6.21.2004

Regarding "Political-Savvy" Madonna

As much as I love Madonna...and you all know I fucking DO...I don't see why her opinion should be the voice of God. Not that I don't feel George Bush is a moron, because I do and he is, but why should these goddamn celebrities' opinions be so important? They're CELEBRITIES, not political advisors. This annoys the shit out of me, because most of them don't have any clue what they're talking about. Yes, they're allowed an opinion and yes they're allowed to speak it, but why do we listen to anything they have to say? I mean, in reality, they live in la-la land. Madonna, for example, has about ten nannies raising her children, a butler, a driver, a chef, a billion housekeepers, etc. It's not like she's living in some sort of shithole and suffering, now is she? The reason I bring this up, is because she's a hypocrite. She wants better economic policies, I'm assuming, and takes an extremely left and liberal standpoint on things, but take a GLANCE at her current Reinvention Tour ticket prices as well as merchandising. It is nowhere near accessible for those of her fans that don't have much money, the prices are exorbinant. Therefore, she excludes a large part of her fanbase in order to...survey says....make extra money. Like she needs it. That's actually a money-savvy conservative action, isn't it? Moving on, she recently published a slew of children's books (which are very cliche, by the way) and made the comment after donating the money earned to a charity that the "selfless action" was "very difficult to do." Because as we know she just MIGHT run out of money...even more notable is the charity she *DID* donate to...one that seeks to provide Kaballah spirituality to children. Gee, that isn't agenda-driven. I guess I just don't agree that celebrities should exploit their fame in order to gain power and take over everything from singing to acting to writing to modeling to politics. I *am* a liberal and I *am* a huge Madonna fan, it's just that I'm tired of these celebrities getting so much credit for "speaking out" JUST BECAUSE they're famous. I mean, really, what does Madonna know about policy? Everything she does, and everything EVERY celebrity does and gets credit for, is based around their own personal agenda, just as it is with anyone else. So let's not start polishing that saint certificate yet.

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