Georges-Claude Guilbert , author of '' Madonna as Postmodern Myth '' , compared her look in the video as a " combination of Marilyn Monroe , Jean Seberg and Kim Novak . " He added that it was hard for him to believe that " Madonna did not know that she was going to cause a huge controversy with the video ... With such a song and video , she was throwing in America 's face the image of a country ravaged by the abortion debate , which is far from being resolved . " Lynda Hart , one of the authors of '' Acting Out : Feminist Performances '' , felt that the video " alternated between two competing representations of Madonna ... Charging coercion , both sides make the video as an invitation to a certain way of life , in the process denying it the stylistic invocation of a rhetoric of self-authorization . " At the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards , the " Papa Do n't Preach " video won the Best Female Video award , and was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Overall Performance
1987 MTV Video Music Awards
1987 MTV Video Music Awards
Papa Don't Preach