European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Entertainment amp mtg St mtg can t the video to Madonna a song a justify my love Quot has stirred up controversy because of its scenes of bisexuality a voyeurism and mild sadomasochism. New Madonna by Jean Marbella Baltimore Sun you can understand the Catholic Church Pepsi cola or other tradition bound institutions finding Madonna just too hot to handle. But mtg that hip music video Channel that often plays like a Fredericks of Hollywood Catalon set to musician the Wake of a tvs a deciding not to air a new a Madonna video a reportedly because of its steamy scenes of bisexuality voyeurism and mild sadomasochism a some observers Are crying sexism. The music Channel they say is reacting against the messenger a read a woman rather than the message. Quot you get All kinds of outrageous stuff on mtg. But on the rare occasions when a woman is in charge and plays around with these same subjects it gets. Suppressed a said Karen Durbin arts editor of Mirabella Magazine. Quot it certainly is absurd of them to come out As sensitive Over sadomasochism when sadomasochism is All that the heavy Metal videos Are anyway. I think the problem is that its. Generated by a  Quot women musicians have always been scrutinized More closely for the types of images they put out a. Said Usa Lewis author of gender politics and mtg voicing the difference. Quot mtg is overwhelmingly addressed to male adolescents. Mtg is sexist in that it has a history of promoting male musicians and male Points of  Madonna s video justify my love was to premiere on mtg nov. 24, but executives nixed its airing a this one is not for us Quot mtg said in a prepared statement. Calls to mtg for further _ information were not returned Warner Bros plans to sell the video single in about two weeks. But can aired part of the video last week with the Anchor noting that it had been Quot altered to avoid offending some  and nightlife. Played it along with an interview with Madonna in a show that ran on an to tuesday morning. The Black and White video appears to be Standard mtg fare Madonna garbed in Black lace lingerie and tumbling in bed with her real life Boyfriend As she breath ily recites lyrics like Quot i done to want to be your Mother. I Don t want to be your a. Sister either. I just want to be your . At one Point you see a second Man watching the couple in another scene two men Caress and in a third a Bare breasted woman kisses a Man strapped to a chair. This is not Madonna s first video controversy last year her like a prayer video a in which she kisses a Black statue that comes to life a irked religious leaders who then successfully pressured Pepsi not to use the Singer in its  i think a lot of what she does is take the culture s image of sex and female sexuality and puts this sly in your face spin on it Quot Durbin said. Quot it makes people crazy. Pepsi and mtg say of no Quot some speculate that the bisexual aspect of the video is what prompted the mtg ban. Quot its perfectly All right for mtg to broadcast sadomasochistic couplings and events As Long As _ the images Don t violate a certain heterosexual Norm Quot said Mark Crispin Miller a Johns Hopkins University professor of popular culture Quot Madonna must have crossed the Boundary line by showing a  several experts said they believe the mtg ban is part of the same anti obscenity movement that has a sought to stifle homoerotic works by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Quot its just like the Mapplethorpe Issue Quot said Judith Butler a Johns Hopkins associate professor of humanities and author of the Book gender trouble. Quot one of the reasons homosexuality has become so threatening is because it s becoming linked up with aids. Its a bad climate for sexual. Experimentation and representations of non traditional sexuality  controversy highlights what Many believe is Madonna a Quot gender problem she a seen As threatening by men but not by women a Quot Madonna in order to be As popular As she is would have to address Many Ages and All sexes Quot said Lewis. Quot but she has a very different Appeal to girls and women based on the Power she exerts Over her image and Over female representation in _ general.�?�. Quot Madonna represents this aggressive female sexuality Quot said Butler who Calls herself Quot a big Madonna . ,. Quot and that a frightening to the american . Cd has re top a singles 1. Because i love you Stevie b 2. 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Crazy people music a Branford Marsalis quartet Page 16 the stars and stripes wednesday december 5,1990