Madonna Gives Ageist Haters A Symbolic Gesture On The Tonight Show
Madonna made an appearance tonight on The Tonight Show that will have people who think she’s “too old” running for cover. She performed “Holiday” with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots. Madonna then did a satire of a standup comedy routine, which people didn’t seem to understand was satire.
The biggest shock on Thursday’s The Tonight Show was when Madonna performed Rebel Heart track “B***h I’m Madonna” with a sock, gold grill, gold chains, and everything else that gave her a gangster look. She sexed it up with her dancers and came across as a drunk grandmother — but that was the purpose of the whole performance. It was a huge middle finger to those who constantly say she is “too old.” Madonna also danced up a storm like a twenty-year old would. Twitter was filled with raves.
@jimmyfallon @Madonna Loved it! M's appearance and performance of #BitchImMadonna Freaking awesome!#RebelHeart Yes bitches, she is Madonna!!
— M (@Moises_Aguirre) April 10, 2015
There were also some people who thought Madonna’s performance was totally embarrassing and cringeworthy.
"Mommm you're embarrassing me" – me watching Madonna perform
— Bryce Levi (@Hace_Frio) April 10, 2015
Madonna recently talked about the criticism she often receives for being “too old” in Cosmopolitan and that she thinks sexism is still a huge problem.
“Don’t be fooled, not much has changed — certainly not for women. We still live in a very sexist society that wants to limit people. Since I started, I’ve had people giving me a hard time because they didn’t think you could be sexual or have sexuality or sensuality in your work and be intelligent at the same time. For me, the fight has never ended.”
In a controversial interview with Out Magazine, Madonna caused an uproar by saying that gay rights are more advanced than rights for women.
“Gay rights are way more advanced than women’s rights. People are a lot more open-minded to the gay community than they are to women, period. It’s moved along for the gay community, for the African-American community, but women are still just trading on their ass. To me, the last great frontier is women.”
Some people accused Madonna of not understanding that many women are also gay and African-American. However, others thought Madonna’s words were taken out of context, and that she meant to say one could still demean a woman and get no backlash, even though they would be punished for insulting an African-American or gay person.
Madonna is getting ready to prepare for her upcoming Rebel Heart Tour, which starts August 29 in Miami. Although ticket sales were said to be initially slow, she has added second dates in Miami, New York City, Toronto, and several cities in Europe. Did you watch The Tonight Show with Madonna? Let us know what you thought in the comments section.
