Madonna's message: money can't buy happiness	麥當(dāng)娜“快樂的真諦”：金錢買不到快樂
U.S. music superstar Madonna tries to silence the press as she holds up a copy of her newest children's book entitled 'Lotsa De Casha' at a reading and book signing event in New York June 7, 2005. Take it from Madonna, the self proclaimed "Material Girl," money can't buy happiness. That's quite a lesson from the 46-year-old pop diva, whose fifth children's book in the past 18 months "Lotsa de Casha," hit store shelves this week. "Lotsa was by far the richest man in the country. He had everything that money could buy," is the opening line of her latest book. "But there was a teeny, tiny problem. No matter how much money Lotsa de Casha made, he wasn't happy." The short book concludes with the moral, "When you learn to share, you will not only find happiness. You will also find a friend." Renowned as much for her catchy dance anthems "Vogue" and "Ray of Light" as she was for cavorting on stage in a partially disrobed wedding gown some 20 years ago performing "Like a Virgin" on MTV, Madonna Ciccone Ritchie said she's left some of her old antics behind and is all grown up now. "I'd like to think I've been evolving and transforming my whole career, I grew up," she told Reuters in an interview. "The media likes to say it's just another one of my guises,' she said of her career as an author. "But it's much more deep and profound than that." Madonna the singer is known as a chameleon, morphing from sexy outfits and suggestive lyrics to Eastern mysticism and Judaism. Similarly, Madonna the writer has penned a series of books which barely resemble each other. A different illustrator was hired for each of the five slim volumes. But they are all anchored by the same message, she insists: "Nothing is what it seems." Her intended audience and some critics might agree. A book reading at a New York bookstore on Tuesday drew puzzled responses from the group of about 25 kids, who appeared to have difficulty grasping the book's morals. "I think she makes the same mistake every celebrity author makes: They think they can write children's books," said Ilene Cooper, children's book editor of Booklist, the review journal of the American Library Association. "Generally it's just awful, beyond awful," said Cooper of efforts by celebrities-turned authors. (Agencies)	“金錢買不到快樂”。這句話不是出自他人之口，而是自我標(biāo)榜為“物質(zhì)女孩”的麥當(dāng)娜說的。 這位46歲的流行天后在經(jīng)歷了人生的波瀾起伏后終于明白了這樣的道理。經(jīng)過18個月的創(chuàng)作，她的第五本兒童書《快樂的真諦》本周在各書店上架。 。 麥當(dāng)娜在最新的這本兒童書的開頭這樣寫道：“羅沙是那個國家最富有的人。他擁有金錢能買到的所有的東西。但是，他卻遇到了一個小小的問題：不管賺多少錢，他都不覺得快樂?！? 這本薄薄的兒童書以一個寓意結(jié)尾：“當(dāng)你學(xué)會和別人分享的時候，你不僅找到了快樂，同時也擁有了朋友。” 大約20年前，麥當(dāng)娜身著露背婚紗在舞臺上搔首弄姿，為音樂電視《像個處女》賣力表演，之后，她又憑借動人的舞曲《時尚》及《光芒萬丈》而一炮走紅。如今，麥當(dāng)娜卻說，她已經(jīng)拋棄了那些老一套的滑稽動作，因為現(xiàn)在她已經(jīng)成熟了。 “我覺得自己在不斷成長，事業(yè)也在不斷變化。我已經(jīng)長大了?！彼邮苈吠干缬浾卟稍L時說。 “媒體可能會認(rèn)為寫書不過是我又一次故作姿態(tài)而已，但事實卻遠比這要深刻得多，有意義得多。”談到她的作者身份，麥當(dāng)娜如是說。 歌手麥當(dāng)娜被公認(rèn)為百變天后，從性感的服裝、挑逗性的情歌到東方神秘主義和猶太教，她都一一嘗試。同樣，作家麥當(dāng)娜也已經(jīng)創(chuàng)作了多部作品，而這些作品之間往往有天壤之別。 麥當(dāng)娜找了不同的畫家分別為這五本薄薄的兒童書繪制插圖。但是，她堅持認(rèn)為所有的書都傳遞了同一個信息，那就是：很多東西并不像表面看到的那樣。 她的目標(biāo)讀者和一些評論家們或許會同意這個說法。 本周二（6月7日），麥當(dāng)娜在紐約的一家書店舉行了一場朗誦會。然而，在場的大約25位小讀者卻顯得迷惑不解，他們似乎很難理解這本書的寓意。 “我認(rèn)為，麥當(dāng)娜犯了一個所有名人作者都會犯的錯誤：他們自以為可以寫兒童書?！薄稌鴨巍返膬和瘯庉嬕亮漳取扃暾f?！稌鴨巍肥敲绹鴪D書館協(xié)會創(chuàng)辦的書評刊物。 在談到時下一些名人努力轉(zhuǎn)為作家的潮流時，庫珀說，“通常來講，這是非常糟糕的事，糟糕透頂?！?BR> （中國日報網(wǎng)站譯）