings have changed considerably since I wrote that column. I almost want to hand in my lifetime membership to the Madonna Army. I can’t march to her tune anymore. At least not the one she’s currently whistling. Her actions in the last couple of weeks have made me cringe. Sad. Angry. She's forced me to devour past words and it’s not a sandwich - it’s a three course meal.
Entrée: The Boob
Did she really need to pull out her boob? It’s so 1998.
[snip the rest of the "boob" portion - please click link above to read entire editorial]
Main Course: The Gun
This is the part where she really lost me. Really. Lost. Me. The part where she marched onto the stage brandishing a pistol while her back-up singers toted machine guns. She held one to her head, pointed it at the audience, the drummer … Hahahahahaha. Not.
It’s a gun. You’re a mother. You should know better. What makes it worse is that the Scottish police requested that Madonna remove the prop guns from her performance out of respect for the laws and the massacre (Dunblane) that created them. She didn’t.
I’m sure she'd argue civil liberty and some political/tedious/meaning to the act but all I see is an irresponsible and reckless grab for attention. The fact that she still hasn’t removed this element from her show in the wake of the Aurora massacre goes far beyond insensitivity and has zero to do with censorship. Madonna has either truly lost touch or is so obsessed with staying relevant that she’s forgotten all the good her power has achieved.
I’m certain that the young Madonna, the courageous Madonna would be shaking her head at this play.
Dessert: The Snub
She’s not coming to Australia. Again. Can’t be bothered. We’re too far away. We buy her songs, watch her movies and yet, she’s not coming.
[snip]
Madonna: you need to give the sexual shtick a rest. Please. Just put your boob and your bottom away. It’s boring now. You pioneered these moves back when it was something that could be pioneered. Now there’s a nipple on every channel on every television in every country. Leave it to The Snookis and rise above it.
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Jul 25 2012, 07:33 PM
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Desperately Seeking Clarity
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Like A Loser is such a great title for her next album! 
I think the whole hydrangeas thing, the Gaga 'reductive' comment, and things along those lines really turned people off. I think MDNA could've sold 800,000 at least in the US had Madonna not made those comments and rude remarks.
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