{"id":587,"date":"2006-10-05T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2006\/10\/courtney-love-as-virgin-pop-pieta.html"},"modified":"2006-10-05T16:14:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T16:14:00","slug":"courtney-love-as-virgin-pop-pieta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2006\/10\/courtney-love-as-virgin-pop-pieta.html","title":{"rendered":"Courtney Love as “The Virgin”: A Pop Pieta?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madonna has made endless headlines this summer with her controversial crucifixion scene<\/a> during her Confessions Tour. Apparently, Courtney Love is aiming for a piece of the religious action, too.<\/p>\n

The cover image of photographer David LaChappelle’s new book, “Heaven and Hell,” in stores this November, is Courtney Love–with a large, bright halo of light surrounding her flowing, blond hair, her body draped in a familiar blue garment, her eyes turned heavenward, as a dying man, dressed only in a loincloth and resembling her late husband Kurt Cobain, lies across her lap.<\/p>\n

A Pop Pieta, if you will.<\/p>\n

Spin.com reports the following about the image<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In the image, Love strikes a Virgin Mary-like pose while cradling a doppelganger of her late husband, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Meanwhile, a baby–presumably the pair’s daughter, Frances Bean–uses alphabet blocks to spell out the title of LaChapelle’s book.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Will Love’s appearance as Mother Mary strike the same ugly chord with media and religious groups as Madonna’s crucifixion scene?<\/p>\n

Only time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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