Madonna is on the Today Show right now, talking about how she didn't expect to be "demonized" regarding her adoption of an African baby. Oh, look! She's all teary-eyed as she talks about young David's medical condition.Whatever.
She's done bisexual chic. She's done her SEX book. She's tried Broadway. She's tried movies. She's been an angry ex-Catholic and a follower of Kaballah. She's been a cone-wearing strumpet and a Burberry-clad children's book author. Now she's Mia Farrow-cum-Angelina Jolie. I simply cannot take her seriously. I never have.
She just told Meredith Vieria that people like me "must" take her seriously.
Sorry, no.
She's not an artist. She has no unique voice or compelling POV. She's a marketer. I work in advertising, so I grant her my grudging admiration for her gift for getting ahead of trends and reinventing herself. But that makes her as artistically valid as a light beer. In terms of her musical "product" and her public persona, I find her annoying and frivolous. She may be wealthy and successful, but (yawn) she's not powerful enough to make this old broad take her seriously.
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