Long live her Madgesty

Madonna is the ultimate amortal.

Time magazine originated the word "amortal," defining it as someone without visible mortality and labeling Madonna as someone who exemplifies the concept. Madonna has shown incredible resilience throughout her career and probably will still be producing music from the nursing home. As a side note, I wish that there actually were a nursing home for old celebrities. I would pay a decent amount to take a tour of that.

Despite Madonna's fame, I had never heard more than one or two of her songs before watching the Glee, "The Power of Madonna," episode on Hulu. I vaguely remember being morally outraged as a child when I heard about Madonna kissing Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the VMAs, and I rocked out to her 2008 hit, "4 Minutes," featuring Justin Timberlake. Other than rumors of her relationships with A-Rod and 23-year-old Brazilian model Jesus Luz, Madonna has been completely off my pop radar.

However, "The Power of Madonna" changed all that. I became obsessed before the episode even premiered due to the teaser Sue Sylvester remake of Madonna's iconic "Vogue" music video. I watched that video a few times a day until the episode came out. I loved seeing Kurt and Mercedes collaboration and thought Jane Lynch looked eerily like Madonna. The glamour and high fashion of the video completely dazzled my senses.

When the full episode became available on Hulu, I enthusiastically watched it. I enjoyed the episode as a whole, and had several favorite moments. The Cheerios' performance of "4 Minutes" with Kurt and Mercedes on vocals tops my list and was an example of sensory overload at its best. With the marching band playing, Cheerios dancing, and two divas belting notes, that song alone could have been the episode's show-stopper.

Another highlight was the "Like a Prayer" finale. My roommate informed me that the lyrics to that song are actually kind of sketchy, but I am going to ignore that for now and pretend it is about praying. It opens with Rachel (of course) and then continues with solos from Finn, Kurt, and Mercedes. I think that Mercedes is becoming my favorite singer on Glee. She consistently brings down the house with her big voice. When she sings, "Let the choir sing!" the curtain opens and a huge African choir steps forward and joins the glee club. Where does Mr. Schue find all of these people, and how does he compensate them?

The only unsavory part of this episode would have to be the "love" scene. While Rachel, Emma, and Finn all contemplate losing their virginities to Rachel, Schue, and Santana respectively, they stare in the bathroom mirror and fantasize about it. This scene would have been far less awkward if the six characters had not been singing "Like a Virgin" the whole time they were acting it out. No spoilers from me today about who lost their V-card and who kept it.

I think that Madonna was both shrewd and brilliant to let this episode happen. She gave Glee access to ALL of her music, and the show took full advantage of that playing her music in the background of the show in between vocal performances. This episode revitalizes Madonna's career and connects her with a young generation raised on Britney and addicted to Gaga. The Glee "Power of Madonna" compilation album was number one in the charts this week, even topping the unbeatable Justin Bieber.

Madonna has captured another fan. Maybe she is a vampire.