The Making of Madonna | B*tch, I’m Madonna | 4

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Younger singers like Britney and Christina are taking over the pop charts. But Madonna refuses to be replaced or put out to pasture. She still knows how to stir up controversy to get the spotlight right where she wants it: on her.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to even the rich Add Free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:06.0	Oh, blind me. Looks like there's gonna be some swearing today.
0:10.0	You're bloody right. So piss off if you don't like it.
0:23.0	It's August 28, 2003 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
0:29.0	It's the opening number at the MTV Video Music Awards.
0:34.0	Two little girls appear in white dresses with matching hair bows and lace gloves.
0:39.0	They walk around the stage with small white baskets throwing flower petals at the crowd.
0:45.0	The curtain goes up and there in the center is a 17-foot tall wedding cake.
0:51.0	And standing on top is a veiled bride wearing a white lace boostier and a tattered white tool skirt with a belt that reads boy toy.
1:01.0	Okay, Ben here. Done that. Oh, it's different this time. Trust me.
1:07.0	As the bride starts to sing like a virgin, she lifts her veil and it's Britney Spears.
1:14.0	It's Britney bitch.
1:16.0	Britney's recreating Madonna's iconic performance from 1984.
1:21.0	The same one that thrust her into super stardom. But this time the cake has stairs.
1:27.0	So Britney can easily descend to the stage and not lose a show.
1:32.0	Lesson learned. Totally. And when Britney makes her way to the bottom of the cake,
1:37.0	she's joined by another veiled bride in exactly the same get up.
1:41.0	And when her veil is raised, it's Christina Aguilera.
1:46.0	It's Chrissy Bitch. Okay, that doesn't have the same race.
1:49.0	Definitely not. But the crowd goes wild again.
1:54.0	In 2003, Britney and Christina are two of the biggest stars in the world.
2:00.0	And they've both been influenced by Madonna. Like her, they both felt called to the stage since they were very young.
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