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From: demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: MADONNA
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Date: Sat, 20-Jul-85 00:41:24 EDT
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> Look at Cyndi Lauper!  She wears more trash than anybody.  I don't know
> which is worst her hairdos or her outfits.  Don't get me wrong, I like Cyndi
> just as much as I like Madonna.  The point is, Madonna is a very successful
> and indendent woman who's on her way to the TOP.

Sorry, I don't have the annontation for the person who made the above posting.

I do NOT intend this in anyway to be a slur on someone's musical tastes,
but...

   ...there has been an article or two recently on the subject of
making a superstar; an article that I do not totally disagree with.
The thesis of the article is that Madonna, her music, and her image
only exist because MTV wanted them to exist.  They mass-hyped the
airwaves with Madonna video, made the droges of MTV watchers think
she was really neat, and a star is born. (Think about it, which came
first, Madonna music on the airwaves, or Madonna images on MTV...)

   It's not so unusual a concept, nor an untried one. (One of the 
American TV Networks tried the very same thing in the 60's to
compete with teh Beatles: it was called the Monkeys. The success
was only marginal, but the principle is the same: don't have a
star you can cash in on? Simple: make one.)

   Just a thought...

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                               Madison Academic Computer Center
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