IUC Fashion: Madonna tries hard to replace Wacko Jacko as no.1 Pop Royalty
It is rare for a star’s career to come full circle, especially one as growth-driven and successful as Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone’s. But if one harkens back to her first major hit, Like a Virgin, the concept of a career course with an aureole-
shaped architecture is much more feasible. In fact, one might say, Madonna currently is much more Like a Virgin than ever before.
How is it even possible to put forth a statement like the one above, when Madonna so clearly has taken every form (cylindrical or otherwise) up every part of her body that even resembles an orifice over and over and over again? The answer quite simply comes from recent photos revealing her to be so bizarrely embalmed even Madame Tussaud’s wax museum would send the freak packing.
So Madonna finally looks bad and has a chance to pour his proverbial splooge on her, call her a sea-hag and leave that uninteresting scapegoat Rumer Willis alone for a day. But why all of a sudden has Madonna – a woman so perfectly in control that homos of the world lie at her feet, begging her to give up her powers of anal retention – allowed herself to melt like the Wicked Witch of the West in front of her blind-sided public? The answer, silly, silly people, is that she hasn’t.
Anything Madonna does, Madonna does. Which means, even if Ms. Ciccone has metamorphosed from Marilyn Monroe on a particularly pill-less and fit day to Jack-o on a day that he leaves the salon to take a call from Macaulay Culkin’s kid before the colourist has a chance to remove his toner, the look is intentional. The continually transformative Madonna has never been one for making baby steps in her career. Her looks have gone from lacey-virgin to conical-breasted dominatrix to cowgirl to disco queen to downright whore. And now she is so plastic and impenetrable, so Kaballistically creepy that even Ron Jeremy wouldn’t f…ck her.
Madonna, Like a Virgin, has sealed herself up for good and who knows what’s next for her? Her style choices of late seem to beckon the Beat It culture of the 80’s…Now she can rival Michael Jackson to be both the King and Queen of Pop.
(IUC Fashion Correspondent Erin Hershberg)
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The Madgeical one is clearly neither man, nor woman; she is a robot. I got the pleasure of attending the Madonna: Sticky & Sweet Tour in Toronto on October 19th, and I got to say that the costumes of my favourite provocateur were a little less than what I had expected in terms of her being a style icon, and pushing the boundaries of high-performance, bling outfits. Yes this tours theme was unlike the disco of Confessions, or the eclecticness of Re-Invetion, but the outfits were just not as flashy as you expect from The Queen of Pop. Yes the Candy Shop theme was playful, but I like it much better when Madonna plays with herself! Your observation is right is saying Madonna this tour has gone back to old school, playful Madonna of the 80’s, rather than high power fashionista image of the 90’s and 00’s before 2008.
ReplyAs I suggested in my review that I wrote of the concert, Madge is still the ultimate performer at the age of 50, she shows no qualms about giving up her throne to any pop tart anytime soon. Though her face may look a little nip and tucked from…well…the pressures of staying and looking young (particularly celebrities that can afford this maintenance seem to fall victim to this path), the woman outshines Micheal Jackson because she has managed to stay relevant and at the top of her game. I don’t foresee anyone in last years, other than maybe Beyonce, that even have the potential to reach her performance capacity.
The show was the fourth concert of hers that I have seen, and I placed in in the provocation section of my heart to remember it when I am having a bad day. I love when she yells at me with a corset on most! TO THE ALMIGHTY OF POP! All hail Madonna!
Madonna is clearly an anomaly in the world of pop music. She has endured countless changes both in her personal life and within her career as a pop music icon. No matter what the trend (cowboy chic, dance music, you name it!) Madonna has adapted to the constantly evolving musical and fashion styles around her. She is basically a chameleon…who requires regular Botox treatments.
At the age of 50, her star power is definitely waning, yet she still manages to draw an audience wherever and whenever. Now, comparing her to Jacko could be deemed as cruel and unusual punishment, however there are some similarities. Both Micheal and Madonna were and are pop megastars that were cultivated in the 80’s and continue to receive regular attention in media outlets today, albeit one still makes music while the other one looks like the lead in a musical called “The Phantom of the Opera”.
Also, both pop stars have interesting love lives. Michael had children with a bloated nurse (?), fooled around with Macauley Culkin and had a best friend who happened to be a chimpanzee named Bubbles. Madonna on the other hand has had numerous sexual encounters with inanimate objects like furniture, Vanilla Ice and a post-op tranny…erm…NYY slugger Alex Rodrigues.
Thus, it is evident that both pop stars (can you even call Jackson a pop star anymore!?) share some twisted similarities, however Madge is the one we’re all watching now to see if she’s going to derail her decades-long ride on the fame-train. She’s still a fake nose, far too many skin-bleaching treatments and a penchant for playing with children away before she becomes the new Jacko.
ReplyUntouched for the second time… why that may be a stroke of genius. Seriously, I wouldn’t put Hymenoplasty past the old gal. If our embalmed goddess of pop can maintain that strained virginal youth in her plumped-up cheeks and startlingly stretched brow, why not go all the way, by NOT going all the way. It would seem this time-bending transformation has been coming for a while and that Madge, like Pitt in that Curious Button bit, is actually getting younger. Think about it: a few years ago she was a cozy middle-aged mum reading children’s books by firelight in a flowered frock, and now she’s borderline teenage rebellion. I only wonder, will A-Rod be into that? No matter, I’m sure Madge will just mind speak him into marble submission, if only to kiss her black jesus back to life once more.
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