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The images are juxtaposed with shots of a more glamorous Madonna dancing and singing in a small, darkened studio.
Madonna then moves away from her friends, who warn her about her boyfriend.
She and her boyfriend spend a romantic evening together on a barge where they reflect upon their lives after watching an elderly couple.
Madonna then finds out that she is pregnant and decides to keep the baby.
After much hesitation, she tells her father and he's shocked and leaves the room to think about the situation, and eventually accepts the pregnancy.
Afterward, father and daughter hug each other.
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 Don't Preach" video won the Best Female Video award, and was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Overall Performance.
Madonna has performed the song on four of her world tours.
She premiered the song in 1987, during her Who's That Girl World Tour, where she danced around the stage wearing a white Spanish-style dress designed by Marlene Stewart, and a black leather jacket similar to the one she used in the music video.
The screen in the background showed portraits of Pope John Paul II and then-President of the US Ronald Reagan, along with scenes of John Perry III's short film, "The Nightmare", ending with the words "Safe Sex", as Madonna finished the song.
She dedicated the song to the Pope, marking her first conflict with the Vatican, as Pope John Paul II urged Italian fans to boycott her concerts.
Two different performances of the song on this tour can be found on the videos: "Who's That Girl: Live in Japan", filmed in Tokyo, Japan, on June 22, 1987, and "", filmed in Turin, Italy, on September 4, 1987.
Three years later on her Blond Ambition World Tour in 1990, Madonna evoked Catholic images during the "Papa Don't Preach" performance.
She wore a black kaftan made of chiffon and energetically danced, accompanied by six male dancers, with a platform full of votive candles in the background.
Two different performances were taped and released on video, the "Blond Ambition Japan Tour 90", taped in Yokohama, Japan, on April 27, 1990, and the "Blond Ambition World Tour Live", taped in Nice, France, on August 5, 1990.
In 2004, during the Re-Invention World Tour, Madonna performed the song wearing a Scottish kilt, and a T-shirt that said "Kabbalists do it Better" on most of the shows, and "Brits do it Better" and "Irish do it Better" T-shirts during the shows in the United Kingdom and Ireland, reminiscent of the one she used in the song's music video.
Madonna also performed a shorter, abbreviated version of "Papa Don't Preach" on The MDNA Tour in 2012.
Wearing a black tight outfit, Madonna sang the song while crawling around on the ground, then towards the end of the performance, several dancers wearing military clothing and animal masks surrounded and tied her up and took her to the main stage, giving way to the next performance, "Hung Up".
The song was part of the set list for Madonna's all-theatre tour, Madame X Tour.
"Papa Don't Preach" has been covered by numerous artists.
In 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic included the song as the last in his polka medley "Polka Party!"
from his album of the same name.
In 2002, British singer Kelly Osbourne recorded a hard rock cover of the song with Incubus members Mike Einziger (on guitar) and José Pasillas (on drums); the cover was produced by her brother Jack Osbourne.
Osbourne's cover was included as a bonus track on her debut album "Shut Up" and on the soundtrack of MTV's reality television program "The Osbournes".
The song was released in the United Kingdom in September 2002, peaking at number three.
In the rest of Europe, the song peaked inside the top ten in Ireland and Finland, and the top twenty in Sweden.
In Australia the song debuted at number three, and received a platinum certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
Osbourne's version received negative reviews from music critics, who thought that the cover "makes precisely zero sense", and that it "reeks of opportunism", also criticizing Incubus' collaboration, describing it as "unimaginative", and that "their presence makes the whole mess barely distinguishable".
French group Mad'House made a Eurodance cover of the song, that was included on their 2002 album "Absolutely Mad".
Covers of the song on tribute albums include Brook Barros on "The Music of Madonna", released in 2005, and a jazz version on Bo.
Da's " Plays Madonna in Jazz", released in 2007.
The song has been sampled at the beginning of Mario Winans' 2004 single "Never Really Was", and a slowed-down version by Keshia Chanté sample the song in the 2006 single "Fallen".
