Madonna - Erotica Reaction

We're reacting to Madonna's song Erotica... Were we scandalized???
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[@pepsine]

You ladies are terrific. If only people reacted like you when this came out 30 years ago. They went crazy with this. You two simply have the intelligence it takes to understand Madonna's message. Thank tou for reacting to this.

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you so much - You've very sweet to say that! ❤️❤️

[@timfahey7127]

I purchased the sex book and album with my very first credit card in college..... The book was 50.00 and the cd was like 20. My very first credit charge was for seventy dollars and all because of madonna.❤

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

That's such a great memory!! Love that! ❤️❤️

[@Johnnyboytoy12]

When "Justify My Love" came out, it caused so much commotion. If only people knew that soon after, Madonna would get even more explicit with "Erotica". I understand some people may not like it. Different people have different tastes. I vividly remember being 10, 11 years old, watching the video, and feeling both, excited and frightened by it. Well, you've survived "Justify My Love" and "Erotica". Everything is softer from now on. :)

[@taintedlife2618]

Unless they look at the book that is 😂

[@Johnnyboytoy12]

True. I forgot about it.@@taintedlife2618

[@bretth1069]

Hung Up on Tokischa might raise an eyebrow or two 😂

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

❤️❤️

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

😂

[@Vertigotheatre1]

The outrage this whole era caused was Insane.

[@giancarlo5316]

The video is a behind the scenes from the SEX book, filmed in 8 mm by Fabien Baron, fashion editor. Guests: Naomi Campbell, Infrid Casares, Isabella Rosellini, Vanilla Ice, Big T, Udo Kier, etc. Character: Dita Parlo, an actress from Germany during the 20's. Dress: from Oscar's wining song Sooner or Later. Location: Miami ( her backyard, hotel Delano, streets and some in NY. Songs: double tone, romantics, melancholy, house and jazzy feeling. Madonna was against system and in journey explored women sexual fantasies, including the album, a movie Body of Evidence and the book Sex. The trilogy brings a big backlash in USA and kick of the Girlie Show world tour in 93.

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you for sharing that info! ❤️❤️

[@QuelquefoisFois]

I'm happy that you recognized Isabella Rossellini, most don't.😊

[@fernandosantiago9144]

second where she appears? please, tanks xoxo

[@QuelquefoisFois]

2:03 to 2:07

[@oscardelgado1075]

There is not doubt, you need to react her erotica live performance from the confessions tour 2006

[@Madonnism]

“Only the one that hurts you can make you feel better”, “Only the one that inflicts the pain can take it away”… this is Madonna’s pure wisdom and I’ve witnessed that this is true!

[@Marc-zi5cq]

You were cooler about it than me when i first watched it. the song is obviously great, very funky but the video caused a huge media backlash that she suffered from for years. She was called every slutshaming name under the sun for a couple of years. It was way too much for people back then, nowadays she gets her flowers for this song and album, as a feminist statement and liberated women and everyone else while still remaining a boss about it. Way too ahead for its time but it was crazy back then for the biggest popstar on the planet to something so x rated. She went from This Used To Be My Playground in summer 92 to this in October 92. It freaked alot of people out. People react much better to it today. Unfortunately the rest of the album got overshadowed by the controversy and backlash Erotica video caused. The album got incredible heartfelt ballads and deals with many important topics but it all got a little lost in the Erotica aftermath. I'm excited for you to see the other very different singles and videos from this era and the incredible Girlie Show Worldtour '93.

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

It's a shame that the music was overshadowed by the backlash - This really is a great song! And we can't wait to see the Girlie Show Tour. Everyone seems to love it, so we know we're in for something special! ❤️❤️

[@briandubois-gilbert8182]

@@OurAnxiousReactions…The Girlie Show Tour is unique among her tours. While most of her tours are spectacular and entertaining-I think GST has a more intellectual vibe, of artistically depicting her songs mostly from the Erotica era in the context of the history of theater performing arts. The experience is akin to the wonder you feel when viewing the masterpieces at the Louve in Paris or at the Met in NYC. There’s plenty to discuss after you view GST. But you still have several Erotica era music videos to react to before GST.

