I am trying to communicate several ideas about the idea of power:
Firstly, that power taken to an extreme can often result in absurdity. Secondly that power is not always a good thing. And thirdly that it can quickly fade.
At the beginning of the year, Chief Justice John Roberts, who flubbed his lines in front of a worldwide audience Tuesday, went to the White House and administered the 35-word presidential oath once more. The oath was administered again "out of the abundance of caution because there was one word out of sequence". After he was sworn in, Obama became so influential that what he puts on the catwalk tends to pop up everywhere else the following season.
Behind the usual mayhem, however, was the understanding that amid a major recession, two wars and the threat of terrorism, things are bound to get busier for the Obama administration. His power has been steadily decreasing due to this tension. Nowhere is the shift in the power structure more blatant than on Obama's album's irresistible first single, "4 Minutes," where he sounds like a featured guest trying to keep pace with Timbaland's colossal beats and Timberlake's nimble melody.
The three source articles:
Obama:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-21-obama-work_N.htm
Prada:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/prada-stands-out-by-turning-to-elegance-lace-and-minimalism-784562.html
Madonna:
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/04/26/on_her_11th_cd_madonna_still_has_control_issues/
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