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Madonna WITHDRAWS Video....
« on: Apr 1st, 2003, 12:30pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Well looky here....
 
From CBS News....
 
AP) Madonna has decided to withdraw the violent, antiwar video for her new single "American Life" out of respect for the troops fighting in Iraq.  
 
In a statement posted on her Web site Monday, the singer said the video was filmed before the war started and was not appropriate to air at this time.  
 
"Due to the volatile state of the world and out of sensitivity and respect to the armed forces, who I support and pray for, I do not want to risk offending anyone who might misinterpret the meaning of this video," Madonna said.  
 
The video for the title track of a new album shows Madonna wearing military garb next to dancers in camouflage on a fashion runway. At one point, a grenade is thrown in the direction of a look-alike of President Bush. Scenes are inter-cut with images of war.  
 
The video also shows Madonna trapped in a bathroom stall, where she uses a knife to carve "protect me" on the wall.  
 
Warner Bros. Records will be releasing Madonna's new album April 22. The video was scheduled to premiere on VH-l on Friday. The single "American Life" has just been released to radio.  
 
 
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Finally a Celeb with common sense
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« Reply #2 on: Apr 1st, 2003, 7:32pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Guess when "push comes to shove", the Material Girl saw the handwriting on the wall . . . . . . . .
 
. . . . . . . public outcry, public scorn, adverse publicity, possibly a "dip" in record sales, and a seat at the table eating humble pie with the Dixie Chicks!
 
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adverse publicity, possibly a "dip" in record sales,
I think these are the most likely reasons for Madonna's "change of heart"
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Oh I agree I doubt that she has changed her mind but for once a celeb had enough brains to keep his/her trap shut about things they know nothing of. I applaud Madonna for realizing airing this video would be a mistake instead of thinking that everyone will agree with her view, like some other fools like Dixie Chicks, Michael Moore, Martin Sheen and others. I want to restate an event, so to speak, that ocured decades ago. A reporter ask Paul Newman a question regarding a polictical issue that was hot at the time this is reponse reporter got "Why you asking me I'm just an Actor?" Something the rest of these big mouths should remember
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Re: Madonna WITHDRAWS Video....
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I don't give Madonna one whit of credit in making the decision to pull her video.  More likely, it was her "people" who convinced her....not her common sense - of which she's seriously lacking.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Madonna's "American Life" video has been reincarnated as a tamer, nonviolent version of its former self.  
 
The performer scrapped the original version because she thought its violent, antiwar themes were inappropriate during the U.S.-led conflict in Iraq.  
 
The first video from her new "American Life" album -- which comes out Tuesday -- featured explosions, a runway show of couture army fatigues and Madonna dancing in a military uniform. At the end, she threw what looked like a hand grenade into the lap of a President Bush look-alike.  
 
The new version, which premiered Wednesday night on the cable network VH1, still features Madonna dressed in a military uniform, but she's simply singing in front of a backdrop of ever-changing flags of different countries.  
 
When Madonna decided not to release the original version earlier this month, she said: "Due to the volatile state of the world and out of sensitivity and respect to the armed forces, who I support and pray for, I do not want to risk offending anyone who might misinterpret the meaning of this video."  
 
But in a VH1 special that aired before the video's debut, the 44-year-old singer said she was frustrated that some celebrities who express antiwar sentiments are suffering a backlash.  
 
The Dixie Chicks, for example, saw sales of their best-selling disc "Home" drop after lead singer Natalie Maines told a London audience she was "ashamed" of President Bush, a remark for which she later apologized.  
 
"You know, it's ironic we're fighting for democracy in Iraq because we ultimately aren't celebrating democracy here," Madonna said. "Because anybody who has anything to say against the war or against the president or whatever is punished, and that's not democracy -- it's people being intolerant."  
 
This is not the first time Madonna's videos have caused a stir.  
 
In 1989, religious images in "Like a Prayer" led Pepsi to drop her as a spokeswoman. In 1990, MTV refused to air "Justify My Love" because of its sexual content. Two years later, it relegated "Erotica" to early morning hours, and in 2001, VH1 and MTV wouldn't air "What it Feels Like For a Girl" because of its violent content.  
 
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