[@ElectroPrince3000]

I’m so glad we finally entered the Erotica era! Great music, gorgeous music videos and the Girlie Show Tour will leave you speechless! Bare in mind, you watched the clean version of the Erotica MV! The unedited version is the real deal 😉 It’s basically an audiovisual version of her infamous Sex Book, which is super legendary in the fandom.

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Sounds like we have some wonderful things in store! ❤️❤️

[@Johnnyboytoy12]

Can't wait for "Rain" reaction. That video is a masterpiece.

[@wampasicelair]

Curious if you plan to watch the live version from her Confessions Tour. You seem to love when she reinvents her music, and that performance is a spectacular one with a surprising mashup between Erotica and an unreleased song!

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Sounds great! ❤️❤️

[@richardc8795]

As expected, no pearl clutching. Well done ladies! Great review! Your comments are spot on. Madonna smashed this! Meet Dita, she will be your mistress tonight. Inspired by 1930’s actress Dita Parlo. Blended throughout this video are images from photo shoots for her coffee table book Sex. There are many celebrities in this. You spotted Isabella Rossellini, there is also Vanilla Ice, Naomi Campbell, princess Tatiana Von Furstenberg, and even Joey Stefano. The song is amazing. I can’t wait for you to see this performed live at the Girlie Show. It’s pretty incredible. I don’t know of any live performances outside of concert tours, so I won’t recommend one. Ty for this awesome review! Have a terrific weekend. See you soon. ♥️

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you so much! ❤️❤️ And yes, once again, no pearls were harmed. 😂😉 Hope you're having a wonderful weekend! ❤️

[@briandubois-gilbert8182]

❤your reaction, you passed this with flying colors with plenty to spare! From the beginning Madonna has encountered misogynistic, sexist condemnation from religious and conservative bigots for her exploration of sexuality and religion in her music and artistry. Although the loudest objection to her artistry are coming from religious patriarchy, some clergy were sympathetic or neutral to her. For example, author and Catholic priest Andrew Greeley embraced and defended her artistry saying with sarcasm that her religious detractors find her “morally objectionable” because “she has contaminated religion with sex” and for that “she must be condemned..”. For Madonna, these prejudices are forms of repression and barriers to freedom of expression, artistic expression, and to female empowerment that she would confront and attempt to break throughout her life and career. So, in this Justify My Love/Erotica/Sex book era she’s giving her critics a full, frontal dosage of sexuality, eroticism mixed with some religious theme. For good measure she used the emerging pop hip hop beat for this song. Blues, jazz, rythym & blues, rock & roll, and the then newer rap and hip hop were labeled as “devil music” by racists and southern televangelists because of their Black roots and its popular influence, with the rise of rebellious attitude on White youth. She and Pettibone also gave this song a “dark and mysterious vibe” by adding in the background a forlorn Middle Eastern song by Fairuz, considered Lebanon’s greatest female singer, entitled “El Yom ‘Ulliqa ‘Ala Kashaba” whose lyrics in Arabic is a sacred lament on the crucifixion of Christ traditionally sang during Good Friday services in Syriac Eastern Christian rite tradition. This same song was used in The Beast Within and in a remix of her 1998 masterpiece, Nothing Really Matters. Madonna often depicts contradictions or opposing themes in her artistry. Now go on with your wonderful Madonna journey!!😊

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️ And yay! 😉 And thank you for sharing that wonderful information, especially the details about the song by Fairuz. It's so beautiful in the background (and such a creative choice for this piece). ❤️

[@escapingboredom6958]

Idk why people were so mean to her in 1992. This is such a cool album, video, and overall the vibe of this album.

