"Truth is the ultimate dare" This movie revolutionized the world. I still remember how it was back then. Nothing in the whole world today can come ever close to the impact this movie had in the world, in people's lives and in culture in general.
I watched this when I was 11 with my mom. This film changed my life and showed me that I was not going to be alone as a gay guy later in life. I knew there was more then what was around me at the time and a lot of fear left me after watching Truth Or Dare
The Rock'n Roll Lifestyle. Everyone is having a drink at the bar except Madonna who is upstairs in her room with her brother, eating salad and telling fart poems lol.
@@EmpressReacts Yeah she is shown here shortly with Madonnas father. I don't know how close they were but it must be awful for her and her family to lose both in such a short amount of time
La star mondiale mise à nue par elle-même. Un cadeau 🎁 pour tous ses admirateurs évidemment mais pas seulement. Comment contrôler l'ensemble des membres d'une micro-société qui part à travers le monde autour de Madonna ? La joie, les trahisons, la jalousie, les sentiments forts d'une troupe de théâtre. Heureusement, Madonna montre aujourd'hui plus ses musiciens et ses chorégraphes que dans ce documentaire qui est un exemple pour les petites vedettes qui prétendent arriver au niveau de Madonna aujourd'hui !❤🎉 Merci Empress, l'impératrice !
Loved your reaction. This documentary doesn’t get the recognition it deserves in my mind. So many pop stars from Kylie to Gaga and Katy Perry have tried to do similar films but none have come close to this one, and I think it’s because while they’re all brilliant entertainers none of them were quite as honest as Madonna was here in this moment.
Yup… M is willing to go there, which I think is partly why she gets so much crap… she’s shown herself, good and bad and it gives folks ammo to criticize her. But what I appreciate about her is that she doesn’t take herself too seriously that she can’t allow herself to be honest and vulnerable. Sure she has an ego, but it’s well earned by now.
Empress I’ve been with you from the beginning. Over a year on this journey and there’s been a lot of milestones. This one’s a special one for me. Very exciting!!!!
I respect Madonna for also including some scenes which show her in a not so positive light, like when her childhood ''idol'' came to see her and she was in a rush. Understandable with a show every day but yeah it made me think ''aww, she was so excited to see you, wish you would have sat down with her for 10 mins'' or when the make up lady got dateraped and Madonna when she gets told about her butt bleeding when she woke up, nervously giggles for a second. It's human but these are scenes other people probably would not include as they could be criticized, so hats off to Madonna for including those and also those where she is annoyed at the sound guys. I love the scenes in Europe where they all are so happy and excited in the beginning and yeah Nikki is hilarious and seems just as outrageous personality wise as Madonna. Like A Virgin 2025 hahaha
Now you must watch the best ever spoof/parody film of this movie! MEDUSA- DARE TO BE TRUTHFUL It’s on TH-cam! It’s hilarious! Go watch ASAP while this is still fresh in your mind. X
"Party In My Pants/Vague" 😍 "Justify Your Dance Shoes"......🤗🤣 "Let's get Stupid"....... 😂😜 "VAGUE".......🤷♂️ ~ "I'm Not Thinking Nothing" (Gets me every time!!) 💯Lol 🤣🤣🤣 I only discovered it around the 1st lockdown!! 😲 I'd say abt the same time, I instantly had to like & subscribe to your channel @DR Madonna 😘🤗😍❌
@@Dr_Madonna Haha without a doubt defo!!! 💯 I mean, Come on~ She deliverers a show with such a controversial & powerful non stop performance like no other!! She made it abundantly clear that not even a VOLCANIC ERUPTION!!! 🌋 Could stop her show!!! That's what u call 💯 Dedication to her fans...? (Even if they were melting!!!) Lol 😂😂 Also love "Neurotica" 😂😂😂🎉 xjx
@@Dr_Madonna Hilarious indeed~ not gonna lie, the likeness for Sandra Bernhard is 💯 & dare I say ~ frighteningly just a tad disturbing!!! 😂😂😲😲😜😜 lol 😂😂😂 (the accuracy was just as monstrously scary as Sandra is herself!!!) Xjx
You can say what you want about her but we have to give Madonna respect because she paved the way for so many people myself included. To be in the game this long she’s guaranteed her place in history 🙌👏👏🤩
Truth or dare paved the way for any kind of musical documentary that followed!! She did apologise to Kevin Costner in 2001 in her Drowned World tour lol. This documentary is legendary!
Love this movie soo much! What a great documentary. What a great look into the world's biggest pop star at the time. That Vogue hat that Ollie was wearing when Madonna is giving it to him, was the one I told you about that was from the Chicago show I attended. The girl that made it and threw it up on the stage was sitting behind us. I died when I seen him wearing it in the movie! This movie had such an impact on many of us young gay boys at the time , and still does. Seeing these proud gay men be themselves was so eye opening to a young 18 yo small town gay boy like me. The first gay people I ever seen and the first gay kiss. Wow, such great memories! Love you and this journey Empress!!!
My beautiful special Empress that I love. I was 18 when this came to cinemas as it was the only way you could watch it. I think Madonna was revolutionary in that way. It was 1991 and I was being out and proud and I saw it three times in a small town cinema. There are so many moments that today are considered normal. Madonna paved the way. The entire documentary celebrated life love and acceptance but was real at the same time. I also think she was the one who understood that live performances could be like video. I know that you love vocals but what’s interesting to me is that you don’t really comment on Madonnas performance or vocals much (and if you didn’t like them that’s fair). This moment was the peak of her fame. The world had never seen anything like her. The fitness required to do this show is incredible. Empress I saw this 3 times at the cinema and if changed my life. If validated I was ok as a gay man. It’s hard to realise but Madonna put her career on the line to support gay rights. I would love to see you make a video about her goal performance and ability as she’s about to move into the true second phase of her career. I think you got some of the documentary but I think a lot of it is specific to the time. Just know this increased her legend stats. 😊
1900 Madonna was the absolute peak of her career. She was not only the most successful with her music but her level of fame was intense. Cover of every magazine. Her name on everyone’s lips. She was the biggest star ever in 1990.
The "old dude yes man" you referred to was her manager, Freddy DeMann. She hired him in 1983, largely because, up to that point, he had been Michael Jackson's manager and she figured if he was good enough for MJ, he was good enough for her lol. Pretty ballsy move for a newcomer to have the confidence to even approach a major industry player like that. And to his credit, shows what a visionary Freddy was to recognize star quality when so many at that time considered Madonna a flash in the pan. Although I believe he's the one who told her that her career was over after the MTV Like a Virgin performance. But here he was placing bets on the LaV performance in Toronto...saying "i bet she does it MORE!"
@@EmpressReactsyeah..he was her manager for the first 10 years of her career, then she had a female manager for a few years, Caresse Henry, but she ended up killing herself then she's had Guy Oseary for about 20 years now, but she's known him since 1992..he started off I think as an assistant to Caresse
5:25 when he (Kevin Costner) was telling her “I don’t think we’ll be making that other deal” or whatever he exactly said? And she responds with “what, not neat enough for ya?“ I’M SURE he was talking about his up and coming film.. TheBodygaurd
Needed this reaction today. This is the best musical doc of all time. Ironically Madonna had Jose (dancer) perform with her at a special New York pride event the other night
Empress, love going on this journey with you, now that you have watched Truth or Dare, next are the interview/promotions for the film. Some of my favourites are: • Madonna - Truth Or Dare Promotion - Wogan Interview, 1991 • Madonna - Dinner With Madonna MTV Interview, 1991 • Madonna - Truth Or Dare Promotion - Regis & Kath Lee Interview, 1991
Great reaction! It's been forever since I've seen this. So many moments that I've forgotten, like Marty's no-show and the roofie incident.😬 It's a great time capsule of the 80s before the 90s kicked in.
👑 I’ll watch your entire reaction on Patreon but this was a great teaser for it. This documentary is such a culmination of her career and character, as well as an important study of social issues in 1990. As I’ve said before, everyone I’ve ever shown it to has at least emerged with MAD respect for Madonna, if not a completely converted FAN. It captures her so well. All her good points and her bad points too, with courageous transparency. Such a rivetingly multifaceted woman at one of the many peaks of her boldly experimental and genuinely revolutionary life. Focused, artistic, caring, narcissistic, feminine, masculine, generous, social, solitary, powerful, vulnerable, and just epic in every way. Her untoppable and unstoppable legacy. What a woman. What an icon. What a queen.
Top reaction. So many good moments, her interactions were quite fascinating and it really caught a moment in time. Madonna did the backing vocals on a track with Jose and Luis (the shopping spree dancers) called the Queens English
The guys you say were Madonna's fave dancers are Jose and Luis. She took them under her wing and they were the first artists on her maverick label. You can still find their single, The Queen's English, on TH-cam. I read the relationship eventually ended badly.
She did a ton of press for the movie, but the most important/interesting ones are Dinner With Madonna (MTV interview with Kurt Loder) and there's a long-ish interview from Cannes with dark hair. The press coverage from the Cannes premiere is also worth checking out.
This was a fantastic review. I love this film and it changed my life when it first came out. Thank you Empress for your fabulous insight and spirit. ❤💚💜💙💛
Been a Madonna fan since the first album. Love watching M’s reaction videos to see other peoples reaction and love for her. You are by far my favorite person to watch these with. Love the fun energy you bring to your channel. Keep ‘em coming. Peace
That was a lot of fun watching the whole movie with you Empress. I'm so glad that you didn't rush into "Truth or Dare" right after you watched the concert. There was only 3 months between the end of the tour and the release of "Justify My love". But, in that time.. the "Justify My Love" controversy has exploded and not only changed how the press covers Madonna... it's changed how the public perceives her. The public and media had not recovered from the "Justify My Love" controversy when "Truth or Dare" came out... and now that you've seen the move, you can imagine the fuel that added to the fire. We are in high controversy territory now.. and we haven't even gotten to the SEX book or "Erotica".
