European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine Madonna with two backup dancers in a reincarnation other former Silt during material Girt who is that girl anyway by Anita Gosch Stafl writer pen Youh heart pleaded Madonna in inc opening number of her sold out who s that gift concert in Frankfurt s Wald station saturday night. Too bad inc �9-Yenr-old superstar did t open her just a Lille bit More though physically and vocally Tho pop Queen gave it her All whatever stage personality she May have exuded was lost in inc giant stadium packed with More than 60.000 fans. Madonna s Broadway style song and dance spectacle Lea lung a half dozen costume changes would have come across better in a More intimate setting. That s not to say the show was l Good. Tho 100 minute concert was Slick and professional buil lacked feeling and Spon Lanc Ity that certain something thai elevates a show from a Mere routine performance to an exciting experience Madonna s every move every flick of her hips and my of her skirt was planned to Iho utmost and seemed largely Dif cycled to the  video cameras thai projected her Large irian me Imago onto four Giani screens. Verbal communication with the audience1 kept to a minimum and turned out to be the same chitchat she reportedly shared with her fans at her recent conceits m  an Appeal to me crowd to Slop throwing things on Stag which in Frankfurt was hardly the Case and a request for a come Shi nor one compared to the hundreds Sho received m London. At precisely 8 31 . Madonna skipped onto i stage Clad in a Black Corset with Gold lipped Beauta and Tichnel stockings and burst Anlo her Iqba Omega to open your heart wifi her Pale White skin ant bleached Blond hair she appeared As barely a a Hiramc i under the Bright Slage lights from there the Singer ripped through a barrage of her greatest hits and a rapid fire succession of stage personae As she slipped in and out of color Lul costumes. In True Btu Madonna was the Coy schoolgirl dressed in a Virgin White mini dress with tiny Black bows and a revealing is. I in la Isia Bonita she was i he fiery exotic Carmen her Bright red Spanish dress swaying seductively about her Weil mused tags in the Ballad live to jell a haunting eerie tribute to Marilyn Monroe and without a doubt the show s highlight. Madonna was lha sultry temptress in a Lack sequined pantsuit. And in the older hits. Material girl and like a Virgin she reincarnated As her termer outrageous set dressed in a Pink Chiffon Petticoat. Corsage and hat littered with baubles Kitsch and junk jewelry and lopped with rhinos one studded harlequin glasses Madonna chanced and pranced her voice resuming to the High pitched chirp of her Early years. But clothes alone do not make inc Man of Tho woman either. Viewed through binoculars from a relatively Good seat the concert was Irelle More than an elaborate fashion Stow Udonna s dancing though adept and Deg Ellul at times was often goofy and ungraceful her  come on Lillini Ner skill to reveal her behind iodine Hur Pink under. Or Mlo thu Cio a were less than us still the fans cheered a Iii allure each of the 13 bongs applauding Louritt Lor at cd a Cir and / Al j i turn surprisingly on a handful of Madonna Wanna to Young girls Clad Uili Irr Pia it Pell coals and junk  showed up in the concert since it was the superstar s first and Only Lippi Francc in Germany one would have in ought Iho Nina be trend had nol Yut disappeared with so Many  Perr Conje to choose Jim the question remains Vimo in that girl anyway9   in conceit docs not provide the answer the superstar gave it her All. Of us Moliai l mos t Tana a w their idol Only on video screens. Tuesday August 25, 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 13