Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Meanwhile...
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As I was watching a short episode of Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast tonight on my PC, there was a throwaway comment by a guest being interviewed about an infamous Madonna and David Letterman Interview in 94.
Having watched a few episodes of Latenight with David Letterman, and obviously having heard Madonnna's music and about Madonna herself, and because I'm an inquisitive kinda guy I searched the net for said interview and found a transcript, which you guys can read here.
Madonna VS Letterman
After Reading that I was a bit shocked. it almost seems as if Madonna was on something when she went on the show. the way she treated Dave was terrible. that was how I read it. but, searching further for more stories on this interview, i came across another site, an excerpt from a womens studies course. After quickly skimming through easily 5 pages of unparagraphed feminism, I came to the paragraph Google had picked up. here it is.
"After a short hiatus, Madonna made a splash in the spring of 1994 when she appeared on Late Night with David Letterman. The show was memorable for the antagonism between the host and guest and the audience's apparent willingness to see Letterman skewer her mercilessly. It was a battle of wits, with Madonna using a certain banned word 13 different times—a stunt that drew her severe media criticism the next day. Entertainment Weekly writer Ken Tucker saw it as an attention-getting ploy, "a way to keep her name in the papers in lieu of actually producing some sort of creative work," and noted that by 1994, "as a feminist culture hero," she was fading from the spotlight."
It goes on to say how Madonna made a remarkable recovery. now this is just weird to me. As I read the interview i felt it was Madonna, deliberately going out to be crude and agressive with Dave. Yet this womens studies course, making an example of her as a powerful female, portrays her as some kind of victim here, making her a great hero for feminism.
I really cant say how much i disagree with that, on so many levels. i would, but its about 10 to 2am. :)
Ill just say its amazing how many different views of the same thing there can be, and how to justify a cause a person can be represented as a hero when in reality the truth is a lot less glorious? comments anyone?
SAM
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