Has time finally caught up with Madonna ? Her career began in the 80s. And from that time on, she constantly beat her time at turns and rushed forward, ahead of the era and setting trends. But now many consider Madonna a star of a bygone era , slowly writing her off. Madonna now never ceases to shock the public, just like in the old days. But the effect is clearly not the same. Although the pop diva should be given her due, it was not for nothing that she became the most commercially successful performer in history. We invite you to remember what Madonna’s path was, how she changed over the years, as well as her main antics.
Are Madonna now and Madonna then different people?
Madonna’s character has always been characterized by audacity . All her life, the pop diva rebelled, amazed, delighted, and also drove representatives of the church to white heat. She could burn crosses, put on a crown of thorns and send to hell those who demanded to excommunicate her from the church. But no matter what this star did with the name of the Virgin Mary, she knew how to be ahead of her time and lead a crowd of fans.
Even as a child, when the singer was just a simple girl Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, she danced on the stage of her Catholic boarding house to the track of The Who. At the same time, she poured fluorescent paint on herself and glowed like a light bulb. And she danced in shorts that looked more like a loincloth. Then Madonna was 14, but she could already put her whole town of Bay City on its ears , which, by the way, the girl called a stinking little town.
Madonna, ballet and body positivity
During Madonna’s youth, society had such idols as Jane Birkin, Farah Fossett, Bianca Jagger. Slender beauties, flexible and fit. Madonna also took up her body and took up ballet . She was literally sweating at the machine. But such zeal for classes was also caused by her unrequited love for the 30-year-old teacher (Madonna was 15).
Now we all know what body positivity is. And during Madonna’s youth, this word sounded like a magic spell, a kind of “expecto patronum.” Even then, Madonna showed that she was born in order to play ahead . She stopped removing body hair and putting on makeup without fear of being considered weird. Only decades later did people pick up this trend, and many now fully embrace body positivity. And Madonna came to this in the last century. By the way, now the icon of this movement is Madonna’s daughter Lourdes .
Madonna’s famous antics
Perhaps one of the most daring things Madonna did was in the early 90s. She was a guest on David Letterman’s Late Night show. Then the pop diva allowed herself to burst into obscenities on air 13 times in 20 minutes. The show’s ratings skyrocketed.
But the singer’s other actions are not inferior to the way she can swear deliciously. Madonna was excommunicated three times, as she stated . Her video Like a Prayer features burning crosses, which caused outrage among clergy. The Vatican called for a boycott of the singer. But burning crosses, as it turns out, are just flowers. Later, Madonna, wearing a crown of thorns, crucified herself on a cross in the Love to Tell video. “Crucifying yourself during a concert in the city of popes and martyrs is an openly hostile act ,” one of the cardinals said then.
In the 90s, the singer went on the Blond Ambition tour. A bed was then installed on stage for her show. And what do you think Madonna did with it ? No, no, I didn’t sleep, I didn’t rest, I didn’t just lie there. She publicly masturbated on this bed. True, the police almost detained her for such a prank. And Madonna had enough such clashes with law enforcement officers.
Sometimes Madonna’s frankness crossed all boundaries. For example, her video work Justify My Love was banned from being shown on TV . But Madonna was not embarrassed by this – she released a line of discs with a video, selling them millions. After all, people watched and wanted to watch more and more. What do you think of Madonna’s star kisses? She kissed Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, and Christina Aguilera on stage. By the way, Madonna has always defended the fact that a person should under no circumstances feel guilty about his orientation. And in one photo, Madonna is riding a dog. This also caused a storm of emotions and discussions in society.
Madonna now
So, like a comet, Madonna rushed through the show business universe for decades. Her style changed, her songs changed, but the rebellious spirit was always present in the pop diva. Her body positivity was replaced by exhausting workouts, and now by a virtual face-to-face. Many people blame Madge for what she did to herself: tense fox eyes and carefully photoshopped photos on the Internet. Someone says that it’s time for her to retire and is slowly writing Madonna off.
But it may turn out that even now Madonna will emerge victorious . After all, if today everyone on the Internet advocates for naturalness, stretch marks and scars that the pop diva so diligently hides, then where is the confidence that tomorrow society will not support total photoshopped virtuality, if the soul requires it? This will not surprise us, because in our time we need to be prepared for anything.
What do you think about today’s Madonna? Has her time passed?