[@ChristianMetzMoreno]

Madonna has been always controversial with her music videos but these controversies are one of the reasons that make Madonna a great artist. 🙂❤️

[@blakey2408]

Love this song and the album of the same title is one of my faves by far!!❤ Yes, Madonna became her alter ego dominatrix Dita and the video is mainly live shoots from her infamous Sex book. The video also featured Big Daddy Kane and Naomi Campbell. The video was only ever played on MTV at the time of release 3 times after 10pm watershed and after it was banned… just like Justify My Love 🙄 Unfortunately this song/video was the start of the “I Hate Madonna” fan club as she released the album, book and the movie Body of Evidence so close together that people were too busy hating on her to give the album the true recognition it deserved!! In my opinion one of her most raw lyrically and I just love the album so much!! Glad you loved Erotica… there is an uncensored version 😅 P.S. loving the new hair ladies ❤

[@taintedlife2618]

Not Dita Parlo but was taken from the actress Dita Parlo

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️

[@MarkWilliams-pu7mq]

I'm so glad you both enjoyed this video. I've been a huge Madonna fan since the beginning of her career and can remember the outrage by many at the time. I really enjoy your channel and your positive responses. Best wishes from Liverpool England :)

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you so much! ❤️❤️

[@grazmsp2473]

I love your reactions deeply. You should watch tours from start to finish, and maybe divide them into parts. It may sounds tiring, but trust me, Madonnas tours never gets tiring. Much love from Sweden ❤️

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️ Sending lots of love right back to you! ❤️

[@marcdany1]

The scratchy sound at the beginning, like an old vinyl record, is because with this record she came in in the digital era, Erotica was her first record in CD!

[@redmuttly75]

there is also an uncensored video of this.

[@sharkyroman]

As always, that was sucha great reaction…. You’re so on the mark at looking beyond just the imagery in M,s vids/performances , and absorbing all of the messages and statements being made. So refreshing. You’ve got another 4 totally different sounding songs/video aesthetics to get through from this album Erotica Live version has got to be Confessions tour ( as you’re doing Girlie soon enough)😁👍🏼

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you ! ❤️❤️ And we love that this album seems like such a ride!

[@davidp8500]

Iconic and amazing song and music « avant gardiste « in 1990💪

[@andreww3225]

Such a controversial era in her career. The media went to town on M. They couldn’t grasp the fact that it was a character named Dita and was pure fantasy. Art . Yes she was pushing boundaries and teasing the establishment, but still was to shocking for that time. Most fans got it but she did lose so many at this point as they couldn’t differentiate from Madonna and Dita . Great reaction as always and knew you’d both get it ! ❤❤

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️

[@SuperBooboo02]

the song is excellent, also Naomi Campbell is in it as well...

[@TonyRom257]

There is an uncensored version which is a bit more revealing.... other cameos in this video are Naomi Cambell, Vanilla Ice, and Big Daddy Kane. Love the way you ladies think!

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️

[@conuco26]

I can’t say enough about you guys and your MADONNA reactions!! You guys are awesome! Enjoy this INSPIRATIONAL and ICONIC journey! PS: make sure to see one of her erotica promotional interviews before you watch her next single music video deeper and deeper! ❤

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you so much - You're very sweet! ❤️❤️

[@kristianberg4264]

So glad you both enjoyed this song & video,it was so wild at the time to see her explore such a sexual and free period. I never saw this as porn in any way and just thought it was such a terrific and bold creative expression.for the video & sex book, guests were: Isabella Rossellini, Vanilla Ice,(rapper)Big Daddy Cane ( rapper),Naomi Campbell( model), Tony Ward ( ex-boyfriend,model & actor). If you get a chance, you should look up her sex book photo shoot pics,such a groundbreaking, beautiful and best selling book ever by a star of her magnitude.😊

[@taintedlife2618]

Tony Ward 😂 not Tiny.

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

❤️❤️

[@murrayhonahni746]

I love watching your journey and I’m glad you met Dita. She just grows and evolves. Madame ❌ is on a different level. Many phases to come Strong Enlightened Disco Cowgirl Rebel ❤️

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️

[@gopies1456]

All the controversy around this song and it still peaked at no.3 on the billboard chart. Even tho the video was only played after midnight on MTV and VH1.

