Madonna’s Confessions II – The Film has generated exactly the response she will have hoped for. Sixteen celebrity cameos, including Benedict Cumberbatch voguing in a bathroom, Kate Moss in a nightclub restroom and Sabrina Carpenter on a dancefloor, have had us agog, debating who we are most thrilled to see sharing a frame.
But if you look past the famous faces and beyond the marketing genius, something more interesting is happening. The reason Madonna chose these people to appear reveals more about what is of value right now, more than any trend report or cultural forecast could. This is a film about what really matters by someone who has spent 40 years paying close attention to some of the biggest questions about how we live now.
