Sex In The Age Of Illusion

April, 1993

Of this we can be certain: Madonna is the greatest artistic force of the AIDS generation. As a sex symbol, she is allwe have, but she is a lot more than that. It doesn't matter that she can't sing very well, that she's an ordinary dancer, that there are many women of more refined beauty. She is the triumphant mistress of her medium: the sexual imagination. In an age when real sex can lead to horror and death, here is Madonna--reckless, bawdy, laughing and offering us all the consolation of outra...