Magic Pussy

I have a third theory...
We know that Madonna loves attention, but dealing with Instagram's pressure for perfection, especially after being seen as a sex symbol for over 40 years, must be challenging. She's the pragmatic queen we all love, but she's also human. Being a 65-year-old woman who people now consider "weird" and commenting "granny goes wild" must hit hard. 
I think she might have tried to fight ageism by getting cosmetic work and posting a lot of heavily filtered selfies from 2019 to 2023. But now, she's going for a more natural look in her pictures and coming off as her real self again. It seems like she's trying to tell younger people that she's unapologetically herself and that she paved the way for many of today's pop singers in the limelight. 
Or she's just flexing her new toy boy and awesome tits.  

Her boobs look great! Also, she can finally throw away the MDNA magnetic flow face rejuvenator since it appears the new boyfriend gives great ass facials.

I also finally saw it yesterday. It was interesting how the first scene uses a tweaked original album version mixed in with some additional new instrumentation (vs the trailer using the immaculate version) while the second use sounds like a completely new recording of a choir especially since the choir is singing verses. Anyway, I thought it was a lot of fun and the movie better than I’d expected after seeing the first two.

I think this had already been clarified earlier in the post but it was a music cue/ sound editing note she gave to enhance the existing film cut. I’d have to watch both scenes again to make a decent guess.

I also finally saw it yesterday. It was interesting how the first scene uses a tweaked original album version mixed in with some additional new instrumentation (vs the trailer using the immaculate version) while the second use sounds like a completely new recording of a choir especially since the choir is singing verses. Anyway, I thought it was a lot of fun and the movie better than I’d expected after seeing the first two.

Totally agree. 
She wants to push boundaries and as usual she's extreme but to change something a tiny bit in society you must use a tank and go over the top, the more we see women of a certain age not being cake maker grannies, the more we'll forget the idea that this is what they should be.
And she likes to show her boobs, and that she still got it. It's a bit extreme, narcissistic but in good fun, it's either this or fucking up with her body again....which makes me think that she's the one having a problem with it in the first place. 
To me it's always the same feeling even if i'm totally fir these pics (they are just pics) she's not really fighting agism but aging because she hates it and it does not translate into it's great and cool to age but into it sucks and you must work hard to keep the illusion of youth. That's why i sometimes have this feeling of dread when i see these stunts. But when she's on stage doing her thing that's exactly when she's fighting back the prejudice of agism and showing there's a life after 50 and being an inspiration. 
Sharon Stone posted racy pics of herself and she got so much hate for it.
Yes, women can be sexual in their 60's 70's etc...and Madonna's motto and big fight has always been to not limit yourself and not limit others, to refuse boxes and assignations.

I also finally saw it yesterday. It was interesting how the first scene uses a tweaked original album version mixed in with some additional new instrumentation (vs the trailer using the immaculate version) while the second use sounds like a completely new recording of a choir especially since the choir is singing verses. Anyway, I thought it was a lot of fun and the movie better than I’d expected after seeing the first two.

Just watched both scenes and must say the second one is glorious, the song does EVERYTHING in that scene, it fits perfect. The fight one it's less powerful for me. But it's great to see that it is featured so heavily in the film.

We just came back from the movie and it was so good. Loved it from start to finish and Like a Prayer was used so well. Got goosebumps all over...
 
And Hugh Jackman 🤤

Her boobs look great! Also, she can finally throw away the MDNA magnetic flow face rejuvenator since it appears the new boyfriend gives great ass facials.

I’m surprised ,but not surprised, Britney’s team has decided to develop a movie at this point in her life ($ is a great motivator). It seems like exploitation , even if she claims to be involved directly, since she’s not well and hasn’t been for a while. Whether it’s a lifetime movie or streaming VOD, I have a feeling her version of life events will be hotly contested once it becomes more real if it’s going from page to screen. An unknown would probably be best for the role since any press is good press at that point in a career.

I’m surprised ,but not surprised, Britney’s team has decided to develop a movie at this point in her life ($ is a great motivator). It seems like exploitation , even if she claims to be involved directly, since she’s not well and hasn’t been for a while. Whether it’s a lifetime movie or streaming VOD, I have a feeling her version of life events will be hotly contested once it becomes more real if it’s going from page to screen. An unknown would probably be best for the role since any press is good press at that point in a career.

What she should do is offer to fill out his mail in ballot ;)

Exactly. The collab was 5 years ago. People change and sometimes the people around those people change and get them wound up about things they haven’t done their own research on. Whether it’s someone’s next door neighbor or Maybe Swae Lee got a new manager who’s a Trumper etc. Anyway, that was a good song but I doubt she’d collaborate w him if he was vocal about it back in 2019.

Exactly. The collab was 5 years ago. People change and sometimes the people around those people change and get them wound up about things they haven’t done their own research on. Whether it’s someone’s next door neighbor or Maybe Swae Lee got a new manager who’s a Trumper etc. Anyway, that was a good song but I doubt she’d collaborate w him if he was vocal about it back in 2019.

I heard about this! I’d love to see it! Congrats to them

Yeah that is fantastic from him, and the shows a hit! Love that kind of creative storytelling and imagination would be great for them to work on something, she has almost never promoted anything like this. 

Russell attended the Celebration Tour at MSG in January; he was seated in a friends and family row. I’m definitely curious if he’ll be involved w the film or he’s just in her orbit bc of mutual friends/ business associates.

I didn't realize someone posted this a few days ago but THIS is hilarious! It’s less than a second in the trailer but it’s giving Blond Ambition / Celebration tour gimp mask meets Deadpool.

I guess this answers the question if the song was only in the trailer, which I thought LAP worked well, since it’s not on the official soundtrack. They probably couldn’t come to an agreement on royalties. I can also see Madonna wanting people to stream Like A Prayer directly from her own albums or connected playlists so they are more likely to stream more of her.
 

I know this is about Deadpool but has anyone heard of Gummo? It uses Like a Prayer in it's trailer and has been OOP forever but now it's being released by Criterion. With all the fuss of having to meet Madonna to use LAP in Deadpool, interesting how such a weird movie like Gummo utilized it as well.

Fourth on 19: this is what I love 

IMO a lot of the issues with delays in reissuing her earlier work, from mid 90s back, is probably due to the limitations of the original contracts between the co-writers / co- producers etc.. That’s just my guess but it’s similar to how some movies never made it from vhs to dvd or streaming because the original agreements didn’t have inclusive language for formats that didn’t exist at the time. This might explain why you’re hearing  versions of songs on Spotify or Apple Music that weren’t on the original album. Even if there’s a re-issue or expanded edition on vinyl, I’m sure they’d want to mirror that on streaming to maximize the $.

Cut to: The groom's DL boyfriend crying in his car outside the reception venue. JK