Maddona and Marylin Monroe: Material Girls

Two  video clips: differences and similarities

You are going to watch 2 videos:
 1.  "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a song introduced by Carol Channing in the original Broadway production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949), which was written by Jule Styne (who also wrote the scores for such famed Broadway musicals as Funny Girl and Gypsy) and Leo Robin. It was based on a novel by Anita Loos.

The song is perhaps most famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Monroe's character, Lorelei Lee, has been followed on a Transatlantic ocean liner by a detective hired by her fiance's father, who wants assurance that she is not marrying purely for money. He is informed of compromising pictures taken with a British diamond mine owner and cancels her letter of credit before she arrives in France, requiring her to work in a nightclub to survive. Her fiance arrives at the cabaret to see her perform this song, about exploiting men for riches.

2. "Material Girl" is a song by American recording artist Madonna. It was released on January 30, 1985, by Sire Records, as the second single from her sophomore album Like a Virgin. It also appears slightly remixed on the 1990 greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection and in its original form on the 2009 greatest hits compilation Celebration. The song was written by Peter Brown and Roberta Rans, while Nile Rodgers produced the track. Madonna explained that the concept of the song was similar to her life's situation at that time. According to her the song was provocative, hence she was attracted to it

The music video was inspired by Madonna's admiration of Marilyn Monroe and mimicked the latter's performance of the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.^[1] It featured an appearance by actor Keith Carradine, who played Madonna's love interest. The video was the first to showcase Madonna's acting ability, as it combined the dance routines of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friends" with the storyline of a man who impresses Madonna with flowers, rather than diamonds.^[1]

                                     

ACTIVITIES:

1. Listen to both songs and fill up the blank spaces. Then look at any words or expressions that you don’t know.

Marilyn Monroe. Diamonds are a girl's best friends

The French were bred to die for _________
They delight in fighting duels
But I prefer a man who ____________
And gives ______________jewels
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental
But diamonds are a girl's best friend
A kiss may be grand but it won't ________ the rental
On your humble flat, or help you at the automat
Men grow cold as girls grow ________

And we all lose our charms in the end
But square-cut or pear-shaped
These rocks don't lose their __________

Diamonds are a girl's best friend
...Tiffany's ... Cartier...
Talk to me, Harry Winston, ______ _______ all about it!
There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer
But diamonds are a girl's best friend
There may come a time when a hard-boiled _______________
Thinks you're awful nice
But get that ice or else no dice
He's your guy when ___________ are high
But beware when they start to descend
It's then that those louses go back to their spouses
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
I've heard of affairs that are strictly ______________

But diamonds are a girl's best friend
And I think affairs that you must keep laconic
Are better bets if little pets get big baggettes
Time rolls on and ___________ is gone
And you can't straighten up when you bend
But stiff back or stiff _____________
You stand straight at Tiffany's
Diamonds... Diamonds...
- I don't mean rhinestones -
But Diamonds, Are A Girl's Best Friend

Madona. Material girl

Some boys ________ me, some boys hug me
I think they’re o.k.
If they don’t give me proper ____________
I just walk away
They can beg and they can plead
But they can’t see the light, that’s right
’cause the boy with the cold hard _______
Is always mister right, ’cause we are
Chorus:
Living in a material world
And I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl

Some boys romance, some boys slow dance
That’s all right with me
If they can’t raise my ____________ then I
________________ let them be
Some boys try and some boys _______ but
I don’t let them play, no way
Only boys who ___________ their pennies
Make my rainy day, ’cause we are
(chorus)
Living in a material world [material]
Living in a material world
(repeat)
Boys may come and boys may go
And that’s all right you see
Experience has made me ____________
And now they’re ______________ me,…

2. Name as many things as you can from each video.

MARYLIN’S VIDEO	MADONA’S VIDEO

3. Describe what happens in the 2 videos.

4. What are the similarities of the videos?  and the differences?  Do both songs have the same message, which is it? or which are them?

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