March 29, 2005 -- Catholic-turned-Kabbalah-kook Madonna has a bad habit of displaying poor taste, and now her boy-toy director hubby has stirred up more controversy - by dressing as the pope while John Paul II is seriously ailing.
The bizarre pair donned what critics blasted as outrageously offensive costumes for a fete celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim at the Kabbalah Center in London.
The gap-toothed, 46-year-old mom of two went as a nun, while her wide-eyed, 36-year-old husband, Guy Ritchie, strutted through the doors as the pope.
Both of them were dripping in crucifixes on Holy Thursday, just three days before Christianity's most sacred holiday, Easter.
But it was Ritchie's gold-trimmed white garb and matching skullcap that drew the most ire of Catholic leaders, who were incensed over his timing, considering that Pope John Paul II's worldwide flock is in grief over his poor health.
"Her husband suggests that he's just as depraved as his wife," said Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League.
"I suggest that next time, Madonna dress up in something more suited to her, such as from the Wiccan religion. And the Catholic League would donate a broom to her husband — with instructions on what to do with it."
Madonna's rep, Liz Rosenberg, scoffed at critics.
"That's completely ridiculous," she said of the hoopla. "They went to a costume party. There wasn't disrespect intended at all. That's just somebody looking for a problem when there isn't one."
Exclusive photos of the pair at the gig will be featured in People magazine out Friday.
Purim is the Jewish religion's most festive holiday, when it is customary to wear costumes — although the costumes generally involve characters from the historical Purim story, not popes and nuns.
The furor over Madonna and Ritchie at the Purim party came as Pope John Paul II's health forced him to skip yet another treasured tradition yesterday: the post-Easter blessing from his Vatican window.
A day earlier, on Easter, the pope had failed to speak to the masses gathered to hear services in the square.
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Wow. It's really hard for me to decide which I care about less, Guy Ritchie's Purim costume or whether it offended the Vatican. Oh, the ambiguity of it all.
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Funny how you all think that when Madonna's husband dresses up like the Pope its funny and inoffensive, but when John Ashcroft says pot is evil, you're all up in arms, god forbid.
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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punkdavid wrote:
The funny thing is that he doesn't even look like the Pope. He could be any Cardinal.
IT STILL MAKES IT WRONG ASSHOLE
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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Cartman wrote:
glorified_version wrote:
punkdavid wrote:
The funny thing is that he doesn't even look like the Pope. He could be any Cardinal.
IT STILL MAKES IT WRONG ASSHOLE
Why? They're just clothes. It's like flag burning. When we make the symbol more important than the ideal we are all in trouble.
Funny how you all got so offended when someone made fun of John Kerry but when its the pope its okay
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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punkdavid wrote:
Looks like g_v walked away from a computer in the library still logged in.
goddamnit
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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Cartman wrote:
glorified_version wrote:
Cartman wrote:
glorified_version wrote:
punkdavid wrote:
The funny thing is that he doesn't even look like the Pope. He could be any Cardinal.
IT STILL MAKES IT WRONG ASSHOLE
Why? They're just clothes. It's like flag burning. When we make the symbol more important than the ideal we are all in trouble.
Funny how you all got so offended when someone made fun of John Kerry but when its the pope its okay
Huh?
heh
exactly!
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:01 am Posts: 19477 Location: Brooklyn NY
Cartman wrote:
glorified_version wrote:
Cartman wrote:
glorified_version wrote:
Cartman wrote:
glorified_version wrote:
punkdavid wrote:
The funny thing is that he doesn't even look like the Pope. He could be any Cardinal.
IT STILL MAKES IT WRONG ASSHOLE
Why? They're just clothes. It's like flag burning. When we make the symbol more important than the ideal we are all in trouble.
Funny how you all got so offended when someone made fun of John Kerry but when its the pope its okay
Huh?
heh
exactly!
I have no idea what you're talking about.
par·o·dy Audio pronunciation of "parody" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pr-d)
n. pl. par·o·dies
1.
1. A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. See Synonyms at caricature.
2. The genre of literature comprising such works.
2. Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty: The trial was a parody of justice.
3. Music. The practice of reworking an already established composition, especially the incorporation into the Mass of material borrowed from other works, such as motets or madrigals.
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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Bah, everything makes Catholics angry. My dad just finished telling me a story of how when he was a kid and would laugh hysterically at TV preaching yelling out crazy crap, and my grandma was a born-again Catholic and would scream at him for laughing. Good times.
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cos·tume (kstm, -tym)
n.
A style of dress, including garments, accessories, and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period, or people.
An outfit or a disguise worn on Mardi Gras, Halloween, or similar occasions.
A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
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