[@foran0004]

So i remember queuing up to buy her steel bound Sex Book in London at midnight ..as a teenager and it was an exciting time. The pictures in the 'coffee table' book were taken at the same time as filming this video. The media were going nuts of course and once again saying she had gone too far. The controversy actually overshadow the album which came as a trilogy of the Sex book, the Erotica Album and the movie Body of Evidence. It certainly didn't harm her sell out Girlie Show Tour the following year though

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

What a fun memory! ❤️❤️

[@gozzywozzy485]

The William Orbit mix of this is awesome, you should check it out (he also did a great remix of Justify My Love)

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thanks for the tip! ❤️❤️

[@theKarstenR]

You ladies just never disappoint with your reactions. I somehow knew that Brenda would recognize Isabella Rossellini. And again I wasn't disappointed. 😉 By the way there is a Dita t-shirt sold as merch on the current tour. It looks amazing.

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️ A Dita t-shirt you say? Sounds like something that will make an appearance in future videos. 😉

[@cardoso1979]

You got it!!!! I remember my grandmother saying that in her time, things were tamed. She had 9 kids. As you said, people have always been sexual but not all are comfortable about their sexuality.

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

❤️❤️

[@Blogodiseablog]

I think that with this video Madonna finally crossed the line for a lot of people that thought her career ended. In the video you can see also Naomi Campbell, maybe there's also someone famous like Isabella Rosellini, but don't know anybody else. I loved this new album of Erotica, don't know if it's because i was young at that time and it's when the singers impact you more, but it's maybe one of my favourite albums of her. Now that i see the video, i see it was done very artistically, don't know why some people thought it was pornography, cause for me that's another level. In these scenes i see only persons living some sexuals fantasies. There's another version of the video, i think it's "Erotica explicit" where there are more nude images, but for me the message it's the same. As always, it's a pleasure hearing your reactions to these Madonna videos, you always understand very well the messages that Madonna wanted to convey. XOXO 😘😘😘

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you so much! ❤️😘

[@karansolanki592]

Emily - “it’s great !” 😂😂😂

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

😂😂

[@dariusn7934]

Another amazing reaction so looking forward to this era of reactions

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️

[@WilUnleashed]

The video is actually filmed during the making of her SEX Book that came out simultaneously to this video. It was taken on Super 8 film not to make it look like it was a "different time period" but to go with the tone of the video. Being it being overtly sexual, she wanted the video to look amateurish and gritty looking. Hence, why she went this route with it looking grainy, etc. But you two most definitely get it and I appreciate that. Though I felt like Brenda may have been a bit taken aback by some of it? Other celebrities were featured in this video/book. Look again, and you'll see Naomi Campbell, Vanilla Ice, Big Daddy Kane, Udo Kier (which you'll see in her Deeper and Deeper video), and her boyfriend at the time Tony Ward. It was immediately two steamy for MTV and they only played it a few times before pulling it. Madonna knew that would happen, so she considered producing a Video single for it as she did with Justify My Love. Though, it never happened. A lot of people gave her crap for it and the Sex Book, and it may have been considered her first commercial flop (compared to her past releases), but she still sold over 2 million copies of the album. The album itself is actually really good, especially lyrically. Some of her most greatest music videos come from this album.

[@taintedlife2618]

I don’t recall the video being a video single. I don’t think it was. Not in the US anyways.

[@WilUnleashed]

@@taintedlife2618 I meant it was "considered", sorry for the confusion!

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you for sharing that info! ❤️❤️ We'll definitely have to rewatch to catch the celebrities we missed on the first go. And more overwhelmed with a lot happening at once than taken aback - It's hard when so much is going on and you're trying to take it all in. 😂❤️

[@WilUnleashed]

@@OurAnxiousReactions Oh I get that. There was so much going on in that video. As mentioned before, the video was just mostly filming what they were doing for the SEX book. I promise you, the rest of the videos from this album will be less gritty and if not very beautiful.

