Why do they always pick on her? There are Divas older than her, Tina, Barbra and Cher...
There are certainly lots of Divas who are now well over 40s yet are still not being joked about as old like J.Lo, Janet, Mariah, Celine... MADONNA is not even out of shape and moves and looks younger than her age...
I feel like they always make fun of M for her age cause she is the only one who is truly out there kicking ass, pushing buttons and doing what a woman her age is not supposed to. They have been trying to trash Madonna since she first appeared on the scene. I always thought that by this time of her life and career, the critics would accept defeat and simply acknowledge the incredible way she is still the biggest female superstar on the planet. But no, now they just harp on about her age. The most comical thing is that she looks better and definitely performs better than women half her age. Cher, Barbara, Tina and Aretha are all legends older than Madonna who never cop that much abuse about their age (nor should they).
Sometimes I feel like they cant forgive her success. Madonna has been in the music scene for 30+ years without signs of stopping as a hard working popstar who keeps delivering and breaking new records in the industry consistently since the early 80s. Other "divas" didn't keep on track with the youth as much as Madonna did and still does. Madonna has been part of this game since most of us weren't even born. For the majority of the music press she has been doing her thing forever without showing any signal of slowing down. I know she's 54, but to me she is ageless. She doesn't look her age in my eyes. Then again I only have loving eyes for my main bitch..