On November 18, the Madonna spoke again about the biopic she’s been working on for more than four years and put on hold until 2023 to focus on her latest tour, “The Celebration Tour,” which was postponed in the United States due to a serious bacterial infection.

“After struggling for days in Los Angeles, hearing producers and agents tell me why I can’t make my film, I realized that everything in my life was going to be called into question. There are no easy routes for me. I guess I should be grateful. I didn’t have a normal life. I can’t do this the normal way”confessed to almost 20 million her followers.

To the surprise of her fans, the “queen of pop” also posed a question that demonstrates the uncertain status of the project, currently titled “Who’s That Girl”: “Should I do a series or a feature film?” The responses, as expected, were mixed. On the one hand, despite its mammoth cultural legacy, many advocate condensing its story into a two-hour film. On the other hand, there are those who favor a format that allows her to delve and expose as much as she wants, over several seasons, in a production supported by a streaming platform.

In the Instagram comments, others suggested a third, more common route: write her memoir. Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Barbra Streisand and, more recently, Cher have done so in recent years. But Madonna doesn’t seem willing to follow in their footsteps or turn to a ghostwriter. It makes sense. As one of the pioneers of the video clip art, which she turned into a platform for self-expression and challenge rather than a simple promotional tool, she prefers to document her career achievements and adventures through images, not just words.

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No one expects her to reproduce the arrogance and diva demeanor captured in the 1991 documentary In Bed with Madonna, where Alec Keshishian showed unfiltered what really went on behind the scenes of the Blond Ambition tour. Her brother, Christopher Ciccone, who died last October, said in the book ‘Living with My Sister Madonna’, which was published in 2008 and led to the siblings not speaking for years: “When she lets go of that control and allows other people to help her, she gets better results, as was the case with Evita. Her poor choices and excessive control didn’t help her acting.” And it’s true that Madonna has nine Razzies… to her credit.

With the exception of the films “Desperately Seeking Susan” (1985), “A League of Their Own” (1992), failures on the big screen have marked her career. Hollywood never took her seriously, neither as an actress nor as a director. This disdain, combined with the biopic’s personal and risky approach, continues to delay an initiative that, even with a major studio like Universal behind it, has failed to secure the necessary funding or support to get off the ground. At least for now.

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To talk about Madonna is to talk about instinct, daring and transcendence. From the controversial video for ‘Like a Prayer’ to the provocative book ‘Sex’, over four decades she has challenged convention on countless occasions, shied away from what others might say and pursued her vision with unwavering determination. In anticipation of a biopic, which promises to be as subversive as herself, the “queen of pop” will once again take the risk. After all, she never needed anyone’s approval to shine: her real strength lies in challenging the norms that even new generations of artists are afraid to challenge.

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