[@Guy-lo3ld]

The song and video are very unique, and the images in the video are very artful. I'm glad you enjoyed it because the song and video are definitely not for everybody tastes. I also like how you both seem to take a curious stance to her work, and are open minded. 👍🏻

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you! ❤️❤️

[@randopaiste8761]

What so fun here

[@brentholcomb7842]

I love this song, it's so pretty!! Great reaction!!!

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you so much! ❤️❤️

[@Icon4life2]

Yessss. Glad you loved it. I love the song and the album is Amazing. In my top three albums from her. I love her alternate name “Dita”. The sex book controversy overshadowed the album which is sad. But it still is a great piece of art.

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

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[@ricardoassis1788]

Hi ladies! I already said in One of the comments was that it was a great satisfaction to find the channel conducted in such an intelligent way and open to Madonna's creative possibilities. So, I return to praise the respect and recognition and such relevant notes about the works that make up Madonna's career. I'm curious (I'm a journalist): did you create the channel for reactions about Madonna or did you choose her first and discovered that it would be worth focusing on her and her fans? Thank you!!!❤❤

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you - You're very kind! ❤️❤️ Actually, we didn't create the channel to react to any particular artist. After reacting to a couple of Madonna's videos, viewers recommended that we start from the beginning of her music and take the journey. So here we are! And it's been such a great experience for us. We're able to learn much more about this amazing artist (and her advocacy) and meet so many wonderful people in the comments. Seriously. The best people! ❤️

[@ricardoassis1788]

@@OurAnxiousReactions what a wonderful!!! I’ll be there following your journey… you are the best!!! 😃🌻

[@juliabyer]

Mdna 2012 is an amazing tour! i would love to see your reactions!!

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

We will definitely get there - Can't wait! ❤️❤️

[@giacomosalibra1656]

Well well...the pearls were not ruined. The video is brilliant, it's brainwashing, it's a work of art. You can imagine what it was to see the most popular singer who had up until that point been the smiling face of America, suddenly change direction like this. I love Erotica. The sound, the general mood, the aesthetics, her tone of voice which becomes low and unexpectedly subversive... Madonna at the time had a team that was dripping with style: Bobby Woods director, Pettibone musical producer, Fabien Baron art director, Meisel photographer, "the style guy" Glenn O'Brien. But above all Madonna's ideas. I think this work comes from a feeling of anger towards one's own country, the hypocrisy, the American bigotry. She received ferocious attacks for this and this refusal was her confirmation and reason for what she thought about society. As she herself said in an interview some time later, she was sorry that the album had been overwhelmed by the Sex book. The Erotica years had a cultural impact that still lasts today.

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

😉❤️

[@nikolaipavotny5431]

2 versions of this video, The Version you reacted to and the Uncensored Version.

[@taintedlife2618]

This isn’t the unedited version 😂 I believe this is the cleaner version😂

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

😂

[@purpledragonfly313]

I love your chill reaction to this

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️ And love your story about buying her book. ❤️

[@machinagirl]

Oh this video is wild! I bought the Sex book in 1992 on a school field trip to NYC! Great reaction as always!!!!

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️ And what a field trip!

[@machinagirl]

@@OurAnxiousReactions You’re welcome! It was pretty wild opening that book up on a greyhound bus full of teenagers!!! 😂😂. Foreign language teachers too! I almost bought the book in French too! 🤣🤣

[@adambensouda5886]

There’s a Fairuz sample in the background! I love this song and the video is like an artsy home movie shot amongst friend! Naomi Campbell is in it as well!

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

❤️❤️

[@todddepue681]

As others have mentioned, these scenes were mostly filmed during photo shoots for "Sex". Looking back at that time and remembering the actual hate and vitriol Madonna experienced as a result of that book, I think it's interesting to note that the photographer Steven Meisel and art director Fabien Baron, who were also at the top of their fields, never had one word said against them. Their names were right there with her's on the title page, but Meisel didn't lose any ad campaigns or 10 pg spreads in Vogue. Baron's job at Harper's Bazaar was never in jeopardy. She took the full force of the backlash on her own. Interesting trivia: the same publishing house, Callaway, that produced Sex, also published Madonna's series of children's books in the early 2000s.

