Better 19 Years Late Than Never

It's been 20 years since Madonna's 'Blonde Ambition' Tour and 19 years since her documentary 'Truth or Dare', which documented the tour from the inside of the Madonna vacuum. We caught the documentary for the first time this week. Better late than never.

Even before having watched the documentary, it was known that the 'Blonde Ambition' Tour launched Madonna's habit of pushing the media's button to the extreme. It was also the bridge between the Pepsi commercial scandal and the 'Erotica' era, where homegirl began her S&M based image and embarked on 'The Girlie Show' tour.

How ever contrived 'Truth or Dare' was it shows the clear parallel between how Madonna used the media as her performance art stage and the way someone like Lady GaGa, in the present day, uses a literal stage for performance art, sprinkled with using the paparazzi as the stage for her fashion. It's definitely an upgraded approach to being a pop superstar - keeping mental health and personal integrity practically intact.

Looking at Madonna's career without thinking of this documentary and this tour is almost impossible. The way she gave pop music a rock star edge is what practically every recording artist today emulates. Albeit, most of the time they look ridiculous, but they do try.

A tip of the pointy titty hat, to you, Madonna.

Check out this performance clip from the documentary: