National Review, August 20th, 2001
Madonna, at age 42 older, but no wiser, embarked on her first tour in eight years. Tickets in Philadelphia and New York went for hundreds of dollars a pop, and that part of the world that pays attention to such things gaped at the spectacle.
It would be idle to pretend that Madonna has not had an impact on her time. What sort of an impact has it been? As she enters middle age, what are the lady's strengths and weaknesses?
The list of strengths is short. She can dance (she studied the techniques of Martha Graham). She has a knack for picking pop tunes with catchy hooks. Most important, she ...
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