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Wow - Thank you for sharing the background on the book. That really illustrates (clearly) what she was up against at the time.

[@Madonnism]

Thank you guys for doing this reaction!! Watching your journey through Madonna’s artwork it’s been very exciting!!

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you! ❤️❤️

[@tomhorak6532]

brilliant reaction I very appreciate the discussion in the end as well , so intelligent and fantastic chemistry - and a definitely cool mum :)

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, you're very sweet - Thank you! ❤️❤️

[@tomhorak6532]

@@OurAnxiousReactions 💐💐💐

[@johndoonan5127]

hello from ireland, i love your reactions x

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you so much! ❤️❤️

[@blueeyes4910]

This was a very intense period for Madonna because Labum Erotica came out, a book entitled Sex and a film with her as the protagonist with sex scenes. From here Madonna was targeted and torn to pieces: articles came out in the press where they called her not very good and books on how to hate her

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Such a shame that some reacted so negatively at the time...

[@duke56299]

Erotica the song and video is amazing! I never understood why people were so offended by it! The video is basically the photo shoot from the sex book! And as other have told you there were many other celebrities in the video and book. I mean who can call up their friends and ask them to get naked! Lol! The next video for deeper and deeper has a lot of famous people in it too! Let’s see how many you recognize.

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

We'll be on the lookout for celebrity cameos next time! 😉❤️

[@DanielCostadaSilva]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! This was such a harsh period in her career, but even with all the backslash she didn’t stop. Plus, it’s really fun to see how she reimagined Erotica through the years and reinterpreted it in her concerts. The confessions tour happened 14 years after erotica came out. Erotica was performed in a way it was almost unrecognisable. That would be fun to see you reacting to 😊

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Can't wait to see how she reimagined this! ❤️❤️

[@karimnaboulsi1106]

​@@OurAnxiousReactions watch erotica in confessions tour

[@Mosab.Mohammad]

Another GREAT reaction as always, please watch the erotica live performance from the confessions tour 2006.

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you! ❤️❤️

[@tapanim6576]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dudedandify]

another great reaction!

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️

[@Hercules1977]

Check "Rain" live from The Girlie show tour and compare it to Niki & Donna cover

[@johnthegreek5836]

I’ve always loved the song, don’t think I’ve watched the entire video before, it’s cool that you both (Mother & Daughter) can watch this together, I have two daughters in their late 30’s and I know they wouldn’t be comfortable watching this video with me, maybe because I’m their father (I would probably be more uncomfortable for me than them) but I’m sure they would watch it with their mother, thanks ladies for sharing

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️

[@blueeyes4910]

Naomi Campbell is also in this video. This video was only played by MTV after midnight, plus for years he had to explain the meaning of having made an album and a book of his erotic fantasies

[@Marc-zi5cq]

omg, im nervous lol by far her most sexual outrageous video ever. Everything else was tame in comparison afterwards.

[@kristianberg4264]

It’s much tamer I this edited form, but I love the unedited version, it gives the full impact.❤😊

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

😂❤️

[@MichMadonnaFan]

There are images from her book “Sex” and famous people in it.

[@diap21]

I love his reaction, terrifying to imagine a reaction in the middle of October 1992, first the book of erotic images, thirty years later and it is a pop bible ❤

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

❤️❤️

[@hassanhoussemhoussem6928]

A love erotica song Madonna is so beautiful and Queen of damn ❤❤❤❤❤

[@johndoonan5127]

Great tune - hi from John in Dublin

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Hi John! Thank you for being here with us! ❤️❤️

[@matthewsmith2709]

You guys really need to watch the girlie show. Live down under.

[@carlosf.6272]

Wow, You recognized Isabella Rossellini. Did you see Naomi Campbell? Andy Warhol inspired this video and a lot is going on with the people she hired for this video. Just an incredible video. I appreciate your good reaction and ability to see beyond ...

