MATERIAL CHANGE
Brace yourself! Ready? The entertainment star you knew last week as “Madonna” is now to be addressed as “Esther”.She is changing her name.
That should be easy enough for us to do. Just remember, every time you come across the name “Madonna”, cross it out and scribble in the name “Esther.” Same girl. No real change – improvements or otherwise – same person but just a bit more sure of herself because this because this Esther, who used to be Madonna, has just announced she has hit the pseudo-sawdust trail in the biggest way for her religious faith?
For some years she has “practiced” the cult beliefs of Kaballah . It appears she has now practiced enough, having been credited with - or blamed for - leading a number of Hollywood stars to the mystic faith which is a cult long detested by Orthodox Jews. It used the be spelled Cabala when I was young and reading about such magical versions of Judaism.
Among the “stars” said to be her converts are Elizabeth Taylor, Brittney Spears, Jerry Hall, Courtney Love and Rossanne Barr. I find that list to be flexible, however, because other lists of Madonna/Esther's alleged changeovers include: another Brittany - Brittany Murphy, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Rosie O'Donnell, Diane Ladd, Sandra Bernhard, and Monica Lewinsky is also list as a “star”, but it does not say of which entertainment field she might be of stellar stature.. Such lists, I feel, are highly suspect and should be treated with special care, if at all.
The sudden turn by Madonna becoming Esther – not unlike Cassius Clay becoming Mohamed Ali- explains why Madonna/Esther's planned and well ballyhooed concert tour of Israel has been canceled at the last minute. It's out. Erased completely. No make-up dates later. The Jewish populace is not a group given to being quiet about their religious views. Their outspoken criticisms of the religious views tenets of the Cabala crowd is well established. Any attempt to present an on-stage versions of any such erratic ideas would kill such a tour at the very start, so M/E has widely canceled it all
Just this past week week Madonna/E won a lawsuit in the courts of the English judicial system which clearly shows she has successfully barred trespassers from using any portion off her 1300-acres-plus estate near London. She seems to be doing everything possible to alienate potential record buyers and show goers. Any day now we may expect to see an album titled “The Tree of Life” or ”Four Worlds”- terms which symbolize basis teachings of her newly found, but ancient Jewish mysticism cult of Kaballah.
Goodbye, Madonna. Hello, Esther.
A.L.M. June 19, 2004 . [c613wds]
