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The Oral History of Madonna s Truth or Dare (1991)
For the latest edition of its Oral Histories series, Vulture dove into the production, release and legacy of
Madonna: Truth or Dare, the landmark 1991 documentary. Among the participants in the story are director Alek Keshishian, Madonna s former publicist Liz Rosenberg (1983-2015) and several of the dancers that appeared in the film. (Madonna declined to be interviewed.)
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On the film s genesis: While I was interviewing [Madonna s dancers], that s when the cog started working in my brain. I was like,
Wait a second. These are all amazing kids. They re other. In some ways, they re broken, they re misfits in the world, and Madonna is playing their mother. [.] I came back and was like, Madonna, the movie isn t what s happening onstage. The movie is what s happening offstage with you as the maternal figure to this group of Felliniesque characters.