Madonna upsets Denver fans with gunplay routine
Madonna has stirred up controversy in Colorado with an on-stage gunplay routine during her 'MDNA' tour, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Many fans were upset when the second act of the pop diva's 'MDNA' show included a violent routine involving prop guns and bloody imagery projected on large screens during the song "Gang Bang." The city is still reeling from a mass shooting at a local movie theatre during the summer.
"You could see people kinda looking at each other," local radio sports personality Pete Burns told the Associated Press. "I heard the word 'Colorado,' you know, 'Aurora,' 'shooting.' You could hear people talking about it, and it was little bit unsettling. I saw two or three people get up and grab their stuff and actually leave their seats.”
He added that a friend died in the movie theatre shooting. "It sort of hits closer to home for me," he said.
The well-publicized fake gun routine previously generated headlines when Scottish officially unsuccessfully tried to censor during the European leg of the 'MDNA' tour. Madonna has countered that caving to censors and removing the "Gang Bang" sequence would compromise her artistic integrity.
"It's true there is a lot of violence in the beginning of the show and sometimes the use of fake guns -- but they are used as metaphors," she wrote in a letter to Billboard earlier this summer. "I do not condone violence or the use of guns. Rather they are symbols of wanting to appear strong and wanting to find a way to stop feelings that I find hurtful or damaging. In my case, it's wanting to stop the lies and hypocrisy of the church, the intolerance of many narrow minded cultures and societies I have experienced throughout my life and in some cases the pain I have felt from having my heart broken."
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Kevin Ritchie
Posted by: Dave | Oct 24, 2012 10:21:24 AM
Good move, walk away from her. You have been watching people teach you evil towards other people for too long.
Peace to the people in this area of the U.S., and to the rest of the world, affected by violence.
You may thank the U.S. entertainers, their script writers, producers, marketers, promoters, and yourselves who have paid their wages for teaching you evil.
These are the ones who sing to you, and act out such as what we have been watching, and listening to, for at least the past 20 years, in increasing human depravity.
They keep opening our minds to the next level in being wicked to one another.
Keep paying them, you'll get to see what is next, at the box office, and on the Internet.
Too many foolish, not enough wisdom to walk away from bad ideas.
To reverently and healthily fear God, is the beginning of wisdom.