Someone pointed out to me the humor of Madonna’s album being called “American Life” when she’s currently living in the UK. Heh. Anyway, Washington Post gives the new album an unfavorable review:
As a lyricist, Madonna is insufferable, and her whine suffuses and suffocates “American Life.” The stardom-as-mortal-burden idea is among the more insipid cliches out there, and it’s especially absurd coming from Madonna, in part because she has so relentlessly, unabashedly pursued stardom for more than two decades and lived off the glamour-puss culture she now claims to revile. (full review)
Remember when Madonna was cool?