Over the top, even for some in my generation which grew up on “Three’s Company.” The MTV Video Music Awards platform was a stage made for a voyeur. But all of that was not particularly shocking for an audience that should be by now expecting one performer to attempt to outdo another. Shock is part of many acts, and more than not now, the question is how shocking? It was not the three-way make out either, although for the sake of truthfulness in media, you’ll recall that the 2003 kiss only had Madonna transferring saliva from Britney to Christina. What is memorable is the energy and enthusiasm in the kiss between Madonna and Britney.



Britney claimed later that she would not kiss any other woman except Madonna. Right! Maybe she was trying to still pander to the old fan base in Kenner, Louisiana. I lived in New Orleans for almost a decade, and the New Orleans’ girls were no shrinking violets! (For those who do not know Louisiana geography, Kenner is a New Orleans suburb). It still does leave the question though why Britney and Christina did not lock lips.



Christina comes from my current hometown, Staten Island. You have to take a ferry from Staten Island to reach Manhattan, although the two are each one of the five Boroughs of New York City. For some on my Island home, Manhattan is a different country, third world in local parlance, but for most of us it’s a matter of economics. In New York, you don’t kiss and then regret.



That kiss was a personal connection for me, New Orleans to Staten Island, but I’m not certain what else it may have meant for Britney, Christina or Madonna. Maybe it was only for the show. The most revealing moment may have been Britney looking on and giggling when Madonna locked tongue with Christina. The kisses had to be planned but it appeared no rehearsal was necessary.



What did the kiss mean? Beyond more music royalties, I will not read more into it.



“What’s in a Kiss? – The American President and the Saudi King” - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/whats-in-a-kiss-the-american-president-and-saudi-king-in-texas-by-susan/27248


“What’s in a Kiss? (Brezhnev & Honecker kiss Iron Curtain Style) - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/whats-in-a-kiss-by-susan-sacirbey/27142

“Mo’s Kiss with the Other Man – Bono” diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/mos-kiss-with-the-other-man-bono-by-susan-sacirbey/27107

--- By Susan Sacirbey

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