I disagree with Ms. Berry’s comment, “Madonna’s fame has stemmed more from her antics than any actual talent, singing or otherwise.”
The causes of Madonna’s fame are ambition, perseverance, extremely hard work, superior business acumen, and a depraved culture that pays for ever lower forms of mindless, uninspiring entertainment.
Berry’s non-objective slur indicates an envy of achievement, and I couldn’t let it pass because we must never mock achievement – gaining one’s (rational) values are what life is all about.
I believe Madonna revealed her soul’s pathetic vapidity a few years ago. In accepting an award (I think it was a “viewer’s choice award” on MTV or VH1) in front of an audience of thousands, and, presumably of millions of viewers, she thanked her fans without whom “I would be nothing.”
What a tragic loss of a life that could have been great! A non-self – her confession was correct.
