Back in 2003, the aging singer Madonna passed on her royal pop-diadem to reigning teen queen Britney Spears during a ritualized lesbian kiss ceremony at the MTV Music Video Awards. Over 10 years later, the perverse sacrament has been replayed with another celebrity in the twilight of her celebrity and a young neophyte: this times its Jennifer Lopez (45) and Iggy Azalea (24.) In the video for the song “Booty,” taken from Lopez’s album “A.K.A.” that was released back in June; which had performed dismally on all the Billboard charts; the weakest selling album of her career; Lopez and Azalea perform several mock sex acts. Just 20 years ago, this would have been considered soft-core porn, worthy of a late-night showing on cable, or an inclusion in Madonna’s X-rated book “Sex.” Today, it’s certainly provocative, but not really considered shocking. In reality, it’s the most corrupt form of entertainment: pornography masquerading as innocent fun. For, “the devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.” And, now, porn no longer exists.
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