Inapt Analogies

Now, usually we love multimedia art and progressive politics, but leave it up to increasingly annoying legend Madonna to combine the two in such a ham-handed, pointy-breasted way that it makes us shake our heads, sigh and reconsider our views on censorship.

Madonna, who turned 50 this month, kicked off her Sticky & Sweet Tour on Saturday night at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The BBC reported that the two-hour show took a political turn when, in a lead-in to a remixed version of “Like a Prayer,” a video sequence showed flashing images of destruction followed by pictures of Hitler, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and then Senator John McCain.

Later, footage of Barack Obama was interspersed among images of Gandhi and John Lennon.

Aug 25, 2008 · posted by Cord Jefferson, MollyGood · Link · 18 Responses
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Comments (18)

No. 1 hms says:

She's an idiot.

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 9:19 am
No. 2 Chelsea says:

Well, he DID order the extermination of six million Jews, but Fox News wouldn't report it.

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 9:25 am
No. 3 Victoria says:

I don't get all the hype about Madonna

1. She isn't a great singer.

2. She isn't a great dancer….

3. But she IS one clever business woman.

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 9:30 am
No. 4 BunchOfFives says:

Yep, That's Madonna for you: "I may be 50, but I'm still up to date, edgy and relevant to the youth of today. Oh, and here's my Vulva. Again."

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 9:40 am
No. 5 sar says:

Wow, for 2 guys who have yet to show what they would actually do as president, people sure are buying into the hype.

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 9:51 am
No. 6 ilnazhad says:

I don't even think she's a good businesswoman. Some things are just chance.
PS
My friend, Bronwyn Malloy, has an uncle who was in the music scene when Madonna was just starting out. He got asked to play with her, and he and his friends kept making fun of her for being "some loser pretending they are talented in a basement." He's so fucking jealous now.

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 9:56 am
No. 7 sar says:

She's a phony, but she's a real phony, because she honestly believes all the stuff she talks about.

Not to compare her to Holly Golightly too much but it seems to fit.

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 10:14 am
No. 8 killorn says:

Personally, I like my politics with a side of crotch. I wish I could vote simply by yelling into Madonna's vagina.

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 10:40 am
No. 9 Keeblerkahn says:

Cardiff Huh. I bet Captain Jack was in the audience. The gays just love them some Madge.

An interesting idea Killorn. I'm just not sure if I want to get my face that close to geriatric labia. And then there is the echoing problem. I'm guessing it would be like screaming my vote into the grand canyon.

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 11:00 am
No. 10 brenda walsh says:

Because I care about the political views of a woman who is constantly gyrating her geriatric labia all over the place in shiny bodysuits and cone bras and fake British accents.

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 11:01 am
No. 11 brenda walsh says:

I should have gone for more alliteration and said "gyrating her geriatric genitalia" but I missed it.

*sigh* I love alliteration

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 11:02 am
No. 12 bedbugsandballyhoo says:

"BOO!" "Get off the stage, you old hack!"

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 11:20 am
No. 13 Cait says:

I love the Torchwood reference, my sweet.

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 12:23 pm
No. 14 Keeblerkahn says:

I was hoping someone would get the Torchwood reference. :)

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 12:31 pm
No. 15 Stoney says:

Is it any surprise that Madonna is breathtakingly ignorant while at the same time convinced of her own enlightenment?

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 12:38 pm
No. 16 Kelly Taylor says:

She is a nut job anymore..I never thoght the day would come when I would find her irratating and irrelevant..but she is…Put some effing clothes on and get gone! Her music sucks anymore and she is soooooo ignorant and ridiculous…

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 1:41 pm
No. 17 Cait says:

As for the actual post, Cord, I agree.

Here's another bit of crazy: I'm sure Madonna assumed that it was clever to feature harbingers of peace like Lennon and Ghandi…but they were actually murdered, weren't they? Is she trying to be weirdly prescient?

'Cause that's just creepy.

I'm all for freedom of expression, but comparing someone to Hitler just because of their political leanings (facts notwithstanding) is an example of irresponsible use of foot-in-mouth syndrome. Case in point? Michael Moore and John Kerry's campaign.

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 2:51 pm
No. 18 Lisa (#1) says:

Haven't we all talked about how much we love Captain Jack HOTness? Uh, because if not, let me grab an International Coffee - I will be here a while.

Posted: Aug 25, 2008 at 5:11 pm
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