Once upon a time—-as a teenager, thirty years ago— I thought Madonna was cool. The first concert I attended was her Who’s That Girl Tour and I found her to be fun, edgy and a commanding performer.
Now I view her as a tragic figure and think her influence on popular culture is ruinous. It’s a pity that we live in a shameless, superficial world obsessed with sex and celebrity where the number of followers you have on social media and surgically enhanced bodies are a measure of success.
And, because she’s terribly vain and lacks self knowledge, if anyone critiques her, she cries : sexism and ageism!
But, this is not a male/female thing, it’s about dignity, integrity. True artists evolve; real talent is ageless.
Madonna is a one trick pony —trading in sex and shock tactics — and desperate for attention, by any means necessary.
True ageism is for a woman, like Madonna who is 63 years old, to have her last 3 or 4 boyfriends be 20-30 years younger than she is. But she lacks the humility and depth to recognize how terrified she is of aging & plays the victim.
Okay, rant over. I’ll leave you with this pathetic picture recently posted on her Instagram account — this from a mother of 6 children…
