(November 2, 2022 at 9:40 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: When Madonna released the Like a Prayer music video on MTV, christian groups worldwide including the Vatican condemn Pepsi's links with Madonna and called for a global boycott of Pepsi and its subsidiaries, including KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut.
Pope John Paul II involved himself in the matter and encouraged fans to boycott the singer in Italy. Protests prompted Italian state television network RAI and Madonna's record company WEA to not air the video there. The video was also deemed offensive by the Christian fundamentalist American Family Association (AFA). Madonna stated that "art should be controversial, and that's all there is to it", about the controversy.
Most TV stations banned the music video, but MTV remained one of the only channels to air the music video on heavy rotation.
I can’t claim to be much of a Madonna fan, but anyone who can give the Catholic Church a case of the howling fantods is alright by me.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
