RUADJAI 14,905 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I couldn't find a thread for the biopic so I made one. With the recent instagram post showing post-it notes with bits of info on it, I feel like we need a place to discuss these things. I think instead of having a thread of black bars concealing spoilers we should just assume the whole thread has spoilers. So if you don't want to spoil yourself... you have been warned. Pictures above from @levon Levon, Voguerista, Andreo and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUADJAI 14,905 Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 Beautiful Madonna, Pretty Madonna, Voguerista and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alm47 891 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) This is very interesting. The scenes with Martin will be emotional af. Edited January 24, 2021 by alvaroliam (see edit history) Voguerista, Levon, RUADJAI and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUADJAI 14,905 Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 Some things that stick out... Forgive me Madonna R_______ Tennessee, Sean proposes to M Wedding -Malibu Sean shouts at Paps M __________________ Paula Sean assaults Pap on street Sean in L.A. prison, Talks with M Backstage MSG, M and Sean argue, Sean punches ____________ MSG Stage M models for photography class at New School Teacher is rude? M plays ____________ M and Basquiat on stoop in Soho drinking beers out of paper bags and discussing art Basquiat Loft Party Fab Five Freddy, Maripol Beastie Boys and local riff riff smoking weed ___________ music M Basquiat alone in loft at night talking about the ___________ being _______________ M & Martin in their apartment, Martin is very sick, M takes care of him Martin's bedside, weeks later. Martin is in pain, near death. M urges Martin to let go. M visits St. Vincent hospital _________ AIDS ward, speaks to nurse, Spends time with patients Pat Leonard _____ Recording Studio, start to write Like a Prayer Shoful, Andreo, Vogue Italia and 2 others 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUADJAI 14,905 Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 M discusses modeling in one nude ______ Paula on fire escape Various headline images in tabloids of nude photographs of M M emerges from apartment assaulted by insults about? nude photos in penthouse Andreo and Voguerista 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUADJAI 14,905 Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 Flashback Seymour Stein Hospital Room High School talent show Montage of various first apartments in NY M takes class at Martha Grahm M returns home, Lays on bed, stares at post card, Frida Khalo speaks to her M gets to hallway payphone to call dad Flashback to Michigan M gets beat up?? No sympathy from dad?? M goes to party meets Dan Gilroy Return to Bloomingdale's to buy Jelly Beans?? Voguerista, Andreo, Levon and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUADJAI 14,905 Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 Danceteria (Flashback) M gives Mark a cassette 1982 Freddy talks to a male executive 1984 M performs Like a Virgin at the MTV Video Music Awards M and Debi do coke Freddy tells her she was brilliant on MTV that night? Voguerista, Andreo, Beautiful Madonna and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo 5,712 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Martin her brother?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUADJAI 14,905 Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, Angelo said: Martin her brother?? No... the gay one who died of aids. Martine Burgoyne Voguerista, Levon and Angelo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DiegoLCL 5,039 Posted January 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2021 I wonder if Paula is in reality Christopher. I am very curious to see how M will portrait her life, given the many times she said things in a -mmm...- special way compared to known facts... I like that it will not be linear and it will use flashbacks, and I'm preparing myself to hear Candy Shop oppening the Blond Ambition, given she's not the most reliable source when it comes to certain things that will for sure make the fans mad Andreo, G House, Alm47 and 13 others 4 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADAME SEX 412 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 I'm really curious about the wedding scenes...... and how she will portray sean. Do y'all think she may reveal something "big" she hid to the public eye back in the day or never talked about ? (as the famous unconfirmed threat with the baseball bat?) Voguerista, Andreo and Levon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUADJAI 14,905 Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 42 minutes ago, MADAME SEX said: I'm really curious about the wedding scenes...... and how she will portray sean. Do y'all think she may reveal something "big" she hid to the public eye back in the day or never talked about ? (as the famous unconfirmed threat with the baseball bat?) judging from the post it notes... Sean is going to be portrayed pretty negatively in some parts. But I would assume enough time has passed that it will not matter. She's not out to get him, and he probably doesn't identify with the person he used to be. Even though she's been very outspoken about the AIDS epidemic, I was too young to really understand. Even with my idol talking about it alot, and my own uncle passing from it, I don't think I ever grasped the gravity of the situation. It will be interesting to see how Madonna the human was affected by seeing her friends dying around her. MADAME SEX, As Soon As I, kesiak and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUADJAI 14,905 Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 3 hours ago, diegolcl said: I wonder if Paula is in reality Christopher. I am very curious to see how M will portrait her life, given the many times she said things in a -mmm...