same visceral impact". In popular culture Aired in November 1991, the ninth episode of the second season of American sitcom Blossom, "Rockumentary", revolved around Truth or Dare: the titular character (Mayim Bialik) falls asleep while watching the movie and dreams she's a famous singer starring in her own documentary. Neil Patrick Harris guest starred as a character based on Warren Beatty who convinces Blossom to fire her father-manager. One month later, comedian Julie Brown directed and starred in the mockumentary Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful. In the film, Brown plays Medusa, a "manic-depressive pop sensation with an unrelenting ego and an insatiable sex drive" who allows a documentary crew to follow her on her "Blonde Leading the Blonde Tour". Kathy Griffin and Donal Logue played supporting roles. It included parodies of several Madonna songs, such as "Party in my Pants" ("Like a Prayer"), "Expose Yourself" ("Express Yourself") and "Vague" ("Vogue"). It received positive reviews from critics; Joe Rhodes from Los Angeles Times wrote that "because Madonna's act so often seems like a parody itself, there are moments when it's hard to distinguish 'Medusa' from the real thing". In an interview with Michael Musto of The Village Voice, Brown recalled Madonna's reaction when she first saw the film: "At first I heard she really liked it. Then I heard she didn't like the scene where I rolled around on my dog's grave. She'd rolled around on her mother's — like that wasn't offensive enough? Then she didn't like the scene with the dancers suing me, because that really happened to her". Madonna then sent Brown a half-finished bottle of warm champagne as a gift, which Brown allegedly drank. In March 1993, British sketch comedy television series French & Saunders did a parody of the film titled In Bed with French & Saunders, with both Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders playing Madonna. Another parody was done by RuPaul during the 1997 Christmas special of his VH1 talk show The RuPaul Show, with guest appearances by Hall & Oates, Suzanne Somers and En Vogue. References Footnotes Bibliography External links Madonna: Truth or Dare at Miramax 1991 films 1991 directorial debut films 1991 LGBT-related films 1991 video albums 1990s English-language films American black-and-white films American documentary films American LGBT-related films Black-and-white documentary films Concert films Documentary films about Madonna Documentary films about singers Documentary films about women in music Films directed by Alek Keshishian