MADONNA AN EXCESS OF SUCCESS?
Yes, Madonna has indeed achieved superstar status. Last year, her name became a household word, as the fashionable songstress was seemingly everywhere at once—on MTV, the movie screen, the concert stage, and even in the better boutiques, where her own inimitable line of clothes were sold.
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MADONNA AN EXCESS OF SUCCESS?
“If I seem nonchalant about success, it’s because I knew it was going to happen. ”
Yes, Madonna has indeed achieved superstar status. Last year, her name became a household word, as the fashionable songstress was seemingly everywhere at once—on MTV, the movie screen, the concert stage, and even in the better boutiques, where her own inimitable line of clothes were sold. Even the talented Madonna could’ve hardly guessed that when success came, it would be brought in by the train-load.
The true measure of superstar success, of course, is in name recognition—and how many people in the world can be recognized by a single name? Sure, there’s Prince, Sting and Quidnunc...but how many others can you think of?
On the heels of her great movie debut in Desperately Seeking Susan, Mrs. Penn is, as you know, preparing to make another flickco-starring hubby Sean (you did read Quidnunc’s Confidential in this very magazine, didn’t you?). And, no matter what her role, we’re sure that Madonna will be just as good in Shanghai Surprise as she was in Susan. Anyone who saw her in this season’s debut of Saturday Night Live will admit that this gal’s a born actress!
Hopefully, her acting career and new, reallife role as a wife won’t keep Madonna out of the recording studio in 1986, although it’s too early to tell just what her plans are. In her own words: “I don’t sit around and contemplate my fame or how popular I am. What interests me is what happens in my confrontations with people every day. I don’t think money has changed my .life.” Nor, we’ll guess, will a little more success.
