A Whole Lotta Madonna

A Swedish couple has put together a vast repository of annotated Madonna pics in chronological order on their site, MadonnaShots. From baby shots in 1958, through school, first nudes, early career, and the image wanderings of the chameleon once stardom struck in the early ’80s, Madonna has never been camera-shy. Perhaps never before has so little been left to the imagination by such a major star – she makes Marilyn Monroe look reticent. As with her voice, Madonna has made the most of her fairly average appearance, and she has aged very well. She aslo happens to be the most important woman in pop music over the last 20 years. Now if she could only learn to act in films – her entire life has been a performance, an often brilliant one, why can’t she figure out how to translate that to the screen? Same with Bowie.