Madonna's Like a Prayer
The only rules that an artist goes by are the ones they set upon themselves. Artist's criticize current hot topics and sometimes explore their context threw the use of their imaginations. One very fine example of this is Madonna's Like a Prayer music video at the time that it was released it was a huge hit on the music charts. Still today " Like a Prayer" is a very well known song. At the time of its release it was at the center of controversy with parent groups, church groups, mainstream media, and the government. Throughout the history of art this has been a reoccurring phenomenon that art can be offensive. My position within my group is I am a member of the media but I am neutral and am just interpreting the content and the implied context of the video.
Pepsi and Sears both wanted to pull advertisement support from MTV if they continued to show the video. One of the reasons for this was the controversial religious content and both companies are......
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