- special way compared to known facts... I like that it will not be linear and it will use flashbacks, and I'm preparing myself to hear Candy Shop oppening the Blond Ambition, given she's not the most reliable source when it comes to certain thing that will for sure make the fans mad I agree, I almost feel like she should have at least ONE of us in the room at all times so she gets it right. BringUrLUV, DiegoLCL and NowRadiate 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Italia 387 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) We know there's at least one sex scene in the script. She said in the video "M and Basquiat make love." Edited February 6, 2021 by Luci nln (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me1981 1,358 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Sounds like they are covering a lot of stuff. I wonder how much will be small and brief sequences and how much won't even make it to the film. I wonder what running time they have in mind and how many pages the script is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just 4 68 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 2 hours ago, me1981 said: Sounds like they are covering a lot of stuff. I wonder how much will be small and brief sequences and how much won't even make it to the film. I wonder what running time they have in mind and how many pages the script is? Generally, I don't really comment a lot on this forum, but I wanted to discuss an idea with you all! I really have been I have been pondering on this and really believe that I might have found a big clue with regards to this film. I suspect that the colour of the post-it's represent the main life-changing moments in her life and the story switches from one time period to the next, linking all these scènes together thematically MDRA, RUADJAI and me1981 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Italia 387 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, me1981 said: Sounds like they are covering a lot of stuff. I wonder how much will be small and brief sequences and how much won't even make it to the film. I wonder what running time they have in mind and how many pages the script is? In October, she said the script was 133 pages. I think a series would be ideal. She has lived an eventful life and wants to cover a lot a lot of moments. After seeing these Post-it notes and hearing her talk about the film, I can see why she didn't want someone else telling her story. I skimmed the script that was written for the Universal biopic Blonde Ambition, and it was mainly a melodrama between her and Jellybean that ended with her telling him she had an abortion after her 1984 VMA performance. There is no mention of her friendships with Martin Burgoyne and Keith Haring. Jellybean's sister Debbie is in the script, but not Debi Mazar. No mention of her relationship with Basquiat either. Edited February 6, 2021 by Luci nln (see edit history) RUADJAI, me1981 and MDRA 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just 4 68 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 29 minutes ago, Luci nln said: In October, she said the script was 133 pages. I think a series would be ideal. She has lived an eventful life and wants to cover a lot a lot of moments. After seeing these Post-it notes and hearing her talk about the film, I can see why she didn't want someone else telling her story. I skimmed the script that was written for the Universal biopic Blonde Ambition, and it was mainly a melodrama between her and Jellybean that ended with her telling him she had an abortion after her 1984 VMA performance. There is no mention of her friendships with Martin Burgoyne or Keith Haring. They mention Jellybean's sister Debbie, but not Debbie Mazar. No mention of her relationship with Basquiat either. Yes, there is really nothing that could really begin to describe how pop culture has been shaped around her. I can understand that she feels a bit tired now, because she has lived in a way that would require two lives for most people MDRA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian 2,248 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 5 hours ago, Luci nln said: In October, she said the script was 133 pages. I think a series would be ideal. She has lived an eventful life and wants to cover a lot a lot of moments. After seeing these Post-it notes and hearing her talk about the film, I can see why she didn't want someone else telling her story. I skimmed the script that was written for the Universal biopic Blonde Ambition, and it was mainly a melodrama between her and Jellybean that ended with her telling him she had an abortion after her 1984 VMA performance. There is no mention of her friendships with Martin Burgoyne and Keith Haring. Jellybean's sister Debbie is in the script, but not Debi Mazar. No mention of her relationship with Basquiat either. Wasn't there a post-it that said they had sex? MDRA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Italia 387 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ian said: Wasn't there a post-it that said they had sex? Yes, I mentioned in my previous post that there is a sex scene with Basquiat in M's script. The part I wrote about him not being mentioned was in reference to the Blonde Ambition script that was written by Elyse Hollander. That's the movie Universal wanted to make but M shut that down years ago. I was making a point that people who were important in her life aren't mentioned in that script, so it's good that she is telling her own story. You can read the Blonde Ambition script here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99OA3s2AACON0I4aUQwYko2RkU/view Edited February 6, 2021 by Luci nln (see edit history) Ian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUADJAI 14,905 Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 wait... Madonna dropped out of Highschool? Or was she kidding around when she said that to Dick Clark? (I started reading the Blond Ambition script and it starts at American Bandstand) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glindathegood 772 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 5 hours ago, RUADJAI said: wait... Madonna dropped out of Highschool? Or was she kidding around when she said that to Dick Clark? (I started reading the Blond Ambition script and it starts at American Bandstand) She dropped out of the University of Michigan, not high school. RUADJAI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glindathegood 772 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 From those post its, it seems to be going into a lot of detail about her earlier life and career. I was wondering how are they going to have time to go all the way up to Evita and Ray of Light. It’s interesting they are using flashbacks instead of a chronological format. That will set it apart from a standard bioipic and is more creative, but might make it harder for casual fans to follow. Kae-Leah Williamson and Andreo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kae-Leah Williamson 222 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) The flashback format reminds me of the newest Little Women adaptation, which made it unique but a bit harder to follow than the traditional structure. Ideally, a series along the lines of The Crown would work best. Edited February 7, 2021 by Kae-Leah Williamson (see edit history) Levon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glindathegood 772 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Just from those post it’s it seems like it will be a very honest film. Both Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman were somewhat sanitized. I personally like more honest darker things, but the general public isn’t like me. TEO, Starchild, As Soon As I and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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