Madonna, Over Easy
I must have slept through the announcement that the short subject (read: home movie) Madonna starred in during her high school years, which shows an egg being "fried" on her stomach, has resurfaced. I wrote about the existence of the movie in my book Encyclopedia Madonnica but have never seen it until now. Gotta love YouTube.com—it's got amazing rarities. This Madonna short, which looks from its condition to have been filmed sometime between the Civil and the First World War, reminds me of Kenneth Anger movies and also that
dubious old porn loop purporting to be Marilyn Monroe recycling a Coke bottle with her vagina. Nothing X-rated happens, though Madonna looks bitchin' in a bikini, suggestively eats and spits out a raw egg (foreshadowing the bukakke craze of the 2000s) and allows a friend to eat the fried egg off of her washboard abs. Yes, she was Madonna even back then. Journey back to home to read more of my blog, journey to the original Madonna post on YouTube.com or feel free to comment.
UPDATE: The original was removed, while others have gone up. I am wondering which third party is claiming copyright over this material?
oh to be that egg.
Posted by: b1-66er | February 03, 2006 at 08:43 PM
I know the bukakke thing is a lot more intriguing a prospect, but I'm betting the raw egg thing has more to do with the movie Rocky (1975) which should be contemporaneous with the depicted iteration of Madonna.
I'm about her age, and the scene with Sly downing a tumbler full of four or five raw eggs entranced, disgusted, and inspired many back then.
Posted by: TalkingHead77 | February 03, 2006 at 10:28 PM
Cool video clip. Could this be the source of Matt Drudge's infamous egg fetish??? --
http://archive.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/03/08/npwed/index.html
He is rather obsessed with Madonna....
Posted by: Huge Seagull | February 04, 2006 at 10:54 AM
I don't deny being obsessed with Madonna the phenomenon, and all the reactions to it. Madonna herself...well, let's just say she need not fear me as a potential stalker. Thanks to all of you for your comments. If I find the sequel to this Madonna movie, called Pigs In A Blanket, I'll post it. (Yes, a joke.)
Posted by: Matthew Rettenmund | February 08, 2006 at 12:01 AM