Madonna and being Fifty and Fabulous

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Hey Sweeties,

So, that Madonna fall. Wow. Dare I say I saw it coming? As I was watching the performance unfold, I could see the beginnings of a struggle with the tie of the cape and before I knew it, down she tumbled. The whole world gasped in horror but what a total trooper she was getting back up and continuing the performance!

I took a tumble down some stairs in India a couple of years ago and the next day I had the most amazing purple and green bruise on my arse; I’ll anticipate dear Madge has the same but although I don’t bounce like I did when I was younger, my body can still just about cope with a fall. If Madonna wasn’t in such good shape, I think the situation would have become far more serious. Fifty year olds don’t bounce.

So, yes we can sort of laugh about it like I hope she will look back and do the same in time. But for me, the most horrifying thing, more than the fall itself, was how quickly clips of the incident were being shared on social media and how quickly the jokes started. Seconds must have barely passed before the internet went crazy with people tweeting, ‘had a fall at work that wasn’t your fault?’ We are so quick to jump on failure.

The fall aside, I was thinking about Madonna on the way to work that morning as her new song played on the radio. I don’t dislike her new tune but more to the point, I got to thinking about how many of today’s performers will still be around releasing records when they are in their 50’s? I doubt many if at all. Artists like Madonna, in fact, specifically Madonna –maybe you can sort of add Kylie into the mix- has this amazing way to keep up with the industry; she knows how to keep herself current. Admittedly, I would prefer it if she didn’t draw quite so much attention to her crotch during performances and get her tits out in photo shoots. But hey, whatever she wants to do, she is Madonna after all!

Speaking of strong minded older women, I can’t help but think of Samantha Jones from Sex and the City, the whole 50 and fabulous concept fans saw in the first film… bear with me here!

Imagine Samantha was sat with her iPad and news broke about Madonna’s fall…

Samantha Jones

And someone tells her she can’t wear something on stage/to an event etc….

Sex and the city

Madonna, we salute you!

Until next time x

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