{"id":1637,"date":"2012-02-03T07:22:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T12:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/doinglifetogether\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2012-03-03T09:59:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-03T14:59:11","slug":"superbowl-great-game-but-madonna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2012\/02\/superbowl-great-game-but-madonna.html","title":{"rendered":"SuperBowl: Great Game, but Madonna?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While my team did not make it to the super bowl this year, I am excited to see the big game as those two teams should put on quite the show.<\/p>\n<p>But Madonna for the half time entertainment?<\/p>\n<p>A friend of mine asked me who still listens to Madonna? I really don&#8217;t know. She must sell music or she wouldn&#8217;t have been asked to do this gig. But every time I see Madonna, I feel like I am seeing a little girl locked in a grown up body. She seems like a wounded soul who is desperately seeking someone other than Susan!<\/p>\n<p>And maybe that is what I sense&#8211;the seeker searching for validation and acceptance. I suspect that under all the bravado and strutting is a women in need of someone to love and to be loved back. She&#8217;s tried spirituality but needs the love of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna seems like a woman who has never grown past the identity verses confusion stage of Erikson&#8217;s stages of psychosocial development. Her constant reinventing of herself could be viewed as massive insecurity and a need to be noticed. This 50 something seems determined to stay young and relevant.<\/p>\n<p>But it is like watching a former beauty queen trying to regain her title.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna and I are about the same age. Maybe that is why it bothers me to see her acting like a teenager. Most women my age have grown into their skin.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;ll dance her heart out. I read that she spent 13 hours a day preparing for one of her music videos. That&#8217;s about what is would take to get a 50-year-old body to compete with Britney Spears!<\/p>\n<p>So while you could admire her for still giving it the college try, I say it&#8217;s time to graduate and pass the baton. Old rock stars can still play the music, but there is something unsettling about watching them do it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While my team did not make it to the super bowl this year, I am excited to see the big game as those two teams should put on quite the show. But Madonna for the half time entertainment? A friend of mine asked me who still listens to Madonna? I really don&#8217;t know. 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