[@OurAnxiousReactions]

Thank you! ❤️❤️ Saw Naomi Campbell on the rewatch (after viewers mentioned her). ❤️

[@Ama94947]

Unique that you watch this as Mother and Daughter lol

[@e.s.9080]

This great video was shot using various back footage or somewhat old school super 8 film home movies of the SEX book photo shoots. Thus, the song, the album and the SEX book finally are receiving their due respect and a whole new application, moreso now. 👍👍

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[@elizabethschubert7803]

While I personally enjoyed this era for her, I ultimately found this to be the point in her career where her sexual hijinks became gratuitous. You will find that her explanations for this era range from reaching to remorseful in the years that followed which tells me she was more interested in the sensationalism than anything else. Her pseudo-intellectualism was her way of trying to have it both ways IMO. She became very defensive about this era which strikes me as odd seeing as how she deliberately set out to get a reaction from people. By the end of the 90’s she was quoted as saying she was “a complete buffoon before the age of 40” and admitted on an interview with Letterman in 2000 that she didn’t know why she created the SEX book and that “it was a time in her life”. That’s why it’s hard to really qualify Madonna as a feminist. She broke ground, was a pop culture phenomenon, created an entire new paradigm for women in popular music but at the end of the day, she was merely an entertainer and a persona. Her backpedaling and inconsistency over the years is why I don’t think she’s as highly regarded as she once was.

[@moonstone1159]

It's a matter of opinion, and that's fine. I don't see where she's regretted or repudiated this artistic era, although she was taken aback by the backlash and death threats, and as a result, toned it down for a while. Being in charge of her sexuality and using it artistically doesn't diminish her feminist credentials if she doesn't persist along those lines her entire career. Madonna always reinvented herself, but was always still Madonna. I think many women (and men), feminist or not, are rediscovering her and seeing what a trailblazer and boundary breaker she's been not only in this era, but throughout her entire career. In any case, there are many kinds of feminisms and as many different dimensions to each. Any women who challenges sexist and patriarchal attitudes regardless of whether or not they wave a feminist flag advances the cause of all women (e.g. most recently, her persona Madame X follows those contours). But as I said, we can all have our opinions on the matter. Peace out!

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Although our feelings about Madonna (and her role as a feminist) are quite different, we appreciate hearing another perspective. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

[@FranklinDeLuna-wg8vo]

Bravo ladies Need you to react as well to the infamous SEX book released at the same time ❤

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[@yrankin1]

Y’all are great! Very cool. This is leading up to the SEX book.

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Thank you so much! ❤️❤️

[@toneythompson1125]

you to behave yourself 😂😂😂😂😂

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😂😂

[@user-ch6qc6qz7c]

you are the only ones who have noticed Isabella Rossellini and I add Naomi Campbell

[@rowanmayfair9249]

Quite a bit of the sepia toned footage is from her Sex. coffee book table book shoot. I do have the book if you're interested. I can get shots to send you. It's stunning.

[@Pashutzio]

Naomi Campbell is also on the set😉

[@moonstone1159]

In the unexpurgated version of this video, Madonna is seen fully nude hitch-hiking along the road. Love that shot...one of my favorites of her. The story goes that she, too, was surprised and miffed that no one stopped at the sight of her butt n^ked on the road. Too funny! I agree, the video is very well done and meant to look grainy and unfocused like those types of films of yore!

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Love that story! How could no one stop?! 😂😂

[@moonstone1159]

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[@johnnyoxigen]

Did you see Naomi campbel?

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On the rewatch (and after we were told about the other cameos in the video 😉).

[@blainw1976]

This is nothing compared to the uncensored version 😶‍🌫️

[@Freakzzz157]

This is the tame version. There is an uncensored version.

[@Marc-zi5cq]

There isnt really much difference though, except that Madonnas breasts arent blurred in the final shot and some short other ones. Madonna released this on her DVD and official channel though so i guess to her its the one she intended people to see?

[@scottsaunders5087]

Got to admit even today this is a little shocking (just a little) but hey that’s why we love her right!?