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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Portrait of Madonna and child
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Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 16:47:54 EDT
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I'm just wondering.  It seems that throughout recent history, there
have been women who dressed sleazily or trashily who were in the public
eye, or who at least flaunted their sexuality as a primary facet to
their public appeal.  No one (or at least very few) ever really seriously
complained about them very much as "role models".

Now, along comes Madonna, who not only fits the above description, but who
also promotes her "material girl" philosophy (which some seem to have
interpreted as "use 'em and lose 'em", analogous to a famous similar
expression used among some elements of the male community).  Suddenly,
the uproar begins.  Could it be that this one element, this difference
between her and those who preceded her, could be the source of the uproar?
Just wondering.  Especially considering the position and tone of her
detractors.

I am taking this opportunity to announce that, due to unpopular demand, I am
(finally) discontinuing my series of "Like a dervish (HEY!), whirled for
the very first time..." signature lines.  Threats, violence, hate mail,
all failed to deter me from continuing them.  The straw that broke the
camel's back was the flurry of new ideas that made the "virgin" lines
seem to be high humor by comparison ("Like a clergyman, defrocked for...",
"About 'like a sturgeon'---is that fishful thinking?").  I thought no one
could invent humor lower and more tasteless than these signature lines.
I was wrong. :-)

In conclusion...


-- 
"I can hear your watch beep, for the very first time..."  :-)
					Rich Rosen  ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr