Madonna had an erotic moment? More to the point, whom hasn’t she had an “erotic” moment with? Another introductory question: if she’s had “erotic moments” with more than, say, 1,000 men, women and other creatures, can Madonna’s very public rutting behaviors still be called “erotic”?
Ahem.
Under the headline “Madonna’s Erotic Messages for Her Ex-Boyfriend Up for Sale”, the UK Telegraph reports on the pending auction of Madonna’s steamy comments – recorded on answering machine tapes – to ex-boyfriend and bodyguard Jim Albright back in the early 1990s. Also included are faxed letters to Albright.
Audio tapes of erotic messages left by Madonna on a former boyfriend’s answering machine are up for sale in an online auction.
The recordings, totalling around 17 minutes on two micro-cassettes, were made by the singer for Jim Albright – who was also her bodyguard – in 1992 and 1993, and the site selling them expects them to fetch between £18,000 and £24,000.
A video of Madonna, described by the auction site Gotta Have Rock And Roll as “very personal and intimate”, shot during the making of the 1993 film Dangerous Games and sent to Albright, is also on sale and expected to go for £7,000-£8,000. . . .
The auction also features 21 letters faxed by Madonna to Mr Albright in the early 1990s from all over the world.
Many of her letters are signed “Lola Montez” – the name of a 19th century performer who was born in Ireland but found fame as a Spanish dancer and lover of members of European high society.
She refers to Mr Albright as “Ceasar”, “J”, “James”, “Booty Man” and even in one letter “Sambo”.
For the prurient-minded, you can see the wares at the “Gotta Have Rock and Roll” auction site. For a few thousand quid, you could own a bustier worn by Madonna during her “Like a Virgin Tour” – “like” being the operative word.
But back to our basic “if a tree falls in the forest” question. If Madonna ruts publicly and frequently – either in fact or in simulation – with just about the entire world, can anything she does be considered erotic? Eroticism is, after all, the atmosphere, not the act itself. The attraction between Elinor Dashwood and Edward Ferrars in Sense and Sensibility is deeply erotic. By that standard, Madonna is about as erotic – and obvious – as the so-called “money-shot” in a porn video.
And just about as repulsive.
