I chose to write this entry on chapter 63 about Madonna. This chapter focuses a lot on many of Madonna’s different popular hits, and tells about how she would act in the videos, what the lyrics were like, and her different manor isms in general. In a few paragraphs her manor isms and actions are talked about as striking or surprising to audiences. Some of the clothing that she would wear started huge trends, and some of the things she would say or do would be shocking to audiences, especially at first.

This reminded me a lot of some of the newer artists today. One that was brought to my mind in particular was Miley Cyrus. A few years ago when Miley Cyrus first started doing obscene or obscure things both on public television and at her concerts, everyone was completely shocked, especially looking at her image the way it used to be. When Madonna first started coming out with material that was more on the obscene side, people did not know how to handle it. In other places in this article, it talks about how Madonna began releasing her “inner sexual personae”.

I guess when stars such as Miley Cyrus and Madonna are young and are still in the process of ‘finding themselves’, not everything that they have to offer has fully come out yet. Therefore when they finally do break out and do something that was unpredictable and obscene, it is really a huge shock to everyone. Many artists such as these ones often do something so out of the ordinary for them that some people do not know whether to call it “beautiful” or “grotesque.” I almost wonder if the majority of pop singers feel that they HAVE  to do something completely out of the ordinary like this at some point in their career in order to receive the attention that they desire.