Just read finish Madonna- like an icon book and it's really good!
Talks about the icon's ups and downs in her life and her usage of music as a form of escapism from the struggles in her life.- Her confrontation of pain, loss, depression, insecurities in her music.
Talks about her sad traumatic history as well and how she managed to overcome all her obstacles. - How she moved on with her failures and mistakes, learnt to grow up fast independently in a harsh environment, her constant struggle to separate her 'totally-in-control' cool public persona with her emotional personal-being, her toning down of her overly-provocative expressive image due to serious loss of fans, and how she eventually won some of them back through music and performance itself.
Most importantly, this book illustrates the human side of her, one of which the over-sensationalized scandal-loving commercial media chooses to neglect. It talks about her vulnerability and how she gained inner strength and power through religion and family, how she managed to be in full control of her own commercial image and identity and got affected by harsh criticisms and exploitation by people she trusts along the way. How she learnt to guard herself, accept inconsistencies and fickleness of popular mass-market consumption, and take control of her emotions.
It depicts how hard she works at giving her best for entirely all of her works, and fighting her insecurities restlessly so that she could remain on her throne, to be truly deserving of being branded as the Immortalized, Larger than life, Queen of Pop till today.
-!Sherry!-
