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| U.S. music
superstar Madonna tries to silence the press as she holds up a
copy of her newest children's book entitled 'Lotsa De Casha'
at a reading and book signing event in New York June 7, 2005.
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Take it from Madonna, the self proclaimed "Material Girl," money can't
buy happiness.
That's quite a lesson from the 46-year-old pop diva, whose fifth children's book in
the past 18 months "Lotsa de Casha," hit store shelves this week.
"Lotsa was by far the
richest man in the country. He had everything that money could buy," is
the opening line of her latest book. "But there was a teeny, tiny problem. No matter how
much money Lotsa de Casha made, he wasn't happy."
The short book concludes with the moral, "When you learn to share, you
will not only find happiness. You will also find a friend."
Renowned as much for her catchy dance anthems "Vogue" and
"Ray of Light" as she was for cavorting on stage in a partially disrobed
wedding gown some 20 years ago performing "Like a Virgin" on MTV, Madonna
Ciccone Ritchie said she's left some of her old antics behind and is all grown up now.
"I'd like to think I've been evolving and transforming my whole career,
I grew up," she told Reuters in an interview.
"The media likes to say it's just another one of my guises,' she said
of her career as an author. "But it's much more deep and profound than
that."
Madonna the singer is known as a chameleon, morphing from sexy outfits and
suggestive lyrics to Eastern mysticism and Judaism. Similarly, Madonna the
writer has penned a series of books which barely resemble each other.
A different illustrator was hired for each of the five slim volumes.
But they are all anchored by the same message, she insists: "Nothing is
what it seems."
Her intended audience and some critics might agree.
A book reading at a New York bookstore on Tuesday drew puzzled
responses from the group of about 25 kids, who appeared to have difficulty
grasping the book's morals.
"I think she makes the same mistake every celebrity author makes: They
think they can write children's books," said Ilene Cooper, children's book
editor of Booklist, the review journal of the American Library
Association.
"Generally it's just awful, beyond awful," said Cooper of efforts by
celebrities-turned authors.
(Agencies) |
“金錢(qián)買(mǎi)不到快樂(lè)”。這句話不是出自他人之口，而是自我標(biāo)榜為“物質(zhì)女孩”的麥當(dāng)娜說(shuō)的。
這位46歲的流行天后在經(jīng)歷了人生的波瀾起伏后終于明白了這樣的道理。經(jīng)過(guò)18個(gè)月的創(chuàng)作，她的第五本兒童書(shū)《快樂(lè)的真諦》本周在各書(shū)店上架。
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麥當(dāng)娜在最新的這本兒童書(shū)的開(kāi)頭這樣寫(xiě)道：“羅沙是那個(gè)國(guó)家最富有的人。他擁有金錢(qián)能買(mǎi)到的所有的東西。但是，他卻遇到了一個(gè)小小的問(wèn)題：不管賺多少錢(qián)，他都不覺(jué)得快樂(lè)。”
這本薄薄的兒童書(shū)以一個(gè)寓意結(jié)尾：“當(dāng)你學(xué)會(huì)和別人分享的時(shí)候，你不僅找到了快樂(lè)，同時(shí)也擁有了朋友?！?
大約20年前，麥當(dāng)娜身著露背婚紗在舞臺(tái)上搔首弄姿，為音樂(lè)電視《像個(gè)處女》賣(mài)力表演，之后，她又憑借動(dòng)人的舞曲《時(shí)尚》及《光芒萬(wàn)丈》而一炮走紅。如今，麥當(dāng)娜卻說(shuō)，她已經(jīng)拋棄了那些老一套的滑稽動(dòng)作，因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)在她已經(jīng)成熟了。
“我覺(jué)得自己在不斷成長(zhǎng)，事業(yè)也在不斷變化。我已經(jīng)長(zhǎng)大了。”她接受路透社記者采訪時(shí)說(shuō)。
“媒體可能會(huì)認(rèn)為寫(xiě)書(shū)不過(guò)是我又一次故作姿態(tài)而已，但事實(shí)卻遠(yuǎn)比這要深刻得多，有意義得多?！闭劦剿淖髡呱矸?，麥當(dāng)娜如是說(shuō)。
歌手麥當(dāng)娜被公認(rèn)為百變天后，從性感的服裝、挑逗性的情歌到東方神秘主義和猶太教，她都一一嘗試。同樣，作家麥當(dāng)娜也已經(jīng)創(chuàng)作了多部作品，而這些作品之間往往有天壤之別。
麥當(dāng)娜找了不同的畫(huà)家分別為這五本薄薄的兒童書(shū)繪制插圖。但是，她堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為所有的書(shū)都傳遞了同一個(gè)信息，那就是：很多東西并不像表面看到的那樣。
她的目標(biāo)讀者和一些評(píng)論家們或許會(huì)同意這個(gè)說(shuō)法。
本周二（6月7日），麥當(dāng)娜在紐約的一家書(shū)店舉行了一場(chǎng)朗誦會(huì)。然而，在場(chǎng)的大約25位小讀者卻顯得迷惑不解，他們似乎很難理解這本書(shū)的寓意。
“我認(rèn)為，麥當(dāng)娜犯了一個(gè)所有名人作者都會(huì)犯的錯(cuò)誤：他們自以為可以寫(xiě)兒童書(shū)。”《書(shū)單》的兒童書(shū)編輯伊琳娜·庫(kù)珀說(shuō)?！稌?shū)單》是美國(guó)圖書(shū)館協(xié)會(huì)創(chuàng)辦的書(shū)評(píng)刊物。
在談到時(shí)下一些名人努力轉(zhuǎn)為作家的潮流時(shí)，庫(kù)珀說(shuō)，“通常來(lái)講，這是非常糟糕的事，糟糕透頂?！?BR>
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Updated: 2005-06-10 10:12