Madonna II?!!
Nigel E. Richardson
wmcb...@clark.net "William McBrine" writes:
> M. John Campbell (jcam...@access1.digex.net) wrote:
>
> : I remember seeing Madonna back in the 1980s and she seemed to have a
> : different personality than now. Am I mistaken?
>
> Yes. Madonna is constantly evolving - more than most people do - but from
> reading interviews conducted with her then and now, I see the same person.
> Her looks change, and her style of music changes, but that's superficial.
Look at it this way, MJC, Madonna was in her 20s in the 80s and now she's in her
30s. People do change, particularly when they have to deal with a marketplace
that is always ready to discard its idols when they start getting tired or
complacent. Besides, haven't you changed over the last decade? Look at the
musicians who are still the same as they were in the eighties, still plodding
along in the same groove. Consistency is death, singing the same song, over
and over, becoming a parody, serving yourself up in Vegas for the chicken
in the basket crowd....
> : Did she change her personality in order to become more famous?
>
> No.
Actually, William, I think she did. But that's no big deal. She honed her
personality like she honed her body. It may have led her up a blind alley
(I'll have to hear the new album before I can say) but it was her choice
and up to now it has worked.
Nigel E. Richardson===========================================================
Leeds, UK=====================================================================
William McBrine
: > : Did she change her personality in order to become more famous?
: >
: > No.
: Actually, William, I think she did.
Well, 1. I don't see how it's possible to do this, and 2. The changed
personality of her work (if not her self) has become darker, and hence
less appealing to many people. (I think she's always had a very morbid
side, but expresses it more now.) She's more famous now, and perhaps more
controversial, but much more hated.
In what ways do you feel she "honed her personality"?
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William McBrine
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wmcb...@cap.gwu.edu
Nigel E. Richardson
wmcb...@clark.net "William McBrine" writes:
> In what ways do you feel she "honed her personality"?
I think I meant "persona", actually... or at least the personality she
projects. You're right that you can't consiously change the essential,
inner *you*, at least not without damaging drugs, but you can change
the *you* that you project to the world. That she has changed, although
I have admit in hindsight that since I only know her through her records
and videos and occasional interviews, I could be imposing my own
interpretation of her on what is being presented.
In fact since what we know of Madonna passes through her intermediates
and then through the media before it gets to us, it really isn't possible
to be certain of anything about her.
Maybe she hasn't changed. Maybe it's just my perception of her. Or maybe
it's both. Who can say - except Madonna.... maybe.
Nigel E. Richardson