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Soma

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  1. "Madonna is indestructible, transcendent of age, an incandescent avatar of pop, a Zelig-like figure who criss crosses modern history. -- She is superhuman, ageless, and the fascination with her fall wasn’t so much to do with her age but because there is something fundamentally incongruous about her falling over, like Superman stubbing his toe or Jesus waking up with a hangover.

    And certainly the idea of Madonna as an indestructible spirit of pop runs rampant through her mostly excellent thirteenth studio album Rebel Heart, a record whose strengths are timeless and whose faults are somewhat more modern." (Drowned in Sound)

    That was a pretty good review and they didn't have almost anything bad to say about Madonna. :sassy:

  2. And that article was amazing. I especially loved this part:

    Madonna is only 56. She is in the prime of her life, she has power, talent, experience and wisdom, in addition to her natural intelligence and rigour. She is about to release her 13th album one of her best yet. The things she is ordered to do age gracefully, put it away, retire, crawl away and die have behind them a desire to shame, permanently destroy and negate this woman who dares to be vocal and visible, physical and political.

    In order to withstand this, one would have to be superhuman. Luckily, Madonna is.

    But why should anyone have to swallow the worlds unstinting hatred when she wants to be remembered for her brilliant artistry?

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