About this episode

Emily and Tracie discuss Madonna's 1985 music video Material Girl and its connections to Marilyn Monroe's performance.

Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. Experience has made me rich / And now they're after me On this week's episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, Emily and Tracie discuss Madonna's 1985 music video Material Girl in front of a live studio audience. As a six-year-old child, Emily did not recognize how Madonna's video was intentionally in conversation with Marilyn Monroe's performance of Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend from 30 years prior. Both women are si...

People in this episode

Hosts: Emily Guy Birken, Tracie Guy-Decker

Topics covered

• Madonna
• music video analysis
• financial independence
• pop culture
• feminism
• 80s and 90s nostalgia

Keywords

• Material Girl
• Madonna
• Marilyn Monroe
• music video
• financial independence
• pop culture
• feminism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Material Girl, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

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