Madonna And The Nazi Imagery
Apparently Madonna’s recent Tel Aviv concert contained more than singing and preaching about peace.
Like montages with Madonna looking like Adolf Hitler and sporting a swastika on her forehead.
Madonna used Nazi imagery, including swastikas and Adolf Hitler, during a video interlude at her concert in Israel on Thursday.
The visuals were among a series of symbols, photos and clips projected on screens to accompany the singer’s song “Nobody Knows Me.”
At one moment in the montage, Madonna is wearing Hitler’s mustache and a swastika on her forehead.
Also seen are the Iron Crosses used in Nazi Germany.
The Nazi section comes amid a flurry of other images of violence, war, political protests, and other highly-charged visuals.
However, the decision to put Nazi imagery — on giant screens – in Israel is sparking controversy, with many commentators saying it should not have been included, regardless of the context or message.
Given this is the first I heard about it, I am guessing Israelis were not generally offended by this.
And I’m sure she had a point.
Or two.
Update: Some were offended by the Nazi imagery.
Meanwhile, France’s far-right party Front National said it plans to sue Madonna for displaying an image of party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead, Radio France Internationale reported Saturday. The image appeared on a backdrop behind Madonna as she sang “Nobody Knows Me” at the Tel Aviv concert.
“We’ll make money with the case we’re going to bring,” a party source, whose name was not reported, told French newspaper 20 Minutes.
Let’s examine the claim. I took the following sequential screenshots from the video:
And here’s a photo of Marine Le Pen:
The swastika seems to be on Madonna’s forehead, but she then seems to morph into someone who looks a lot like Marine Le Pen.
Hmmm..
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With her UAE shows in Dubai coming up, it will be very interesting to see their reaction to all those non-Islamic signs and symbols.
Maybe the two women were separated at birth.
Ahhh such is the power of the almighty dollar at the expense of taste and discretion, madonna. Pointless video.
She is & always has been a disgusting person.
People w/ mediocre talent, like Madonna, have to take desperate lengths for attention.