Justifying Madonna s Work By Madonna - 2190 Words

Dheiab Al Qemzi Professor Harrison QS 115 27 October 2014 Justifying Madonna’s Work Madonna has certainly set a name for herself as the queen of the gays, the ruler of the weird, the trendsetter for the modern pop culture. Madonna focused on portraying the LGBT in many of its videos and considered the gay community to be her greatest supporters. It was important for Madonna to show the world the meaning of being sexually free and being able to express sexuality without regards to the social norms. The music video Justify My Love by Madonna portrays Sexuality and Nudity in the hopes of creating a more open minding culture with regards to gender expression. The music video features a wide range of abnormal sexuality behavior, as well as†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"Justify My Love† is one of the first music videos to showcase characters that are hard to identity or put a label on; That was Madonna’s intention in order to create more and more controversy. In her effort to educate the general public about the LGBT community she chose to add transsex ual, transgender, and gay characters in the hotel orgy scene. The transsexuals were in the process of developing breasts and had a lot of androgynous characteristics to their physical appearance. Cambridge Dictionaries Online tells us the definition of Androgynous is: â€Å"having both male and female features†. She depicted sexual conduct between each other in an unconventional way. The characters were shown to be over sexualized and hungry for sex with anyone they can find. This is the stereotype that the general public already has of the LGBT community and for that Madonna hasn’t served the gay community well. We see that Madonna explored the idea of gender bending and inserting queer members into the orgy that she was engaging in. Sexuality was taken to the next level with it being open to more diversification. We see all the characters including Madonna herself engaging in the hotel sex activity with no regards to what was conventionally appropriate. The video features also portray a lot of raw and fetish sexuality that is depicted in an artistic manner. The mode of dressing that is showcased in the video demeans the dignity of women as much of the female body is generally