So You Wanna Keep Dredging Up “Vintage” Instances of Women Being Abused by the Media?: Look at Madonna

Madonna long ago knew that she would not have the same kind of worshipful fame as Marilyn Monroe. Or any other “tragic” figure typically martyred [Read More…]

Madonna’s “You’ll See”: The Music Video That Lends A Touch of Glamor to Seasonal Depression

In time for a seasonal and mid-decade shift, “You’ll See” served as the first single from Madonna’s 1995 compilation of ballads, Something to Remember. Unleashed [Read More…]

Papa Don’t Die: Danny Aiello Will Forever Be One-Half of the Electra Complex Manifestation in the 1986 James Foley-Directed Madonna Video

As people reflect on Danny Aiello’s film legacy, citing his infamous improv’d line in The Godfather II (“Michael Corleone says hello!”), as well as his [Read More…]

Madonna’s “Medellín” Video Is Her Most High Art Visual Rendering Since the Bedtime Stories Years

Although, unquestionably, all of Madonna’s music videos (except perhaps “Everybody”) have consistently exhibited a predilection toward her painterly influences in life (Tamara de Lempicka, Remedios [Read More…]