This was fantastic!! Have been looking forward to this since the beginning of the journey practically. I was forbidden to see this movie when it was first released. A few years later my Mom bought it for me for my 13th birthday and watched it with me that night. OMG! lol so so awkward! That kiss between Slam and Gabriel was the first time I saw two men kissing (and very much enjoyed it lol) and judging by my Mom's reaction I think it was her first time seeing it too (she didn't enjoy quite as much haha). This was the very beginning of me understanding there's a whole world of people out there like me. This movie was just so impactful on my own Madonna journey. And I have to say, it's like the planets aligned perfectly to make today the day you would post this. I won't say too much as to not spoil anything later but it was just last night that Madonna and Jose performed together on stage for the first time since Blond Ambition. Thanks again Empress! Always love your insight!
I wish I could see the whole thing with you, but understand it, copyrights! I actually met the dancers when they promoted their documentary. Oliver was so sweet, he came over and bowed down for me, no kidding! Isn't that unbelievable? I guess he felt how much they all meant for me. Something with energy in the room or so. I felt empowered to be myself after watching this and I am still today! This documentary kind of changed my life. I was young and vulnerable, full of questions and insecurities. To see Madonna like this was such an eyeopener. Thanks!!!
You have the best vids Empress 💜! I was hungry for Truth or Dare when I was in High school. We could not get enough of her! What a stroll down memory lane. I love to see how people around her react as well. At 5:55 the lady beside her turned her headed and didn’t see Madonna slam the phone down. So when it hits, her head twirled around and she looked startled by M. 😂 “Never turn your back on her you silly girl!” My dad tried so hard to understand Madonna for my sake. I think he did finally appreciate her more than he would have. It’s a really good feeling when we take an interest in things with our loved ones. ✌️ Thanks again for another awesome vid!!!
There are so many things that made this documentary revolutionary, but I’ll try to keep it to a few key points. 1. Madonna was unafraid to show both her difficult and good sides. She allowed herself to be shown very negatively at first but as the movie goes on you see her deep humanity, and the community she built with her creative team. 2. She was very generous to show everyone else’s story, so it wasn’t just all about her. 3. Having so many openly gay dancers, who are at times not always shown in a good light either, was SHOCKING in 1990/91. Gay men were show in media as degenerate, sex crazed and evil, and for Truth of Dare to show these men as people, not stereotypes, was eye opening and meant so much to a community that was dealing with AIDS in a very religious/conservative era much like now. (Fuck the Supreme Court… women’s rights are human rights!) 4. There are some ugly bits for sure, looking back at the doc. How M mocks her childhood friend Moira is pretty difficult to watch and Mama Makeup’s date rape and how cold pretty much everyone was about it is pretty dreadful. I think that might be from how many of them were from NYC, where you had to build up a thick skin to survive, but the girl was an innocent who clearly needed support that the others weren’t willing or able to give her. Also, Gabriel was very hurt that M kept the Truth or Dare kiss with Slam in the film when he asked her to remove it because he was still closeted. I understand that M rightly felt it was important to the gay community to see itself represented in that kiss, and what it would mean socially and politically, but she really should have removed it if it went against his wishes.
I loved this!! I have not seen this since it was released. It is so interesting to see this from your perspective and in 2022. I want to watch the whole thing again.
This was pretty much the start of “reality programming.” The following year mtv dropped the real world which was very similar and in the same vein as Truth or Dare.
There’s a documentary called “strike a pose”. It documents what happened to all the dancers. What it was like at the time of blonde ambition and truth or dare. At one point there was a lawsuit even between them and Madonna. None of them are in touch with Madonna anymore. Which is really sad. But It’s really interesting.
I'd describe Sandra Bernhard as "in your face" lol. She was a frequent guest on Letterman over the years. She always brought a shady/high fashion/campy glam element to comedy that was uniquely her's. Dave always acted like he didn't understand half of what she said...and maybe he didn't but he knew she was cool. And a lil scary 🤣
@@graphiquejack yes confidence can be very intimidating. And I can easily imagine Oliver being intimidated by a strong personality like SB while the others probably saw her as just being fabulous.
Seeing the pride parade was so powerful in 1991. It was a time when people were here today and gone tomorrow. Very scary times. Oliver was so homophobic but oddly the F word didn’t really bother anyone back then. If it did, i feel like we had bigger problems then. I met Oliver, Slam, Carlton & Jose at the 2019 premiere of “Strike a Pose” in San Francisco. Oliver has completely changed his ways. He learned a lot ofer the last 3 decades. Great guys and if you want an even deeper dive on the dancers, check the film out.
Yes, he’s come a lot way but if you watch the doc, the gay dancers are pretty awful to him as well. It’s hard to know which came first. If Oliver was homophobic to them from the jump then the gay dancers picking on him seems a little justified… like saying they’re going to convert him just to play into his worst fears as a way to mock him. They also seemed jealous of him and the rumours that he was sleeping with M, and mocked his talent by suggesting he slept his way into the show. It’s not pretty on either side but maybe that was the gay dancers way of coping with what they felt was hostility from Oliver.
Thanks for waiting till the end of the credits, I have never seen that bonus footage of her telling Alek to cut. Yeah that date rape storyline was heavily criticized and her graveyard scene. Thanks again for your journey and being authentic
What's also funny to me is that your initial reactions are the same as mine when this came out. There wasn't the same media pre-release fuss they have now. I only knew this film was coming out when I saw something in a January issue of Variety magazine. I was looking forward to it because I had completely missed the tour AND the broadcast in 1990 so I was essentially playing catch-up with my favorite entertainer thinking this Truth or Dare was a concert film only (as in JUST the concert but for cinemas). It was actually much more interesting and entertaining experience than I was expecting. However, still I had not seen the Blond Ambition Tour at that point until I purchased a Laserdisc player later in 1991. I purchased the exclusive laserdiscs of both the Nice, France show AND the Yokohama show from Japan (which was a compilation of shows in Japan unlike the Nice, France HBO Broadcast which was a one-time-only performance). After having seen her live shows 2001 through 2020 in person and in many, many cities...I'm still obsessed with this particular tour because I wanted to see it so badly in person and it never happened! I love how you're discovering Madonna's creations - in a crazy way, it's like going back in time and starting over again.
When can we see the full reaction on Patreon? :) BTW - for many in the lgbt community at the time, it was the first time seeing any gay representation on screen let alone two men kissing and a Pride parade! She really shined the spotlight on gay culture.
Well, there was gay representation but it was either as a predator/villain, a cartoonish fop that you could laugh at, not with, or a bullied kid who kills himself. Not exactly anything positive.
So we got Empress watching the Madonna backstage access and then we get a little Empress backstage access let me pull up this phone and I got to answer this call but I’m not gonna edit it out of the video you crazy
My beautiful amazing Empress. I have a suggestion Because many of us were so affected by this film can you consider posting your full reaction on Patreon? Just an idea. You’re spot on about Madonna. This is basically the peak of her fame. You are so observant about who she is. I also think that most of us would love you to react to the concert footage individually for each song as the filming of it is much better than the tour you watched. I will send you a private message on Patreon. At the time this was the most successful documentary of all time. I saw this in the cinemas in Adelaide in Australia. A small capital city. This was the first time I saw gay people being themselves and happy and Madonna loving them. I was 18 and I had never seen two men kiss. For a generation of men and women this changed everything for us and made us feel ok. Plus you can see how hard she always works. This was also the birth of reality TV. At the time no one had done this. You’re amazing as always but because you had to edit it down for copyright. I suggest. 1) post the unedited reaction on Patreon 2) react to all of the performance footage separately Love you always.
@@EmpressReacts Amazing yes it was. I broke up with someone today. Not my choice. And I saw your reaction and I forgot all my sorrow. I think you have more of an impact than you think you do. You are my TH-cam Madonna. And you are kind and caring and I love you.
My favorite parts are when she shocks you and makes u turn red!!! It’s funny bc she’s such a personality that’s her being her shoes she was meant to be a star. She’s so different than the rest and doesn’t give 2 fucks
LOVED watching your reaction Empress! This came out at a time when I think the only reality Tv show was MTV’s The Real World so she was definitely a trend setter with this reality based documentary. My standout moments are the similarities in our reactions watching for the first time. I felt the same way as you about the girl that said she was basically date raped. Seemed like no one either believed her or cared which made me feel bad for her. Also I did feel Ollie was not living his truth and that is just my opinion because to each his own. I also felt Madonna did reveal her vulnerability when she waited around for her older brother and he never showed up as well as when she found out Antonio Banderas was married. There are moments when she comes across like a very “normal” every day young woman with the same doubts and disappointments. So glad you enjoyed watching it as much as many of us did back in the day!! 😃
Oliver is straight. He’s married to a woman and is WAY more comfortable around gay men and is cool about his sexuality and gay men’s sexuality. If you watch the doc Strike a Pose with the dancers (except for Gabriel who passed away) Oliver has come a long, long way and it’s clear he sees the other dancers as brothers.
@@graphiquejack thanks for the update! He was very ambiguous and seemed conflicted to me while watching him in the documentary but that could have just been due to his age so glad to see he is now happy.
Allegedly, the Kevin Costner scene cost Madonna the starring role in "The Bodyguard", which of course then went to Whitney Houston. Another fun fact: in most territories outside the US the movie was called "In Bed With Madonna" and it was even screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival (out of competition). There is also some good footage of Madonna attending that screening here on YT. Will we be getting the entire reaction on Patreon?
I have no idea. Don't even know if this is true. But I read about it back when The Bodyguard was released, I think she dodged a bullet there, though. 😉
mmmh...I think I like both. Maybe I prefer Truth or Dare a little. I wonder what was the reason behind the two titles. Could be that In Bed With Madonna was the original title but then considered too suggestive for the American market.
