These have not been an easy two years for Madonna. Since the release of āTruth or Dare,ā it seems she can do little right. Proud of the film documenting her āBlonde Ambitionā tour, she had granted more interviews than ever before, and familiarity bred contempt. Even more hype surrounded the release of her āSexā book, followed by the disappointing āEroticaā album and the critically panned 1993 film āBody of Evidence,ā all of which were seen as signs of her decline. The box-office success of Penny Marshallās feel-good female baseball film āA League of Their Own,ā the hit singles āThis Used to Be My Playgroundā and āIāll Rememberā (which is one of her best-selling singles ever, spending 24 weeks on the Billboard charts), and the sell-out Girlie Show tour have conveniently been forgotten. āMadonna a-gonna!ā screamed the headlines when the Girlie Show tour went to Britain, and tabloid stories this year have often portrayed her as a sad, sagging figure. In the United States, a per...