| October 14, 2006 - I critique Madonna's "Sorry" |
| Dear Friends, it's been a while since I last wrote, because I've been all a-dither about the condo conversion. I've temporarily located to a different apartment while mine is being renovated. Let me just say that it's impossible to move a 3-bedroom unit into a 2-bedroom one, so I have a second 1-bedroom apartment full of stuff as well! Anyhoo, I was out and about last night and I realized that as many music videos as I see when I'm out, I should try my hand at critiquing one of them. I've chosen to write about Madonna's "Sorry". It starts out with Madonna leaving what appears to be a club accompanied by several young girls who look like they are young enough to be her daughters. Several young guys follow them out, trying to catch up with them. They're so young that if Madonna dilly-dallied with them, she'd be accused of statutory rape. So in an effort to ditch these guys, Madonna and gal-pals hop into a van that's waiting for them. And what a van it is! It has couches in it and a bar. And there's enough room in there for Madonna and friends to shimmy out of their clothing into various types of leotards and body suits. We then become aware that a fat woman is driving the van, because she knocks on the window behind her to alert the girls that there's some fresh man meat walking the street that they might be interested in. It's clear that this woman, being unattractive, is meant to just drive the girls around trolling for man meat. So Madonna and her gal-pals go around the city, periodically stopping the van and grabbing various men off the sidewalks. They strip the shirts off of most of them except for a geek and an 8 year old. Why an 8 year old is out walking around without his mother is beyond me and the video certainly serves a public function by warning us all that children are in danger of being snatched by a predatory Madonna should they go out alone at night. It becomes clear later that Madonna has been grabbing men off the street whom she believes will be good roller-skaters, but it takes a while to realize that. The first stop is at something that appears to be a type of fightclub. Madonna and her girls are put into a big cage with some men and do a choreographed fight to the music. Madonna, of course, wins by shaking her ass at them and blinding them by whipping her long blonde hair in their eyes. Suddenly Madonna and her grrrrrls are transported to a roller rink where they hook up with the teenage guys we saw at the beginning of the video. They skate around a lot, do the hustle on roller skates, and the video ends. So what is the meaning of this video? Well, let's just say right off the bat that the actions in it seem to have no relevance to the words of the song. Rather, it seems to indicate that middle-aged women long to relive their teenage years of being pursued by buff young boys and skating endlessly around roller rinks. The van represents the luxury that Mature Madonna's money can buy since it's actually the size of a small dance club. Madonna is willing to share this luxury with us, the viewers, but only if we are certain types of people; i.e. extremely young and buff, or 8 year old motherless boys. The choreographed fight between Madonna's girls and the tough guys represents the eternal struggle between the sexes. Madonna's triumph clearly shows that women are the victors in this struggle, particularly if they're attractive enough to use their physical attributes both literally and figuratively to stun their male opponents. The rollerskating scene is Madonna's version of a Roman triumph, surrounded by her admirers and doing what all young girls like to do; i.e. skating in endless circles. The endless skating in turn represents Madonna's endless pursuit of youth. I hope you have enjoyed this review. My next one will be Kelly Clarkston's "Since You've Been Gone". Next entry Previous entry Go to diary entries Go back home |