As a Leo, Madonna totally acted stereotypical Leo the whole movie 🤣, lmao this was totally me on family vacations back when I was young 🤣 being the diva 😂
Damn. I wish we could have watched the whole thing with you. Even though I've watched it a million times. Lol. I remember when I first watched I thought dang, she's constantly eating. How can someone eat so much and be so in shape? Well, that was then. We know more now. Lol. Also, the last time I saw M perform LAV, I thought about that sceen with Nikki. I reminded my friend about it and we both laughed. It was nothing like what she did in BA. Btw, I think her brother Marty runs the Vinyard now. I was just there a couple weeks ago and watched her dad drive by in a white truck. Did I mention that I'm part of this movie? Well, in a way, I was one of the audience members singing happy bday to her dad. Lol. 😉😁
The finger in mouth-gag was a shot at Costner, who was riding high in box office appeal during this time and she was poking fun at his "aw-shucks' guy next door, small town boy, wholesome image. He was the goody two shoes, every man, James Stewart of the day and she knew it. Plus...notice how he made a comment about not being able "to do that project" with her. That was "The Bodyguard " she, I guess was briefly considered for. All of her catty bitchiness aside. She admits recently to cringing at her behavior in this movie, during her younger years. But, don't we all, right? Lol. All came full circle though and she had the opportunity to apologize for her rudeness towards Kevin Costner when he attended her 2001 Drowneed World Tour and she was made aware of it, dedicated the song Secret to him.
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that her brother did not comfort her after that prayer because she was in full make up and in full outfit and he would probably get yelled at by her by maybe messing up any mic wires or anything
There are a lot of interviews on TH-cam with these dancers since the tour. Also, at least three of them ended up suing her after the documentary, not sure if they won or lost.
It was Gabriel, Kevin and one other, I forget. I think Gabriel had a valid point personally if not legally. He asked M to remove the kiss with Slam during the Truth or Dare game because he was still closeted. That would be pretty devastating to suddenly become a poster child for positive gay sexuality when you weren’t ready to come out. M had a legal right to keep it in, and we all know how much that kiss meant to our community, but should it have been taken out if Gabriel had asked for her to do so? I believe so. Consent is very important. Privacy is very important. I’m not sure that the political, artistic and social reasons why that kiss was so groundbreaking and important make up for the lack of consent on Gabriel’s part. Sadly he passed of AIDS and we will never know if he would have changed his mind and approved of it now.
✴1991✴ Here's what's up next... 1. MTV "Truth or Dare" premiere party LA/NY - th-cam.com/video/JQ9Ur9LWXEE/w-d-xo.html 2. Cannes premier footage - th-cam.com/video/KtiNwZPLvp8/w-d-xo.html 3. Regis interview - th-cam.com/video/-9Mhp_EXCMc/w-d-xo.html 4. Good Morning America interview - th-cam.com/video/sk-8VdkVq1U/w-d-xo.html 5. Dinner with Madonna - th-cam.com/video/WiKKbmRnhTA/w-d-xo.html 6. Wogan interview - th-cam.com/video/g1Z-zAcDeKM/w-d-xo.html 7. Interview with Rosie/Madonna on the set of "A League of Their Own" - th-cam.com/video/jW46w_8XOzo/w-d-xo.html 8. Smash Hits Awards - th-cam.com/video/0z4aiiGk4oM/w-d-xo.html 9. Molly Meldrum interview - th-cam.com/video/kQkfiULZ2Sw/w-d-xo.html (title says '92, but it's '91) 10. MTV 10 - th-cam.com/video/i5OzEN_rIlE/w-d-xo.html 11. AmFar - th-cam.com/video/t0SaB3Mze60/w-d-xo.html 12. MTV Madonna's Year Retrospective, 1991 - th-cam.com/video/-GCf5sXoNYw/w-d-xo.html
Ok wow, first off so glad you finally saw the movie and liked it. Second wow there is a lot to unpack here it's been 30 years since this movie released so I may forget some things and some things I have come out since beause I read her brother christopher book memories of order may escape me so everyone forgive me. Anyway Madonna would come to regret making that face to Kevin because she was front in line to play the star in The Bodygaurd but thanks to that Kevin went with Whitney who was his second choice. Next none of those woman work for Madonna anymore, she may have given her a party but according to Christopher she couldn't take Madonna's attitude anymore and left after they finished the tour I believe. Second the dancer came together again I think during the pandemic to celebrate 30years since Vogue and the tour. Just resently Madonna worked with one of the for her concert at pride last night. I believe his name is Jose Xtravaganza and he has done very well for himself he was even in the FX tv show Pose playing a judge. Second Madonna at that time was not close with her siblings execpt Christopher and youngest Melanie. Her other sister who is really the middle child Paula tried to become a model the problem is those strong Ciccone jeans because back then Madonna and Paula were a bit identical to the point they could have been twins. Martin tried to become a rapper but that didn't work. I don't think they were ever estranged I just think everyone went their own seperate ways not to long ago the oldest of the family Anthony was homeless and lived under a bridge and Madonna suffered a lot of heat from haters about that. Girl just wait in every era from here on you will see just how messy Madonna's life gets. Oh Donna and Nicki would have their own solo careers but they would stay with Madonna 2 more tours. Nicki's last with Madonna would be the Drowned World Tour and Donna last tour with Madonna will be Madonna last huge era The Confessions tour.
Tbh it was fate whitney was the lead in bodyguard. I love both and m got her moment in evita a few years post bodyguard. I love both but maybe I have a tiny whitney bias since she’s my bday twin 🤣
@@EthansTarot I love both too madonna a bit more but even I can admit that movie would not have been the same without Whitney and she was amazing in it. Whitney never really got credit for her acting either. Always trust fate I guess.
I wouldn’t say M’s life is any messier than anyone else’s. I guess she’s had a long, long list of ‘relationships’ and some struggles with family members and friends, but she’s also managed to have strong long lasting friendships with several people, and seems like an excellent, caring, but strict, mother to her six kids. Rocco rebelled but what teenaged boy if given the choice to hang out with a dad who lets you goof off and smoke pot all day or the strict mother who expects you to make something out of yourself, is going to want to be with the mom? He seems to have come around now… I’m sure they’ve worked it out even if they may not be 100% close. I don’t know. But when someone has lived the life she has, and in the public eye where every detail about your relationships is up for public consumption, I would imagine your life would seem pretty messy.
@@graphiquejack When it comes to Rocco I always thought that deep down he was jealous of David or maybe jealous of Madonna's relationship with David because Madonna did say in a interview David was more like her than her other kids which says something. I mean David seems to really love Madonna in a normal idozing your mother type of way. Madonna also gives David alot of freedom to express himself that Rocco can't do because of that homophobic jerk father he has. I agree with you tho Madonna has handled her life better than most but you have to admit a few things have been messy in a small way.
my dad took me to see this in the theater but he totally hated the scenes with the gay dancers, especially when they were queening out..I bought the VHS but he threw it out twice..my dad was very homophobic, but he's gotten better as I've gotten older, but he still won't meet anyone I date or my friends..a few years ago he said he tolerates me because I'm his son..that's something that I'll never forget him saying..he used to call me a faggot, or in Spanish maricon..he had a gay brother who ended up dying of AIDS when I was about 16 and he never let me get to know him.. I'm just glad to know that if any of my nieces or nephews come out they'll have me to talk to
Let's all be real honest with the reaction Niki,and Donna had to Sharon saying she was gonna start chillin with them...the Willona Woods eye fire and semi Danny Thomas spit-take....my gosh I'm sorry I'm laughing too Madonna, but them girls were like "Nah, sis....we got like idk a lot of um stuff" lol
@@EmpressReacts the part where Niki and Donna were doin finishing touches on their hair and Niki said "that's what most victims do say"....it's poignant. I absolutely know that the whole crew felt empathy, but The Show Must Go On....(and nah, our girl Sharon had no chance of going to party w Niki and Donna) jusssayin
Oli saying ''fags'' like it's the most normal word shows how different and homophobic society was in 1990. I like him but even he admits that he was homophobic back in the day and regrets it now. Also interesting to see a Pride Parade in 1990. It was an actual protest back then that needed to happen. Nowadays in the western world, it's more of a big party. Different times for sure.
Pride parades were around since the 70's. In the 80's they were still party like but they were also angry because of the government's ignorance of the AIDS crisis and so many people dying. By the 90's they were very much parties, but they were still political because they were just starting to get over having to focus everything on AIDS, so they started to be much happier by this time.
The first ‘parade’ was a protest and that’s how it should be. Get ready to take to the streets because the Supreme Court not only wants to reverse abortion rights, but equal marriage, same sex activity itself, and contraception… the US is going to be a divided nation where some states are free and other are oppressed.
So Kevin Costner originally had Madonna picked for “The Bodyguard” but after he saw her remarks about him…it didn’t happen 😆 Who describes something as “neat” when it was groundbreaking & a 💎
@@EmpressReacts I believe so, I think they discussed it & is part of why she gave him tickets to the show. She obviously didn’t cut it out of the documentary because she is a boss like that 😜
Empress! Great reaction as always! Truth or Dare is such an interesting movie in 2022. When it came out the media focused on the gay representation, Madonna being vulgar, and just the vibe of Madonna recording intimate moments. You completely honed in on one of the tone deaf moments, which was Mama Makeup’s assault - no one mentioned it then, but now it comes across as cringe. While certain elements haven’t aged well, I can’t think of another female pop star documentary that has showed the subject in such a complex light. Unfortunately, Madonna’s second documentary did not have the same impact, and you will get there 😂 PS, Supposedly the entire Blond Ambition Tour was shot by Alek but the rest of the footage is lost or in a box somewhere - it is one of the Madonna holy grails. PPS, the conversation with M and Kevin Costner was regarding her starring in the Bodyguard, which eventually Whitney Houston got✌️
This movie had such an impact on me as a 17yr old gay boy. To see the dancers totally be themselves on that stage every night with the woman I worshipped, gave me great strength to try and be my authentic self. What happened half way through Empress? After the date rape scene, you on the phone. Did make me laugh, I legit thought you were calling your man to tell him about how that part effected you. 😆
I truly hope u will upload the whole thing , couldn’t enjoy that one. It was like fast fowarding a movie stopping randomly for 5 sec. No contex, abruptly skipping to the next one….nevertheless I’m glad u got to watch it 😉
I still don't believe Ollie myself 😂. After Kevin Costner saw the movie he was mad about what Madonna did. He was interested in her doing a movie with him. 💯 on that point of Madonna laughing off the pain. Madonna has always been smart to highlight the other around her.
