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Madonna poses at the World premiere of the film “The Beatles, Eight Days a Week” in London in September.
NEW YORK >> Madonna, an outspoken critic of President-elect Donald Trump, is trying to put a positive spin on his Friday inauguration.
“He’s actually doing us a great service, because we have gone as low as we can go,” she said Thursday night. “We can only go up from here, so what are we going to do? We have two choices, destruction and creation. I chose creation.”
The superstar, dressed in all black and wearing a shirt that read “Feminist,” spoke at the Brooklyn Museum with artist Marilyn Minter about art in a time of protest, among other things, in a discussion moderated by author and poet Elizabeth Alexander, who performed a work at the first inauguration of President Barack Obama.
A clip of author James Baldwin, an inspiration of Madonna’s, played before the talk, as did her 2013 short film “Secret Revolution,” dedicated to people whose rights have been abused and denied.
On the eve of Trump becoming president, both Madonna and Minter vowed to lead protests against him, including attending Saturday’s Women’s March in Washington.
“This is the most frightened I’ve ever been,” Minter said. “The most qualified candidate who ever ran was defeated by the most unqualified candidate who ever ran, and it’s all because of misogyny.”
Madonna said that while she was “horrified” Trump won the election over Hillary Clinton, she now believes it was necessary.
“I do believe that Trump was elected for a reason, to show us how lazy and un-unified and lackadaisical and taking for granted we’ve become of our freedom and the rights that we have as Americans,” Madonna said. “I feel like people forgot what was written in the Constitution.”
She added: “They always say it’s darkest before the dawn and I feel this had to happen to bring people together, so let’s get this party started.”
It wasn’t all political talk. Madonna talked about her early days in New York, hanging with artists like Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, and how her kids are not the least bit impressed with her iconic career.
“They want nothing to do with it,” she said. “I always say with my kids, every day is a small crucifixion.”
Madonna also explained why she considers herself a feminist.
“I believe that women have the right to be treated with the same human rights as men,” she said. “I feel like we are still very far behind.
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Madonna is white trash…Pure and simple. She made her fame being white trash.
Wish these high paid, spoiled entertainers would just stick to what they do; entertain. If Madonna or other celebs don’t like Trump and US, please leave. It’s really time to heal and move on. As the say, the game is over … it is what it is.
Well she is a better entertainer and artist than any of you could ever hope to be. Jealous
We’ve been lower … when you gave your panty to Johnny Carson on Tv.
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Hey SA …Rather than moderate MY comment, moderate the garbage you put in your paper. Madonna? REALLY?
Is she trying to be relevant? I don’t believe she even knows what she’s protesting against.
I remember thinking that when tricky dick was impeched and, sadly enough, allowed to stay out of jail.
Then we had addled ronnie raygun who turned us into a debtor nation, committed perjusry to save his friends, was responsible for over 300 troops getting murdered in Lebonon, committing treason by trying to establish an independent funding source for the execitive branch which is expressly forbidden in the Constitution, not to mention his DOJ scandals, Iran?Contra and arming of the Taliban.
Then we hgpt the perjurer inchief who after 6 years of denying he had any records or memory’s of iran/contra was proveb to have kept a contemporanios diary but then pardoned every one of the other crooks who would have testified to get a lighter sentence.
Next was the twit who allowed the biggest terrorist attack in history after blowing off warning by accusing the briefer of just trying to cover his a.., then used the result of his ineptitude to start an illegal war in the mideast we will be paying for in dollars, lost respect and pain of casulties for decades.
Now we have a flim flam artist who is a proven thief ( refusing to pay bills and using lawyers to scam small businesses).
It seems that every time we think we have hit bottom the repub’s manage to find a even bigger scum bucket to foist upon the world with their money, media and political hacks ( i.e. comey fbi) not to mention bought and paid for judiciary.
So alas I fear that Madonna is wrong the depths of perfidity, vileness, amorality and just plaimn criminaility in the rethuglican party knows no bottom.
The Like a Virgin, Material Girl, rich and snobby has been singer is claiming that this is as low as we can go? What were her standards again? She doesn’t seem like a reliable source.