<< MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice were as equally untalented as Cristina and Madonna but nobody criticised them in terms of their gender. >>
I seem to be becoming Madonna's temporary unofficial spokesman here, but Mike, PUR-LEASE! Madonna does not deserve to be lumped in with those other three names, not by a long chalk. If nothing else, her longevity sets her apart. I've already made my case about the worth of some of her records, so I won't go through that again... Interestingly, while you are right that Hammer and Vanilla Ice were not criticised for being men, Vanilla Ice WAS heavily slated because of his colour. I don't know what this tells us (I'll probably think of a grand theory soon enough :-) Azeem in London
