What is Madge good for?(Madonna tanking badly)

National Post ^ | 05/31/04 | Aaron Wherry

[Jhensy]

The payola at MTV has always kept this bloated carcass afloat, while the kids moved on years ago-- see also Michael (& Janet) Jackson, Aerosmith, etc.

Who exactly are the fans of these people anymore? Is there not one journalist willing to investigate why MTV continually promotes these has-beens in their 40s (even 50s) to this day, with no correlation to record sales or popularity?

But now, judging by the number of hip-hop videos one comes across while channel surfing, I wonder how many guns have been put to the heads of MTV execs by people like Suge Knight and Death Row, "requesting" their videos be played ...

[TalBlack]

The only thing Madonna has done is survive. She has no recorded performance that would put the fear of God into ANOTHER performer who had to follow her.

Elvis has many even though he did much that was down right silly. I can't stand Whitney Houston as a singer but it would be easy to put together a reel of clips of her blowing the room away. Ditto ANY performer who has been arioumd as long as Madonna and/or who might be termed "legendary"....you could find SOMETHING to support the title. In Madonna's case I can't think of one performance...not ONE.

[primeval patriot]

Those readers under the age of 18 may have to ask their parents about this, but, believe it or not, Madonna used to be quite shocking. Edgy even.

The good old days. (1984)

[McGavin999]

Madonna is OLD. She never had the kind of talent that would last the test of time, and now the fact that she is old shows even though she desperately tries to hide it. She fools no one.

Madonna will be tossed aside like an old used condom.

[EGPWS]

Her latest tour, not-so-subtly- titled Re-invention, is apparently an orgy of burkas, Bush-bashing, Kabbalah and her greatest hits. Oh, and at one point she straps herself into an electric chair.

One of the traumas that has to be contended with for the popular when they get old without an ounce of conviction, "how do I show that I am still the one when I'm no longer wanted?"

[Rate_Determining_Step]

She's good for us who have a perverse sense of humor who find it amusing to watch an 80's has-been have to try harder and harder to be something she never was.

But, but, but, I heard her on TV! She has a British accent!! She's refined!!!

Ya, right. Flush this annoying, no-talent, turd down the toilet of history.

[NYC Republican]

I think there's only one word that fully describes her... especially in this picture

SKANK!!!

[TBarnett34]

erm, is she popping a squat on stage?

The things people will do to get in the news..

[gargoyle]

...Madge, a crusty, old maid selling some cleaning product on a commercial in the 60s...

[oldironsides]

This aging star left America and lives in England. Not so bad but she bad mouthed the very country that gave her success and money. She is now on tour to make money from the Americans she bad mouthed? Take a hike lady and try to raise money to fund your elitist lifestyle in France. They love America bashers. They have room because they sent Ira Einhorn back.

[THX 1138]

I think I heard Drudge last night say that Madonna reminds him of Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Boulevard".

[IronJack]

Testing with each new album, video or tour the Western world's sexual, religious and political boundaries.

OOOoooooo! Now THERE'S a talent!

Hers was an arsenal of burning crosses, simulated masturbation, virginal squeals, S & M, a black Jesus and a picture book about sex.

See above.

[sharktrager]

I'm kind of surprised that nobody else seems to notice the praise for Michael Moore thrown in to this column

I feel Moore and Madonna are very similar. They are both now just parodies of themselves, yet seem to believe they are enlightened and relevant.

[IronJack]

She seems so proud of her crotch...

It's sound entertainment strategy to play to one's strengths ...

[Trillian]

She's always been an attention whore and always will be.

[Conservative4Ever]

I suggest we take a young person aside and introduce them to true female talent...Lena Horne...Billy Holiday...Ella..the list is long and wonderful. I'm sure the good freepers here can add their own favorites. Let the education begin.

Red

[freeangel]

What was the name of that old Bette Davis movie about that pathetic aging "star"? Madonna is like watching it in real time.

[nonliberal]

What is the only thing to have hit more balls than Pete Rose's bat?

Madonna's chin.

[TrebleRebel]

Whatever happened to Baby Jane?

[Mo1]

"In the creaky song ... dancers sternly march around in military fatigues as images of bloodied and terrified Iraqi children flash on the video screens," reported the New York Daily News.

Ole Madge seems to be our modern day version of Jane Fonda