There's entertainment that has shock value, and then there's entertainment that is simply shocking with no value. And while Madonna used to be known for the former, it seems like she is increasingly testing the waters with the latter.
Despite being warned by the police, the Queen of Megalomania Pop defied a ban and waved fake machine guns and pistols on stage at her show in Scotland on Saturday. Yup, a full day after the tragic mass shooting in a Colorado movie theater that left 12 dead and a total of 71 people sprayed with bullets. What on earth was Madge thinking?!
It's no wonder that many are up in arms (no pun intended) over the incident. Take Mothers Against Guns, who said the 53-year-old "should know better." Ya think?! A rep from the organization put it well when they told the Saturday Morning Herald:
Madonna and her dancers using replica guns was always in bad taste but given what happened in Colorado, it is even worse.
So, okay, maybe Madge didn't get the memo about Colorado. That has to be the only explanation here, right? No! In the wake of the astounded public response, Camp Madonna actually dug their heels in. A member of her tour staff told HuffPo:
Madonna would rather cancel her show than censor her art. Her entire career, she has fought against people telling her what she can and cannot do. She’s not about to start listening to them now.
Oh please!! Here we go again with the "Madonna vs. The World" crap. The woman may be a pop icon, but she's not exempt or above common decency. I'll give it to her that in the past, she's definitely been attacked unnecessarily for pushing sexual or political boundaries. But sorry, this time, it's actually not about that. It's about being a human being and showing respect for victims of a horrific event. Having a soul.
We all knew Madge could be selfish and crazy, but this takes the cake as being mind-blowingly insensitive and brainless. The woman owes the victims of the Aurora shooting nothing short of a major apology.
Do you think Madge's behavior is completely out of line?
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If it was part of the show before then I can't blame her. If Scotland didn't want to allow the show then they should have told her to either edit or not preform. I really can't agree with censorship, people should censor themselves.
So, she had FAKE gun for an ALREADY PLANNED concert stunt in ANOTHER COUNTRY and people are pissed? I doubt the victims give a crap what Madonna did the next day. It's only you sensitive little girls that care.
If you guys weren't making such a big deal about it, do you think the people in CO would even KNOW about it??? She was in Scotland, for pity's sake!! It's not like she was at a stadium in Denver.
And the "warning by police" had NOTHING to do with Colorado, and everything to do with a law in Scotland that bans the brandishing of weapons on stage. Way to skew the story.
If the show was in Scotland, what's the problem?? Now, if she had gone to Aurora and did that, I could see the problem. But Scotland?? Come on, people... That's taking things too far. Do you want the military to put their guns away, too? Didn't think so
She was in Scotland. It's not like she came to Colorado and added that part to the show. I think it would be weird to change her show because of what happened in another country.