That was probably the Bodyguard which she was rumored to be starring in or at least being his favorite for it. We just talked about it in a the Whitney reaction.
Regarding the date rape incident, I do think Madonna was taking it seriously. And I have accidentally laughed at the ubsurdity of something seriously. BUT, she still chose to keep it in the film so...
I'm pretty sure Marty is the one who became a drug addict and was living under a bridge for a while. Madonna tried multiple times to get him to go to rehab.
Yeah, she had to cancel her first show for her Who's That Girl Tour in Japan. But ever since then she didn't and wouldn't cancel her show unless she's having throat problems like she did on this tour and or if she's sick. She finished her show on my first concert ever at her Who's That Girl Tour concert on 8/9 in East Rutherford, NJ at the Meadowlands. It rained halfway through the show but she finished it like the professional trooper that she is. I did my best to copy her Who's That Girl music videolook. I was and still disappointed that they edited out the dance break in the middle of the Express Yourself performance. I agree with you about how her hairstylist was ignored after she was date raped. I felt that Madonna and her girl crew could have been more supportive and Madonna could have talked with her and comforted her. I'm guessing Madonna didn't want to show her vulnerable side on purpose because it would trigger her feelings of vulnerability when she was forced to perform oral sex on a man on a roof top with a knife at her throat. Oh well, nobody's perfect. But it made her seem a little hypocritical when she said she was being maternal to her dancers and her crew in her interviews promoting this documentary. I think Melissa Crowe her personal assistant stopped working for her in the early 90s. And I think that was a Freudian slip when she joked that she was able to go back to sleep after having nightmares and then after her father "f*cked" her. Or maybe she was just joking her provocative joke to provoke the audience. There are a lot of promotional interviews that she did: MTV's Breakfast With Madonna with Kurt Loder, Entertainment Tonight, Regis And Kathy Lee, the Cannes Film Festival interviews with various European, Japanese and Australian media and the French interview with her with blonde hair in a bun with wavey ringlets coming down and in a multi color dress. I hope someone finds the lost 250 of edited footage of this documentary. I know I'm getting ahead of myself but I went to see the documentary about the Blond Ambition Tour's male backup dancers called Strike A Pose at the Castro Theater in SF. I got to meet, talk and take pictures with Kevin, Salim, Oliver, Carlton and Luis. Jose couldn't make it because of work obligations. And the dancer who passed away from AIDS Gabriel's mother was there too for the after screening q&a. They were all nice and friendly especially Kevin, Salim and Oliver. Carlton was/is a bit of a diva who treated me a bit coldly like a diva at an arm's length. But a great documentary about their lives after the tour and most of them haven't seen each other until the documentary was being made. It showed how the dancers themselves were/are inspiration and role models for gay men and how the dancers have their own fan base.
@@EmpressReacts BTW According to the Japanese interview at Cannes Film Festival Madonna said that it was a vegetable soup that was having in the scene where she's in a hotel wearing a shower cap because she was dying her hair and was talking to her father and she was asking him how many tickets and who they were for.
We are over a year away from "This Used To Be My Playground.". "Truth or Dare" was released in May of '91. "This Used To Be My Playground" was released in June '92.
I am looking forward to it though. I don’t know why so many people don’t like TUTBMP. A lot of people say it’s boring and not very good. But I still really like it. It’s one of my favorite Madonna ballads. I think it has a lot of yearning and I really like the lyric and concept.
The documentary "Strike a Pose" shows how much she screwed the dancers over after this tour. She was so unkind to them. I admire her......but I think she is a monster.
in what way? From what i've seen she stayed friends with some of them til the mid 90s and Luis and others went nuts, fame got to their heads, they became addicted to drugs and generally just fucked up their opportunities and regret that now. I don't see how she was unkind, she was taking them to parties, fashion shows etc. years later. Most singers don't even that close to their dancers and hang out with them all the time, like she does let alone giving them this platform to give them so much airtime on a documentary about herself and really making it more about the tour than just herself. Didn't some of them even sue her to get more money out of her and then later starring in their own docu, milking it for all its worth? Also she hired the non addicted, non messy Carlton again for her next tour in 1993. In what way was she a monster or unkind to them?
“I wish I could say it was weird having cameras follows us around, but it was everything I dreamed about,” he tells THE FIGHT about the making of the film. “I loved it. Even after the tour ended, I remember I would go visit Madonna at her house. We would go down to a magazine store and kind of hang out, and we were followed by paparazzi. I liked all of it. I liked acting annoyed by it.” Camacho will join Truth or Dare director Alek Keshishian and others for an interview after the Outfest screening. It’s been about a year since he last saw the documentary in its entirety, but he still remembers the first time he saw the film. “I remember I wished there was more of me in the film,” he said, “My ego at the time wouldn’t let me be alright with what was shown [laughs], but today, it makes me feel very nostalgic. 95 percent were good memories, but I don’t like looking at it too often-especially with friends, because it turns into a Q&A session afterwards.” How was she a monster??
She didn't owe her dancers anything beyond paying them and giving them an amazing and ample platform which they could have (some did) use to their advantage. Fame and recognition, I think, can be difficult for some to handle, especially when it is fleeting! Most of those same dancers who performed with her on this iconic tour also got amazing exposure from her Vogue video and the MTV Award show, and more! It's not Madonna's responsibility to carry them, promote or support them beyond that! Yes it's sad that Olie gets fat and turned to waiting tables for a living for a while; though he later returned to his true love of dancing and began teaching dance! I think that fame for most, at best, is mostly fleeting, which can be really hard for some to adjust to....
"Truth is the ultimate dare"
This movie revolutionized the world. I still remember how it was back then. Nothing in the whole world today can come ever close to the impact this movie had in the world, in people's lives and in culture in general.
I wasn't a big fan of "Keep It Together" until I saw the Blonde Ambition / Truth or Dare version. It really brings the Funk
I watched this when I was 11 with my mom. This film changed my life and showed me that I was not going to be alone as a gay guy later in life. I knew there was more then what was around me at the time and a lot of fear left me after watching Truth Or Dare
Such a great story ❤️
I was 12 back then. I saw it at te cinema. I liked it a lot and wasn't shocked at all. She was who she was. Like she still do. And I got a bit wiser 😉
The Rock'n Roll Lifestyle. Everyone is having a drink at the bar except Madonna who is upstairs in her room with her brother, eating salad and telling fart poems lol.
😂😂excellent point
RIP Christopher Ciccone and Joan Ciccone. Madonna lost two family members in 2 weeks, i hope she is okay. We got to have a glimpse of them here.
Wait, dang Joan the step mama right?
@@EmpressReacts Yeah she is shown here shortly with Madonnas father. I don't know how close they were but it must be awful for her and her family to lose both in such a short amount of time
I've been waiting for this. The Real Madonna unfiltered. Very excited for this. This movie is legendary Pop Culture.
La star mondiale mise à nue par elle-même. Un cadeau 🎁 pour tous ses admirateurs évidemment mais pas seulement. Comment contrôler l'ensemble des membres d'une micro-société qui part à travers le monde autour de Madonna ? La joie, les trahisons, la jalousie, les sentiments forts d'une troupe de théâtre.
Heureusement, Madonna montre aujourd'hui plus ses musiciens et ses chorégraphes que dans ce documentaire qui est un exemple pour les petites vedettes qui prétendent arriver au niveau de Madonna aujourd'hui !❤🎉 Merci Empress, l'impératrice !
Loved your reaction. This documentary doesn’t get the recognition it deserves in my mind.
So many pop stars from Kylie to Gaga and Katy Perry have tried to do similar films but none have come close to this one, and I think it’s because while they’re all brilliant entertainers none of them were quite as honest as Madonna was here in this moment.
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Yup… M is willing to go there, which I think is partly why she gets so much crap… she’s shown herself, good and bad and it gives folks ammo to criticize her. But what I appreciate about her is that she doesn’t take herself too seriously that she can’t allow herself to be honest and vulnerable. Sure she has an ego, but it’s well earned by now.
Empress I’ve been with you from the beginning. Over a year on this journey and there’s been a lot of milestones. This one’s a special one for me. Very exciting!!!!
😘thank u for the support
I respect Madonna for also including some scenes which show her in a not so positive light, like when her childhood ''idol'' came to see her and she was in a rush. Understandable with a show every day but yeah it made me think ''aww, she was so excited to see you, wish you would have sat down with her for 10 mins'' or when the make up lady got dateraped and Madonna when she gets told about her butt bleeding when she woke up, nervously giggles for a second. It's human but these are scenes other people probably would not include as they could be criticized, so hats off to Madonna for including those and also those where she is annoyed at the sound guys.
I love the scenes in Europe where they all are so happy and excited in the beginning and yeah Nikki is hilarious and seems just as outrageous personality wise as Madonna. Like A Virgin 2025 hahaha
😂😂😂still laughing @ that 2025 Like A Virgin
FINALLY ENOUGH LOVE. lol ironic this finally dropped on the same day her new remix album finally enough love dropped 🤣
Now you must watch the best ever spoof/parody film of this movie!
