I was at a party in L.A. about a month or so ago and I meet this guy wearing a red string around his wrist.
I knew what it represented, so I asked him to explain Kabbalah to me.
He obliged and went on at length about the what it was, what it wasn't.. etc. etc. He was very astute, level headed in manner..and all his information was fascinating.
I eventually brought up the topic of Madonna and how she has popularized the faith. I asked him if he found Kabbalah through her.
He admitted he learned of Kabbalah through his being a huge Madonna fan and initially went to services in the hopes of seeing her. He did see her a number of times...but soon - quite unexpectedly - found the faith to his liking.
...So we are chatting it up and laughing over cocktails and finger food when I told him of my Madonna "jump the shark" theory.
...WELL...
He entire tenor changed. He became tense, heated and defensive. He started to spew out statistics on the death rate of Malawi children, how Madonna would NEVER do such a thing for publicity, and how sorry he was for me: that I must have a miserable life to be so cynical.
At the end of this extended and escalating rant(one I suspected he had given few times before) he whipped around on his heels (literally), did the "neck thing" and came dangerously close to snapping his fingers.
What can you do? People worship her.
We all have our blind spots.
What great ones do the less will prattle of
Updated On: 10/7/08 at 01:45 AM