“None of us will be spared from eventual
obsolescence, but while most of us only learn the extent of our irrelevance
when we realise we are mentally incapable of programming the Sky box, or have
become the last refusenik to subscribe to the office's new ‘collaboration hub,’
it's a far bleaker world for creatives who suffer the ignominy of age while
simultaneously having fame wrested from their fingertips by younger models.”—Jo
Ellison, on Madonna and other aging celebrities, in “Trending: Have You Hit the
Age of Irrelevance?” The Financial Times,
June 15-16, 2019
John Wayne was over 60 when he wore an eyepatch for his Oscar-winning role as Sheriff Rooster Cogburn in True Grit. I'm not sure why Madonna's wearing one at roughly the same age, except maybe to do what she's always done: acted unconventionally.
If she wanted another hit, she evidently got it, as her latest collection of tunes, Madame X (yes, you can see that letter) ranks #1 on the Billboard chart. But the musician who ranks #2, Bruce Springsteen, is almost 10 years older, and he didn't need any eyewear.
(Photo of
Madonna taken by MTV International during the world premiere of her music video
"Medellin" on MTV, Apr. 24, 2019.)
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