MEDUSA- DARE TO BE TRUTHFUL
It’s on TH-cam! It’s hilarious! Go watch ASAP while this is still fresh in your mind. X
"Party In My Pants/Vague" 😍 "Justify Your Dance Shoes"......🤗🤣
"Let's get Stupid"....... 😂😜
"VAGUE".......🤷♂️ ~ "I'm Not Thinking Nothing" (Gets me every time!!) 💯Lol 🤣🤣🤣
I only discovered it around the 1st lockdown!! 😲 I'd say abt the same time, I instantly had to like & subscribe to your channel @DR Madonna 😘🤗😍❌
@@Dr_Madonna Haha without a doubt defo!!! 💯 I mean, Come on~ She deliverers a show with such a controversial & powerful non stop performance like no other!! She made it abundantly clear that not even a VOLCANIC ERUPTION!!! 🌋 Could stop her show!!! That's what u call 💯 Dedication to her fans...? (Even if they were melting!!!) Lol 😂😂
Also love "Neurotica" 😂😂😂🎉 xjx
@@Dr_Madonna Hilarious indeed~ not gonna lie, the likeness for Sandra Bernhard is 💯 & dare I say ~ frighteningly just a tad disturbing!!! 😂😂😲😲😜😜 lol 😂😂😂 (the accuracy was just as monstrously scary as Sandra is herself!!!) Xjx
Noted ✅️
You can say what you want about her but we have to give Madonna respect because she paved the way for so many people myself included. To be in the game this long she’s guaranteed her place in history 🙌👏👏🤩
Jose just performed with her at her special pride gig last night and she had a bunch of queens from RuPaul's Drag Race
@@joshhall1967 he did Vogue with Laganja Estranga dressed up as Madonna and he danced with her during Celebration
Oh cool‼️‼️
Jose on stage with Madonna is special
Truth or dare paved the way for any kind of musical documentary that followed!! She did apologise to Kevin Costner in 2001 in her Drowned World tour lol. This documentary is legendary!
It was reinvention tour 2004 but otherwise Yesss 🥰
I mean… he called her show ‘neat’… to be honest that was really cringe. Lol
Yes in Los Angeles Drowned World Tour she spotted Kevin Costner in the audience with his daughters and dedicated Secret to him
😂that was nice
This documentary was majorly ahead of it’s time
Love this movie soo much! What a great documentary. What a great look into the world's biggest pop star at the time. That Vogue hat that Ollie was wearing when Madonna is giving it to him, was the one I told you about that was from the Chicago show I attended. The girl that made it and threw it up on the stage was sitting behind us. I died when I seen him wearing it in the movie! This movie had such an impact on many of us young gay boys at the time , and still does. Seeing these proud gay men be themselves was so eye opening to a young 18 yo small town gay boy like me. The first gay people I ever seen and the first gay kiss. Wow, such great memories! Love you and this journey Empress!!!
Omg‼️‼️‼️So cool about the hat. I bet so surreal
@@EmpressReacts yeah. It was! Great memory. Was an amazing show. Once in a lifetime.
My beautiful special Empress that I love. I was 18 when this came to cinemas as it was the only way you could watch it.
I think Madonna was revolutionary in that way.
It was 1991 and I was being out and proud and I saw it three times in a small town cinema.
There are so many moments that today are considered normal.
Madonna paved the way.
The entire documentary celebrated life love and acceptance but was real at the same time.
I also think she was the one who understood that live performances could be like video.
I know that you love vocals but what’s interesting to me is that you don’t really comment on Madonnas performance or vocals much (and if you didn’t like them that’s fair).
This moment was the peak of her fame. The world had never seen anything like her.
The fitness required to do this show is incredible.
Empress I saw this 3 times at the cinema and if changed my life.
If validated I was ok as a gay man. It’s hard to realise but Madonna put her career on the line to support gay rights.
I would love to see you make a video about her goal performance and ability as she’s about to move into the true second phase of her career.
I think you got some of the documentary but I think a lot of it is specific to the time.
Just know this increased her legend stats. 😊
1900 Madonna was the absolute peak of her career. She was not only the most successful with her music but her level of fame was intense. Cover of every magazine. Her name on everyone’s lips. She was the biggest star ever in 1990.
The "old dude yes man" you referred to was her manager, Freddy DeMann. She hired him in 1983, largely because, up to that point, he had been Michael Jackson's manager and she figured if he was good enough for MJ, he was good enough for her lol. Pretty ballsy move for a newcomer to have the confidence to even approach a major industry player like that.
And to his credit, shows what a visionary Freddy was to recognize star quality when so many at that time considered Madonna a flash in the pan.
Although I believe he's the one who told her that her career was over after the MTV Like a Virgin performance.
But here he was placing bets on the LaV performance in Toronto...saying "i bet she does it MORE!"
Tbh he’s a better manager than Guy O 🙄🤣
@@EthansTarot Freddie is lot better than Guy O
Freddy was the only one who told her the truth..even if she didn't want to hear it..I don't think Guy does that
Oh so that was the Freddie DeMann
@@EmpressReactsyeah..he was her manager for the first 10 years of her career, then she had a female manager for a few years, Caresse Henry, but she ended up killing herself then she's had Guy Oseary for about 20 years now, but she's known him since 1992..he started off I think as an assistant to Caresse
5:25 when he (Kevin Costner) was telling her “I don’t think we’ll be making that other deal” or whatever he exactly said? And she responds with “what, not neat enough for ya?“ I’M SURE he was talking about his up and coming film.. TheBodygaurd
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My opinion is that he was talking about a party afterward.
''They arrested Bobby Brown for effing on stage!''
Yasss Nikki!
😂😂😂
Needed this reaction today. This is the best musical doc of all time.
Ironically Madonna had Jose (dancer) perform with her at a special New York pride event the other night
Wow I’ve always wished for her to get back with her old dancers
Oh wow‼️
Oh wow! Jose was there? I heard about Laganga Estranga and Bob the Drag Queen, but not Jose! That’s epic!
Empress, love going on this journey with you, now that you have watched Truth or Dare, next are the interview/promotions for the film.
Some of my favourites are:
• Madonna - Truth Or Dare Promotion - Wogan Interview, 1991
• Madonna - Dinner With Madonna MTV Interview, 1991
• Madonna - Truth Or Dare Promotion - Regis & Kath Lee Interview, 1991
Great reaction! It's been forever since I've seen this. So many moments that I've forgotten, like Marty's no-show and the roofie incident.😬 It's a great time capsule of the 80s before the 90s kicked in.
ooo i like what you said, even though it was technically 1990 the 90s hadn't kicked in
I saw Jose extravaganza appeared on stage with madonna last weekend at NY pride. So great to see
👑 I’ll watch your entire reaction on Patreon but this was a great teaser for it. This documentary is such a culmination of her career and character, as well as an important study of social issues in 1990. As I’ve said before, everyone I’ve ever shown it to has at least emerged with MAD respect for Madonna, if not a completely converted FAN. It captures her so well. All her good points and her bad points too, with courageous transparency. Such a rivetingly multifaceted woman at one of the many peaks of her boldly experimental and genuinely revolutionary life. Focused, artistic, caring, narcissistic, feminine, masculine, generous, social, solitary, powerful, vulnerable, and just epic in every way.
Her untoppable and unstoppable legacy. What a woman. What an icon. What a queen.
what a statement!!!! agree with everything you said😍
Top reaction. So many good moments, her interactions were quite fascinating and it really caught a moment in time. Madonna did the backing vocals on a track with Jose and Luis (the shopping spree dancers) called the Queens English
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@@EmpressReacts there's a version with just Madonna's vocals
one of the most iconic lines of hers is ,"do something else, do my eyebrows"
😂😂
I say it way too often haha
The guys you say were Madonna's fave dancers are Jose and Luis. She took them under her wing and they were the first artists on her maverick label. You can still find their single, The Queen's English, on TH-cam. I read the relationship eventually ended badly.
She did a ton of press for the movie, but the most important/interesting ones are Dinner With Madonna (MTV interview with Kurt Loder) and there's a long-ish interview from Cannes with dark hair. The press coverage from the Cannes premiere is also worth checking out.
Can't wait‼️
There's the 1 hour interview of with blonde hair in wavey ringlets and in a multi color dress interviewed by a French journalist.
@@dalee72 Isn't in overdubbed in French?
@@FindingMadonna Yes, I think it is.
This was a fantastic review. I love this film and it changed my life when it first came out. Thank you Empress for your fabulous insight and spirit. ❤💚💜💙💛
Thank u‼️ Glad u enjoyed 😘
Been a Madonna fan since the first album. Love watching M’s reaction videos to see other peoples reaction and love for her. You are by far my favorite person to watch these with. Love the fun energy you bring to your channel. Keep ‘em coming. Peace
wow thank u!
I'll never forget the sound in the cinema when I first saw this and the onscreen larger than life visuals ♡
I bet
There is a Geraldo Show episode that came out that year with all the dancers and its worth watching but hard to find.
if u find it send it to me=)
That was a lot of fun watching the whole movie with you Empress. I'm so glad that you didn't rush into "Truth or Dare" right after you watched the concert. There was only 3 months between the end of the tour and the release of "Justify My love". But, in that time.. the "Justify My Love" controversy has exploded and not only changed how the press covers Madonna... it's changed how the public perceives her. The public and media had not recovered from the "Justify My Love" controversy when "Truth or Dare" came out... and now that you've seen the move, you can imagine the fuel that added to the fire. We are in high controversy territory now.. and we haven't even gotten to the SEX book or "Erotica".
yaaas! seems like a hectic time. I can't wait to get into the interviews about the doc.
This was fantastic!! Have been looking forward to this since the beginning of the journey practically. I was forbidden to see this movie when it was first released. A few years later my Mom bought it for me for my 13th birthday and watched it with me that night. OMG! lol so so awkward! That kiss between Slam and Gabriel was the first time I saw two men kissing (and very much enjoyed it lol) and judging by my Mom's reaction I think it was her first time seeing it too (she didn't enjoy quite as much haha). This was the very beginning of me understanding there's a whole world of people out there like me. This movie was just so impactful on my own Madonna journey.
And I have to say, it's like the planets aligned perfectly to make today the day you would post this. I won't say too much as to not spoil anything later but it was just last night that Madonna and Jose performed together on stage for the first time since Blond Ambition. Thanks again Empress! Always love your insight!
