Monday, March 31, 2008

The Madonna-Curve: Role Modelling Star

Her chart-topping talent for reinvention has inspired the makeovers of Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Kylie Minogue, and now Madonna has been proposed as an unlikely role model for Nato. International defence analyst says Madonna's career should provide the blueprint for "a strategic extreme makeover" for the alliance.
The only alternative to a Madonna-makeover, according to the analyst, "seems a steady decline in relevance and merit". He said: "The quality of adapting to new tasks while staying true to one's own principles is something which business analysts qualify as the Madonna-curve. This curve is named after the legendary pop-diva who reinvented herself each time her style and stardom went into inevitable decline, but whose audacity has lifted her up to ever-higher levels of relevance and fame. Nato should follow the Madonna-curve, and not wait till its controversies escalate into public wrangles."

Madonna's British spokeswoman said analyst's proposal was a "nice idea", but that the pop star was unavailable for comment. Madonna, who 10 years younger than Nato, is the world's most successful female recording artist. This week she is expected to rack up her 13th number one in the UK and a record 37th top ten hit in the US - more than Elvis and the Beatles - with her new single 4 Minutes.

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