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Madonna: This war is about me

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Madonna: This war is about me
: Madonna joins the Tim Robbins/Janeane Garofalo self-centered celebrity club as she whines about criticism she got for producing (and then pulling) a video showing her throwing a grenade into the president’s lap:

“You know, it’s ironic we’re fighting for democracy in Iraq because we ultimately aren’t celebrating democracy here.

“Because anybody who has anything to say against the war or against the President is punished and that’s not democracy, it’s people being intolerant.

“Everyone is entitled to their opinion, for or against and that’s what our constitutional rights are supposed to be – that we all have the freedom to express ourselves…”

Oh, you had the right to release the video. And your fans had the right to become your former fans. That’s democracy. Taht’s capitalism. That’s showbiz.

5 responses to “Madonna: This war is about me”

  1. Pyecraft Avatar
    Pyecraft

    I’ve lost the link, but I’m sure it showed her Damascus date to be a sell out.

  2. Rachel Cohen Avatar
    Rachel Cohen

    Why do none of these people understand exactly what the 1st Amendment protects? Why don’t their PR people stand by with a cattle prod and zap! them when they start to blather?
    Madoona seems to think that she ahs a constitutionally protected right to make dreck and receive cash for it.

  3. Jackie D Avatar
    Jackie D

    I just posted a rant about this in my blog, and I come over here to find that Jeff said in 26 words what took me a couple hundred. Not shocked.
    What drives me crazy is I know real people (“civilians,” I believe slebs refer to them as) who hear this rubbish and buy it wholesale. I believe that celebrities have the absolute right to say whatever they want about politics — I’m not one of those “You’re a singer, you have no right to weigh in on this!” people — but damn, they need to go back to third grade and learn the most basic facts about democracy and the Constitution. Madge’s PR flacks and advisers may never tell her she’s full of it, but Lourdes will come home from school in a couple of years and fill Mummy in on the facts of this business.

  4. Van der Leun Avatar
    Van der Leun

    Rachael asks:
    “Why do none of these people understand exactly what the 1st Amendment protects? ”
    My theory is that they have for years lived in a bubble that keeps out anyone who would look them in the eye and say, “For the good of the country and your phoney baloney career, just shut the fuck up!”

  5. Jack Tanner Avatar
    Jack Tanner

    ‘My theory is that they have for years lived in a bubble that keeps out anyone who would look them in the eye and say’
    Another theory that bears out after very short contact with people in the entertainment industry is that shallow and self centered is almost a complimentary term to them and that if any issue can’t be viewed in a way that it’s all about them, well it’s really not an important issue. Or it really doesn’t exist at all.