Wow‼️‼️‼️that always seems to happen on the journey 🤩
I wish I could see the whole thing with you, but understand it, copyrights! I actually met the dancers when they promoted their documentary. Oliver was so sweet, he came over and bowed down for me, no kidding! Isn't that unbelievable? I guess he felt how much they all meant for me. Something with energy in the room or so. I felt empowered to be myself after watching this and I am still today! This documentary kind of changed my life. I was young and vulnerable, full of questions and insecurities. To see Madonna like this was such an eyeopener. Thanks!!!
Wow so cool‼️‼️
HOLY 💩!!!! Did we finally reach this reaction 🤩
😂😂😂right‼️
You have the best vids Empress 💜! I was hungry for Truth or Dare when I was in High school. We could not get enough of her! What a stroll down memory lane.
I love to see how people around her react as well. At 5:55 the lady beside her turned her headed and didn’t see Madonna slam the phone down. So when it hits, her head twirled around and she looked startled by M. 😂 “Never turn your back on her you silly girl!”
My dad tried so hard to understand Madonna for my sake. I think he did finally appreciate her more than he would have. It’s a really good feeling when we take an interest in things with our loved ones. ✌️
Thanks again for another awesome vid!!!
yeah your dad gets an A for effort. And omg just looked at that part again 😂
There are so many things that made this documentary revolutionary, but I’ll try to keep it to a few key points.
1. Madonna was unafraid to show both her difficult and good sides. She allowed herself to be shown very negatively at first but as the movie goes on you see her deep humanity, and the community she built with her creative team.
2. She was very generous to show everyone else’s story, so it wasn’t just all about her.
3. Having so many openly gay dancers, who are at times not always shown in a good light either, was SHOCKING in 1990/91. Gay men were show in media as degenerate, sex crazed and evil, and for Truth of Dare to show these men as people, not stereotypes, was eye opening and meant so much to a community that was dealing with AIDS in a very religious/conservative era much like now. (Fuck the Supreme Court… women’s rights are human rights!)
4. There are some ugly bits for sure, looking back at the doc. How M mocks her childhood friend Moira is pretty difficult to watch and Mama Makeup’s date rape and how cold pretty much everyone was about it is pretty dreadful. I think that might be from how many of them were from NYC, where you had to build up a thick skin to survive, but the girl was an innocent who clearly needed support that the others weren’t willing or able to give her. Also, Gabriel was very hurt that M kept the Truth or Dare kiss with Slam in the film when he asked her to remove it because he was still closeted. I understand that M rightly felt it was important to the gay community to see itself represented in that kiss, and what it would mean socially and politically, but she really should have removed it if it went against his wishes.
Oh dang the thing with Gabriel was messed up‼️ Great points
I loved this!! I have not seen this since it was released. It is so interesting to see this from your perspective and in 2022. I want to watch the whole thing again.
This documentary is epic. I love it.
This was pretty much the start of “reality programming.” The following year mtv dropped the real world which was very similar and in the same vein as Truth or Dare.
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Actually that’s true. I hadn’t made that connection before
There’s a documentary called
“strike a pose”. It documents what happened to all the dancers. What it was like at the time of blonde ambition and truth or dare. At one point there was a lawsuit even between them and Madonna. None of them are in touch with Madonna anymore. Which is really sad. But It’s really interesting.
Wow‼️‼️‼️😳 Can't wait to see
@@EmpressReacts Yeah that might be a fun video for you to do on the channel. I don’t think anybody’s reacted to it
I'd describe Sandra Bernhard as "in your face" lol. She was a frequent guest on Letterman over the years. She always brought a shady/high fashion/campy glam element to comedy that was uniquely her's. Dave always acted like he didn't understand half of what she said...and maybe he didn't but he knew she was cool. And a lil scary 🤣
I love those old Sandra Bernhard interviews plus the Arrsenio Hall ones she did.
😂😂
Confidence is the word I would use and that scares a lot of people when someone has that much confidence
@@graphiquejack yes confidence can be very intimidating. And I can easily imagine Oliver being intimidated by a strong personality like SB while the others probably saw her as just being fabulous.
Can't wait for you to see her next documentary IM GOING TO TELL YOU A SECRET.
Just about to start watching it my Empress. Have my wine ready. Love you ❤
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Seeing the pride parade was so powerful in 1991. It was a time when people were here today and gone tomorrow. Very scary times. Oliver was so homophobic but oddly the F word didn’t really bother anyone back then. If it did, i feel like we had bigger problems then. I met Oliver, Slam, Carlton & Jose at the 2019 premiere of “Strike a Pose” in San Francisco. Oliver has completely changed his ways. He learned a lot ofer the last 3 decades. Great guys and if you want an even deeper dive on the dancers, check the film out.
Yes, he’s come a lot way but if you watch the doc, the gay dancers are pretty awful to him as well. It’s hard to know which came first. If Oliver was homophobic to them from the jump then the gay dancers picking on him seems a little justified… like saying they’re going to convert him just to play into his worst fears as a way to mock him. They also seemed jealous of him and the rumours that he was sleeping with M, and mocked his talent by suggesting he slept his way into the show. It’s not pretty on either side but maybe that was the gay dancers way of coping with what they felt was hostility from Oliver.
oh wow! so cool to hear ollie changed!
great point!
Thanks for waiting till the end of the credits, I have never seen that bonus footage of her telling Alek to cut. Yeah that date rape storyline was heavily criticized and her graveyard scene. Thanks again for your journey and being authentic
You are so welcome 😍
This was great!!!! Thank uuuuuu👍💙lots of love
zane
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I want ALL the footage - MONTHS of Madonna on film :)
What's also funny to me is that your initial reactions are the same as mine when this came out. There wasn't the same media pre-release fuss they have now. I only knew this film was coming out when I saw something in a January issue of Variety magazine. I was looking forward to it because I had completely missed the tour AND the broadcast in 1990 so I was essentially playing catch-up with my favorite entertainer thinking this Truth or Dare was a concert film only (as in JUST the concert but for cinemas).
It was actually much more interesting and entertaining experience than I was expecting. However, still I had not seen the Blond Ambition Tour at that point until I purchased a Laserdisc player later in 1991. I purchased the exclusive laserdiscs of both the Nice, France show AND the Yokohama show from Japan (which was a compilation of shows in Japan unlike the Nice, France HBO Broadcast which was a one-time-only performance). After having seen her live shows 2001 through 2020 in person and in many, many cities...I'm still obsessed with this particular tour because I wanted to see it so badly in person and it never happened!
I love how you're discovering Madonna's creations - in a crazy way, it's like going back in time and starting over again.
I love that you did this !!!
You're welcome!
When can we see the full reaction on Patreon? :) BTW - for many in the lgbt community at the time, it was the first time seeing any gay representation on screen let alone two men kissing and a Pride parade! She really shined the spotlight on gay culture.
Well, there was gay representation but it was either as a predator/villain, a cartoonish fop that you could laugh at, not with, or a bullied kid who kills himself. Not exactly anything positive.
So we got Empress watching the Madonna backstage access and then we get a little Empress backstage access let me pull up this phone and I got to answer this call but I’m not gonna edit it out of the video you crazy
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My beautiful amazing Empress.
I have a suggestion
Because many of us were so affected by this film can you consider posting your full reaction on Patreon?
Just an idea.
You’re spot on about Madonna. This is basically the peak of her fame.
You are so observant about who she is.
I also think that most of us would love you to react to the concert footage individually for each song as the filming of it is much better than the tour you watched. I will send you a private message on Patreon.
At the time this was the most successful documentary of all time.
I saw this in the cinemas in Adelaide in Australia. A small capital city.
This was the first time I saw gay people being themselves and happy and Madonna loving them.
I was 18 and I had never seen two men kiss.
For a generation of men and women this changed everything for us and made us feel ok.
Plus you can see how hard she always works.
This was also the birth of reality TV. At the time no one had done this.
You’re amazing as always but because you had to edit it down for copyright.
I suggest.
1) post the unedited reaction on Patreon
2) react to all of the performance footage separately
Love you always.
Stay tuned! And wow 18 was the first time you saw 2 guys kiss! Incredible how time has changed
@@EmpressReacts Amazing yes it was. I broke up with someone today. Not my choice. And I saw your reaction and I forgot all my sorrow.
I think you have more of an impact than you think you do.
You are my TH-cam Madonna.
And you are kind and caring and I love you.
My favorite parts are when she shocks you and makes u turn red!!! It’s funny bc she’s such a personality that’s her being her shoes she was meant to be a star. She’s so different than the rest and doesn’t give 2 fucks
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You should also see Julie Brown's brilliant parody of this film "Medusa: Dare To Be Truthful". It's really a classic... 🤣🤣
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Thank you so much for this reaction & I remember this being the first gay kiss I saw in theaters…i turned red 😂
😂😂😂oh wow
It was THE first gay kiss in a major motion picture. Madonna fought for it and insisted it made the final cut!
Iconic
LOVED watching your reaction Empress! This came out at a time when I think the only reality Tv show was MTV’s The Real World so she was definitely a trend setter with this reality based documentary. My standout moments are the similarities in our reactions watching for the first time. I felt the same way as you about the girl that said she was basically date raped. Seemed like no one either believed her or cared which made me feel bad for her. Also I did feel Ollie was not living his truth and that is just my opinion because to each his own. I also felt Madonna did reveal her vulnerability when she waited around for her older brother and he never showed up as well as when she found out Antonio Banderas was married. There are moments when she comes across like a very “normal” every day young woman with the same doubts and disappointments. So glad you enjoyed watching it as much as many of us did back in the day!! 😃
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Oliver is straight. He’s married to a woman and is WAY more comfortable around gay men and is cool about his sexuality and gay men’s sexuality. If you watch the doc Strike a Pose with the dancers (except for Gabriel who passed away) Oliver has come a long, long way and it’s clear he sees the other dancers as brothers.
@@graphiquejack thanks for the update! He was very ambiguous and seemed conflicted to me while watching him in the documentary but that could have just been due to his age so glad to see he is now happy.
