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From: richardt@orstcs.UUCP (richardt)
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Subject: Yet More Madonna
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Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 23:53:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 25 23:53:00 1985
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Nf-From: orstcs!richardt    Aug 25 19:53:00 1985

Apparently, most of the Militant Feminists (i.e., any who describe themselves
that way) either (1) don't watch videos, or (2) can't understand sarcasm.
I'll assume possibility one, although number two is awfully tempting and I
have seen a number of examples.  An interesting thing about the Madonna video
"Material Girl."  This particular video is a (fairly) clear case of sarcasm.
The lyrics are enough to get anyone angry, and I was surprised the first time
I heard the song.  It didn't match with her previous style, which (even with
the current Playboy and Penthouse issues) was a fairly standard "There's a 
whole lot more to love than sex" attitude.  Then I watched the video, with
some interesting results.  In the video, there are two lines of activity: one
is acting out the song, and film clips are usually taken from that portion.  
The catch is, at the same time, she is going out with her boyfriend.  This fits
with the song... except for the minor (:-)) fact that he's driving a truck that
looks like it will fall apart sometime in the next three seconds, he's borrowing
the money for the date, and both of them are obviously fairly low-income.
And who says that modern performers don't know the meaning of the word 
'sarcasm'?

Regarding her dressing habits:  I lived in Seattle for a few years, between '81
and '83, and I saw things running around the U district that make Madonna look
tame.  In fact, I'd suggest that wierdness for the sake of wierdness is on
a steady increase, although I don't know why.  For a closer to home example,
look at net.bizarre and the volume of traffic on it.  I doubt that anything
any major performer could do would stop this trend.  I'm only glad that
Madonna happens to be trying to instill some values, among them a more healthy
attitude towards pornography than our society currently advocates, while 
flowing with the outward appearances of this trend (bizarre dress, etc.).
It's certainly more than you can say for most other performers these days.

						orstcs!richardt
"Ah, Mr. Frye, but what type of fan are you?  An industrial fan?  A 600 watt
 blowdryer fan?  A mosquito fan? What?"