Hard Candy, billed as a sugary sweet rebuke of the introspective, Kabbalah-pondering, “we are the world” opining of her recent work, is supposed to be Madonna’s least “political” record in ages. It’s a return, we’re told, to the dance floor and bedroom; the pantheons where classic Madonna pop has its infectious roots.
Musically, that’s true.
But the personal is always political, and this watershed album – Madonna’s last entry for Warner Bros. Records and the final disc she’ll release before her 50th birthday – is revelatory on the tactics women are forced to employ to remain “viable” with age. Hell, it’s no wonder that Madonna’s gone on record as a Hillary Clinton supporter. She must sense a kindred spirit in the Democratic nominee and the similar criticisms they receive: despite being established in their fields, pioneering for their sex, demonstrating incredible staying power and being able to hold their own – in the charts and the polls – in industries dominated by men a fraction of their age, have you ever seen two women more implored by the media to pack it in, call it quits, and roll themselves quietly over the hill into the Shady Pines Nursing Home for Old Birds?....
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Later!
-Johnny-
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