Yaaaassss! We’ve been waiting for this.
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the best of the best ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Allegedly, the Kevin Costner scene cost Madonna the starring role in "The Bodyguard", which of course then went to Whitney Houston.
Another fun fact: in most territories outside the US the movie was called "In Bed With Madonna" and it was even screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival (out of competition). There is also some good footage of Madonna attending that screening here on YT.
Will we be getting the entire reaction on Patreon?
Which title do you guys prefer?
Stay tuned 😎 and did she know she was being considered?
I have no idea. Don't even know if this is true. But I read about it back when The Bodyguard was released, I think she dodged a bullet there, though. 😉
mmmh...I think I like both. Maybe I prefer Truth or Dare a little. I wonder what was the reason behind the two titles. Could be that In Bed With Madonna was the original title but then considered too suggestive for the American market.
M later apologizes to Kevin publicly at one of her shows!
As a Leo, Madonna totally acted stereotypical Leo the whole movie 🤣, lmao this was totally me on family vacations back when I was young 🤣 being the diva 😂
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Great reaction xxx
glad u enjoyed!!
Damn. I wish we could have watched the whole thing with you. Even though I've watched it a million times. Lol. I remember when I first watched I thought dang, she's constantly eating. How can someone eat so much and be so in shape? Well, that was then. We know more now. Lol. Also, the last time I saw M perform LAV, I thought about that sceen with Nikki. I reminded my friend about it and we both laughed. It was nothing like what she did in BA. Btw, I think her brother Marty runs the Vinyard now. I was just there a couple weeks ago and watched her dad drive by in a white truck. Did I mention that I'm part of this movie? Well, in a way, I was one of the audience members singing happy bday to her dad. Lol. 😉😁
You're part of the movie? Pops has a Vineyard? Stay tuned for full reaction
The finger in mouth-gag was a shot at Costner, who was riding high in box office appeal during this time and she was poking fun at his "aw-shucks' guy next door, small town boy, wholesome image. He was the goody two shoes, every man, James Stewart of the day and she knew it. Plus...notice how he made a comment about not being able "to do that project" with her. That was "The Bodyguard " she, I guess was briefly considered for. All of her catty bitchiness aside. She admits recently to cringing at her behavior in this movie, during her younger years. But, don't we all, right? Lol. All came full circle though and she had the opportunity to apologize for her rudeness towards Kevin Costner when he attended her 2001 Drowneed World Tour and she was made aware of it, dedicated the song Secret to him.
oh wow!!! that's cool growth and interesting about kevin costner's goody image - i wouldn;t have guessed that
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that her brother did not comfort her after that prayer because she was in full make up and in full outfit and he would probably get yelled at by her by maybe messing up any mic wires or anything
😂😂😂sounds like he understands a diva
There are a lot of interviews on TH-cam with these dancers since the tour. Also, at least three of them ended up suing her after the documentary, not sure if they won or lost.
Dang‼️‼️
They didn’t win
@@toneythompson1125 - OK, it has been so long, I forgot how it turned out. Lol
It was Gabriel, Kevin and one other, I forget. I think Gabriel had a valid point personally if not legally. He asked M to remove the kiss with Slam during the Truth or Dare game because he was still closeted. That would be pretty devastating to suddenly become a poster child for positive gay sexuality when you weren’t ready to come out. M had a legal right to keep it in, and we all know how much that kiss meant to our community, but should it have been taken out if Gabriel had asked for her to do so? I believe so. Consent is very important. Privacy is very important. I’m not sure that the political, artistic and social reasons why that kiss was so groundbreaking and important make up for the lack of consent on Gabriel’s part. Sadly he passed of AIDS and we will never know if he would have changed his mind and approved of it now.
✴1991✴ Here's what's up next...
1. MTV "Truth or Dare" premiere party LA/NY - th-cam.com/video/JQ9Ur9LWXEE/w-d-xo.html
2. Cannes premier footage - th-cam.com/video/KtiNwZPLvp8/w-d-xo.html
3. Regis interview - th-cam.com/video/-9Mhp_EXCMc/w-d-xo.html
4. Good Morning America interview - th-cam.com/video/sk-8VdkVq1U/w-d-xo.html
5. Dinner with Madonna - th-cam.com/video/WiKKbmRnhTA/w-d-xo.html
6. Wogan interview - th-cam.com/video/g1Z-zAcDeKM/w-d-xo.html
7. Interview with Rosie/Madonna on the set of "A League of Their Own" - th-cam.com/video/jW46w_8XOzo/w-d-xo.html
8. Smash Hits Awards - th-cam.com/video/0z4aiiGk4oM/w-d-xo.html
9. Molly Meldrum interview - th-cam.com/video/kQkfiULZ2Sw/w-d-xo.html (title says '92, but it's '91)
10. MTV 10 - th-cam.com/video/i5OzEN_rIlE/w-d-xo.html
11. AmFar - th-cam.com/video/t0SaB3Mze60/w-d-xo.html
12. MTV Madonna's Year Retrospective, 1991 - th-cam.com/video/-GCf5sXoNYw/w-d-xo.html
Ok wow, first off so glad you finally saw the movie and liked it. Second wow there is a lot to unpack here it's been 30 years since this movie released so I may forget some things and some things I have come out since beause I read her brother christopher book memories of order may escape me so everyone forgive me. Anyway Madonna would come to regret making that face to Kevin because she was front in line to play the star in The Bodygaurd but thanks to that Kevin went with Whitney who was his second choice. Next none of those woman work for Madonna anymore, she may have given her a party but according to Christopher she couldn't take Madonna's attitude anymore and left after they finished the tour I believe. Second the dancer came together again I think during the pandemic to celebrate 30years since Vogue and the tour. Just resently Madonna worked with one of the for her concert at pride last night. I believe his name is Jose Xtravaganza and he has done very well for himself he was even in the FX tv show Pose playing a judge. Second Madonna at that time was not close with her siblings execpt Christopher and youngest Melanie. Her other sister who is really the middle child Paula tried to become a model the problem is those strong Ciccone jeans because back then Madonna and Paula were a bit identical to the point they could have been twins. Martin tried to become a rapper but that didn't work. I don't think they were ever estranged I just think everyone went their own seperate ways not to long ago the oldest of the family Anthony was homeless and lived under a bridge and Madonna suffered a lot of heat from haters about that. Girl just wait in every era from here on you will see just how messy Madonna's life gets. Oh Donna and Nicki would have their own solo careers but they would stay with Madonna 2 more tours. Nicki's last with Madonna would be the Drowned World Tour and Donna last tour with Madonna will be Madonna last huge era The Confessions tour.
Tbh it was fate whitney was the lead in bodyguard. I love both and m got her moment in evita a few years post bodyguard. I love both but maybe I have a tiny whitney bias since she’s my bday twin 🤣
@@EthansTarot I love both too madonna a bit more but even I can admit that movie would not have been the same without Whitney and she was amazing in it. Whitney never really got credit for her acting either. Always trust fate I guess.
😂😂😂Marty a rapper 😂
I wouldn’t say M’s life is any messier than anyone else’s. I guess she’s had a long, long list of ‘relationships’ and some struggles with family members and friends, but she’s also managed to have strong long lasting friendships with several people, and seems like an excellent, caring, but strict, mother to her six kids. Rocco rebelled but what teenaged boy if given the choice to hang out with a dad who lets you goof off and smoke pot all day or the strict mother who expects you to make something out of yourself, is going to want to be with the mom? He seems to have come around now… I’m sure they’ve worked it out even if they may not be 100% close. I don’t know. But when someone has lived the life she has, and in the public eye where every detail about your relationships is up for public consumption, I would imagine your life would seem pretty messy.
@@graphiquejack When it comes to Rocco I always thought that deep down he was jealous of David or maybe jealous of Madonna's relationship with David because Madonna did say in a interview David was more like her than her other kids which says something. I mean David seems to really love Madonna in a normal idozing your mother type of way. Madonna also gives David alot of freedom to express himself that Rocco can't do because of that homophobic jerk father he has. I agree with you tho Madonna has handled her life better than most but you have to admit a few things have been messy in a small way.
my dad took me to see this in the theater but he totally hated the scenes with the gay dancers, especially when they were queening out..I bought the VHS but he threw it out twice..my dad was very homophobic, but he's gotten better as I've gotten older, but he still won't meet anyone I date or my friends..a few years ago he said he tolerates me because I'm his son..that's something that I'll never forget him saying..he used to call me a faggot, or in Spanish maricon..he had a gay brother who ended up dying of AIDS when I was about 16 and he never let me get to know him.. I'm just glad to know that if any of my nieces or nephews come out they'll have me to talk to
Whew!!!! Tough, bit glad you're not letting that anger impact the relationships with your other family members
Let's all be real honest with the reaction Niki,and Donna had to Sharon saying she was gonna start chillin with them...the Willona Woods eye fire and semi Danny Thomas spit-take....my gosh
I'm sorry I'm laughing too Madonna, but them girls were like "Nah, sis....we got like idk a lot of um stuff" lol
You mean when they were playing the game
@@EmpressReacts the part where Niki and Donna were doin finishing touches on their hair and Niki said "that's what most victims do say"....it's poignant. I absolutely know that the whole crew felt empathy, but The Show Must Go On....(and nah, our girl Sharon had no chance of going to party w Niki and Donna) jusssayin
Oli saying ''fags'' like it's the most normal word shows how different and homophobic society was in 1990. I like him but even he admits that he was homophobic back in the day and regrets it now. Also interesting to see a Pride Parade in 1990. It was an actual protest back then that needed to happen. Nowadays in the western world, it's more of a big party. Different times for sure.
Pride parades were around since the 70's. In the 80's they were still party like but they were also angry because of the government's ignorance of the AIDS crisis and so many people dying. By the 90's they were very much parties, but they were still political because they were just starting to get over having to focus everything on AIDS, so they started to be much happier by this time.
