Madonna withdraws anti-war message

Townhall.com ^ | April 7, 2003 | Suzanne Fields

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

The material girl withdrew her antiwar video in which she bravely threw a hand grenade at George W. Bush. Well, at his lookalike. (He has lookalikes just like Saddam Hussein. Cute.) He catches it and pulls the pin and it turns into a cigarette lighter. He lights his cigar with it.

In an MTV interview she characterizes this as reflecting her pacifism. "The one who catches it," she says, "takes something that could be violent and destructive and takes the destruction out of it by turning it into something else." (Really cute. The material girl is deep, very deep.)

But she thought again about the impact of that message. She cancelled the American release because it was "inappropriate" at this time: "Due to the volatile state of the world and out of sensitivity and respect to the armed forces, I do not want to risk offending anyone who might misinterpret the meaning of this video." Due to the volatile state of the market, she didn't want to risk a negative impact on sales, either. Where patriotism fails, the marketplace prevails.

[Arkinsaw]

Really cute. The material girl is deep, very deep.)

LOL

[Mo1]

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[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I was afraid to post the whole thing due to the Tribune Services line at the bottom, but here's another excerpt:

Baby boomers' babies are rebelling against their parents' permissiveness and liberalism. The (anti) hero of their parents' generation was the spoiled brat portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate." The boomers' children prefer Tom Cruise as "Top Gun." They don't want a "Black Hawk Down" on their conscience.

The conservatism of the young reflects an increased respect for the ideals of their country, together with a craving for real information. The young have absorbed distorted history from popular songs and movies and a lot of them know it. An annual "report card" reveals that 57 percent of 12th graders have less than a basic level of knowledge of history.

This may be changing, too. An "Idea of America" essay contest, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, drew 1,300 11th-grade participants. Morghan Transue, 17, won first prize. She expresses the tone and tint of the essay in her very first sentence.

"In a nation established by peoples of differing languages, ethnicities, and religions, Americans find unity in the democratic principles of the founding fathers; principles that united the thirteen colonies after the American Revolution and continue to unite American during such crises as the attacks of Sept. 11."

Someone ought to send a copy to Madonna. She should read it.

[PistolPaknMama]

"Due to the volatile state of the world and out of sensitivity and respect to the armed forces, I do not want to risk ...

Translation: due to the backlash toward the Dipsy Chicks, and other really cool famous people like me, and respect to the armed forces, I did not want to risk my career, or what's left of it."

[Restorer]

Someone ought to send a copy to Madonna. She should read it.

You're assuming she has that capability.

[GrandmaPatriot]

Per Bill O'Reilly, she only pulled it in the US. Still showing in Germany and probably France.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Of course, wouldn't you know?!

[upchuck]

Far as I know, anything on Town Hall can be posted complete on FR.

Admin, what ya say?

[Looking4Truth]

It's imMATERIAL what you have to say about world events, GIRL.

We can thank our LUCKY STARs that most people are seeing that as well.

Although a lot of people's brains are on HOLIDAY, the CHEMICAL REACTIONs are occuring in more people every day.

So, no matter how you hollywood types try to JUSTIFY your opinions, MY flyover country-ass LOVEs to see the facade cracking on you false idols.

[Conservative4Ever]

Baby boomers' babies are rebelling against their parents' permissiveness and liberalism. The (anti) hero of their parents' generation was the spoiled brat portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate." The boomers' children prefer Tom Cruise as "Top Gun." They don't want a "Black Hawk Down" on their conscience.

Something about this grates..and I hope I can express my thoughts...the liberal baby boomers all assume that other baby boomers think like them. Not realizing that there are others in this world who do not think like them.i.e. conservatives, and surprise, the prodigy of these conservatives are very much like their conservative parents, and have been all along. What conceit to think the rest of the world follows lock step with their liberal ideology. But, their world is crumbling around them so who cares.

[Looking4Truth]

"Per Bill O'Reilly, she only pulled it in the US. Still showing in Germany and probably France."
This I don't doubt. American Tee Vee is the most 'sanitized for your protection' in the world.

[DBtoo]

I just wish she would go away. She should have hung it up years ago.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Does she even do concerts any more? If so, who bothers going to them?!

[GrandmaPatriot]

This I don't doubt. American Tee Vee is the most 'sanitized for your protection' in the world.

SHE pulled it herself, not US TV. Seems she can't take the heat she would get from here.

[girlscout]

"She cancelled the American release because it was "inappropriate" at this time"

Does this mean her video will still be released in other countries?

[Extremist]

I do not want to risk offending anyone

Pass the barf-bag please.

[ErnBatavia]

Madonna, you're known by the company you keep....

[alloysteel]

D*mned straight Madonna withdrew her "message". It wasn't playing anyway, even among a large part of her fan base. The war that is going on, is in a major way, to protect her right to produce the outrageous and near-pornographic epics she seems to specialize in. Al-Qaeda wouldn't tolerate her antics five minutes, no matter how much she may pander to them now.