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- From: graeme@drummond.demon.co.uk (Graeme Hillary)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!drummond.demon.co.uk!graeme
- Subject: Re: Just what makes Madonna Madonna?
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:18:51 +0000
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- In article <1k0um8INN41a@bnsgd245.bnr.co.uk> rickt@bnr.co.uk (Rick Tait) writes:
- > OK people, we're fed up of you USA guys hogging all the limelight
- > on this group, so lets see some fellow UK people getting in on the
- > act, OK?
-
- OK, you asked for it!
-
-
- > Is it the way she manipulates the media to her own gain, and surrounds
- > herself in huge amounts of hype? Would she be the same artist if
- > she hadn't _used_ the media so much? My guess is that she _would_ be
-
- No - I think that it's exactly because of the way she contols media
- exposure (as well as exposure of herself) that makes her what she is. It's
- that same control over her finances that has built up quite a sizable
- financial mini-empire.
-
- > the same - perhaps her music would be more appreciated than it currently
- > is; it seems to me that a lot of people only appreciate her for the way in
- > which she flaunts her breasts at alarming regularity! I can't think of
- > another musician/movie star/personality who has wrangled the world's
- > media so much in recent memory, perhaps save Greta Garbo, who, in
- > complete opposition to Madonna, wrapped herself in great mystery so she
- > appeared as an 'enigma' to her adoring fans.
-
- But... someone who uses the media so much to promote a certain view of
- themselves, just like Madonna does, can be just as much a mystery. How
- much do we really know about her? After seeing "In bed with Madonna" I
- still don't have a clue what she is like in private!
-
- ===Graeme
-
- "Finger-licking good..."
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