The first ‘parade’ was a protest and that’s how it should be. Get ready to take to the streets because the Supreme Court not only wants to reverse abortion rights, but equal marriage, same sex activity itself, and contraception… the US is going to be a divided nation where some states are free and other are oppressed.
@@graphiquejack Yes it was a protest, and much more is coming. I guess Clarence Thomas needs to reconsider if his marriage should be legal.
Right! I was surprised about the protest part
So Kevin Costner originally had Madonna picked for “The Bodyguard” but after he saw her remarks about him…it didn’t happen 😆
Who describes something as “neat” when it was groundbreaking & a 💎
Wow really‼️😂😂😂did she know that at the time?
@@EmpressReacts I believe so, I think they discussed it & is part of why she gave him tickets to the show. She obviously didn’t cut it out of the documentary because she is a boss like that 😜
Empress! Great reaction as always! Truth or Dare is such an interesting movie in 2022. When it came out the media focused on the gay representation, Madonna being vulgar, and just the vibe of Madonna recording intimate moments. You completely honed in on one of the tone deaf moments, which was Mama Makeup’s assault - no one mentioned it then, but now it comes across as cringe. While certain elements haven’t aged well, I can’t think of another female pop star documentary that has showed the subject in such a complex light. Unfortunately, Madonna’s second documentary did not have the same impact, and you will get there 😂 PS, Supposedly the entire Blond Ambition Tour was shot by Alek but the rest of the footage is lost or in a box somewhere - it is one of the Madonna holy grails. PPS, the conversation with M and Kevin Costner was regarding her starring in the Bodyguard, which eventually Whitney Houston got✌️
I love the “I’m going to tell you a secret doc” it showcases the place she was in during 2004
Tbh I’m glad Madonna didn’t get bodyguard, as a stan of both that was Whitney’s moment 🤣
Wow that is crazy‼️ Who is Alek?
@@EmpressReacts Alek Keshishian directed Truth or Dare. He and Madonna are still friends and have worked together a few times after this movie.
@@mjb78 Ah
This movie had such an impact on me as a 17yr old gay boy. To see the dancers totally be themselves on that stage every night with the woman I worshipped, gave me great strength to try and be my authentic self. What happened half way through Empress? After the date rape scene, you on the phone. Did make me laugh, I legit thought you were calling your man to tell him about how that part effected you. 😆
hahaha ''i'mma call my boo and tell him how i feel about this documentary right now!''
😂😂yeah I was mad about thay
That was Empress' Truth moment. 😘
I truly hope u will upload the whole thing , couldn’t enjoy that one.
It was like fast fowarding a movie stopping randomly for 5 sec. No contex, abruptly skipping to the next one….nevertheless I’m glad u got to watch it 😉
Please tell us we will be getting more than jus the highlights........
Copyright is probably the reason
😎stay tuned
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YES!!!
I still don't believe Ollie myself 😂. After Kevin Costner saw the movie he was mad about what Madonna did. He was interested in her doing a movie with him. 💯 on that point of Madonna laughing off the pain. Madonna has always been smart to highlight the other around her.
That was probably the Bodyguard which she was rumored to be starring in or at least being his favorite for it. We just talked about it in a the Whitney reaction.
@@Marc-zi5cq It was
@@Marc-zi5cq tbh I love Madonna but it was Whitney’s role totally and everything worked out
@@EthansTarot 💯
😂😂I'm like Ollie plz 😂
Regarding the date rape incident, I do think Madonna was taking it seriously. And I have accidentally laughed at the ubsurdity of something seriously.
BUT, she still chose to keep it in the film so...
I'm pretty sure Marty is the one who became a drug addict and was living under a bridge for a while. Madonna tried multiple times to get him to go to rehab.
Actually it's her eldest brother, Anthony, who isn't in the film, that was living under the bridge.
@@Dr_Madonna ohh my bad - thanks.
@@bananaboydc5431 Oops :)
Dang
Wait we ain't seeing the whole reaction? Just highlights????
Blame the movie studio- they hit me with the ©️ 😂. Stay tuned for full patreon upload
in the scene with the shower cap she was eating minestrone soup
Never heard if it 😂
Yeah, she had to cancel her first show for her Who's That Girl Tour in Japan. But ever since then she didn't and wouldn't cancel her show unless she's having throat problems like she did on this tour and or if she's sick. She finished her show on my first concert ever at her Who's That Girl Tour concert on 8/9 in East Rutherford, NJ at the Meadowlands. It rained halfway through the show but she finished it like the professional trooper that she is. I did my best to copy her Who's That Girl music videolook.
I was and still disappointed that they edited out the dance break in the middle of the Express Yourself performance.
I agree with you about how her hairstylist was ignored after she was date raped. I felt that Madonna and her girl crew could have been more supportive and Madonna could have talked with her and comforted her. I'm guessing Madonna didn't want to show her vulnerable side on purpose because it would trigger her feelings of vulnerability when she was forced to perform oral sex on a man on a roof top with a knife at her throat. Oh well, nobody's perfect. But it made her seem a little hypocritical when she said she was being maternal to her dancers and her crew in her interviews promoting this documentary.
I think Melissa Crowe her personal assistant stopped working for her in the early 90s.
And I think that was a Freudian slip when she joked that she was able to go back to sleep after having nightmares and then after her father "f*cked" her. Or maybe she was just joking her provocative joke to provoke the audience.
There are a lot of promotional interviews that she did: MTV's Breakfast With Madonna with Kurt Loder, Entertainment Tonight, Regis And Kathy Lee, the Cannes Film Festival interviews with various European, Japanese and Australian media and the French interview with her with blonde hair in a bun with wavey ringlets coming down and in a multi color dress.
I hope someone finds the lost 250 of edited footage of this documentary.
I know I'm getting ahead of myself but I went to see the documentary about the Blond Ambition Tour's male backup dancers called Strike A Pose at the Castro Theater in SF. I got to meet, talk and take pictures with Kevin, Salim, Oliver, Carlton and Luis. Jose couldn't make it because of work obligations. And the dancer who passed away from AIDS Gabriel's mother was there too for the after screening q&a. They were all nice and friendly especially Kevin, Salim and Oliver. Carlton was/is a bit of a diva who treated me a bit coldly like a diva at an arm's length. But a great documentary about their lives after the tour and most of them haven't seen each other until the documentary was being made. It showed how the dancers themselves were/are inspiration and role models for gay men and how the dancers have their own fan base.
Ah, the many questions we have for Madonna- will we ever know 😂
@@EmpressReacts BTW According to the Japanese interview at Cannes Film Festival Madonna said that it was a vegetable soup that was having in the scene where she's in a hotel wearing a shower cap because she was dying her hair and was talking to her father and she was asking him how many tickets and who they were for.
@@dalee72 interesting
Marti is the troublemaker in the family.
😂😂i see
And yes Madonna has a sarcastic sense of humor that is misinterpreted a lot because of her power as a woman, which is sad 😔
Smh
Is This Used To Be My Playground next? 😊
Madonna did a number of interviews around the release of ToD so she'll probably watch those next.
@@todddepue681 Omg we will be probs getting TUTBMP at the end of the summer, which that’s a perfect end of summer/fall song 🔥
We are over a year away from "This Used To Be My Playground.". "Truth or Dare" was released in May of '91. "This Used To Be My Playground" was released in June '92.
Um idk 😂
I am looking forward to it though. I don’t know why so many people don’t like TUTBMP. A lot of people say it’s boring and not very good. But I still really like it. It’s one of my favorite Madonna ballads. I think it has a lot of yearning and I really like the lyric and concept.
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🤔. This doc flustered you. It’s crazy, right?
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I noticed that you did not put up 10's across the board for this did you not really like it?
I never rate movies with 10s they're too long - I just talk about them 😂
The documentary "Strike a Pose" shows how much she screwed the dancers over after this tour. She was so unkind to them. I admire her......but I think she is a monster.
in what way? From what i've seen she stayed friends with some of them til the mid 90s and Luis and others went nuts, fame got to their heads, they became addicted to drugs and generally just fucked up their opportunities and regret that now. I don't see how she was unkind, she was taking them to parties, fashion shows etc. years later. Most singers don't even that close to their dancers and hang out with them all the time, like she does let alone giving them this platform to give them so much airtime on a documentary about herself and really making it more about the tour than just herself. Didn't some of them even sue her to get more money out of her and then later starring in their own docu, milking it for all its worth?
Also she hired the non addicted, non messy Carlton again for her next tour in 1993. In what way was she a monster or unkind to them?
“I wish I could say it was weird having cameras follows us around, but it was everything I dreamed about,” he tells THE FIGHT about the making of the film. “I loved it. Even after the tour ended, I remember I would go visit Madonna at her house. We would go down to a magazine store and kind of hang out, and we were followed by paparazzi. I liked all of it. I liked acting annoyed by it.”
Camacho will join Truth or Dare director Alek Keshishian and others for an interview after the Outfest screening. It’s been about a year since he last saw the documentary in its entirety, but he still remembers the first time he saw the film.
“I remember I wished there was more of me in the film,” he said, “My ego at the time wouldn’t let me be alright with what was shown [laughs], but today, it makes me feel very nostalgic. 95 percent were good memories, but I don’t like looking at it too often-especially with friends, because it turns into a Q&A session afterwards.”
How was she a monster??
Jose just performed with her this week at NY Pride
@@todddepue681 She must be so horrible to him ;)
She didn't owe her dancers anything beyond paying them and giving them an amazing and ample platform which they could have (some did) use to their advantage. Fame and recognition, I think, can be difficult for some to handle, especially when it is fleeting! Most of those same dancers who performed with her on this iconic tour also got amazing exposure from her Vogue video and the MTV Award show, and more! It's not Madonna's responsibility to carry them, promote or support them beyond that! Yes it's sad that Olie gets fat and turned to waiting tables for a living for a while; though he later returned to his true love of dancing and began teaching dance! I think that fame for most, at best, is mostly fleeting, which can be really hard for some to adjust to....