In 2001, Picturehouse released a quiet acoustic cover on the first "Even Better Than the Real Thing" covers album.
Dianna Agron from the television show "Glee" released an acoustic cover of the songs as her character Quinn Fabray, a pregnant teenager, in 2009.
As the song's popularity increased in the United States, so did the criticism and support it received from groups concerned with pregnancy and abortion.
In July 1986, shortly after the release of the video for "Papa Don't Preach", Madonna commented on the controversy surrounding the song, to music critic Stephen Holden from "The New York Times":
"Papa Don't Preach" is a message song that everyone is going to take the wrong way.
Immediately they're going to say I am advising every young girl to go out and get pregnant.
When I first heard the song, I thought it was silly.
But then I thought, wait a minute, this song is really about a girl who is making a decision in her life.
She has a very close relationship with her father and wants to maintain that closeness.
To me it's a celebration of life.
It says, 'I love you, father, and I love this man and this child that is growing inside me'.
Of course, who knows how it will end?
But at least it starts off positive.
People who criticized the song's message included Ellen Goodman, a national syndicated columnist, who called the video "a commercial for teenage pregnancy".
Feminist lawyer Gloria Allred, the spokeswoman of the National Organization for Women (NOW), angrily called for Madonna to make a public statement or another record supporting the opposite point of view.
Alfred Moran, the executive director of Planned Parenthood of New York City, also criticized the song, fearing that it would undermine efforts to promote birth control among adolescents and that it would encourage teenage pregnancy.
Recalling how his agency's clinics were filled in 1985 with girls wearing clothes that were an imitation of Madonna's style, Moran said that the song's message is "that getting pregnant is cool and having the baby is the right thing and a good thing and don't listen to your parents, the school, anybody who tells you otherwise—don't preach to me, Papa.
The reality is that what Madonna is suggesting to teenagers is a path to permanent poverty."
In contrast, groups opposed to abortion saw "Papa Don't Preach" as a positive, pro-life song.
Susan Carpenter-McMillan, the president of the California chapter of Feminists for Life (FFL) in the US, said that "abortion is readily available on every street corner for young women.
Now what Madonna is telling them is, hey, there's an alternative."
Tipper Gore, a founder of the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), who a year earlier denounced Madonna for the sexual lyrical content of her single "Dress You Up", and had led a campaign against explicit content in music, commended Madonna for speaking candidly about such a serious subject and important social issue.
When speaking of the song, Gore said "the song speaks to a serious subject with a sense of urgency and sensitivity in both the lyrics and Madonna's rendition.
It also speaks to the fact that there's got to be more support and more communication in families about this problem, and anything that fosters that I applaud."
The song's writer, Brian Elliot, commented about the debate: "I just wanted to make this girl in the song a sympathetic character.
As a father myself, I'd want to be accessible to my children's problems."
Madonna avoided the controversy, and did not comment on the song's use as a pro-life statement.
Her publicist, Liz Rosenberg, said that "she [Madonna] is singing a song, not taking a stand", adding that "her philosophy is people can think what they want to think."
Danny Aiello, having appeared in the video as the titular "Papa", recorded "Papa Wants the Best for You" later that year, an answer song written by Artie Schroeck from the father's point of view.
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
Sergeant Major of the Army
The Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA) is a unique non-commissioned rank and position of office in the United States Army.
The holder of this rank and position is the most senior enlisted member of the Army, unless an Army enlisted man is serving as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman.
The SMA is appointed to serve as a spokesman to address the issues of enlisted soldiers to all officers, from warrant officers and lieutenants to the Army's highest positions.
As such, they are the senior enlisted advisor to the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army.
The exact duties vary depending on the chief of staff, though much of the SMA's time is spent traveling throughout the Army, observing training and talking with soldiers and their families.
Kenneth O. Preston held the rank from 15 January 2004 through 28 February 2011, the only incumbent to serve longer than five years.
SMA Michael A. Grinston has held the office since 9 August 2019.
While the SMA is a non-commissioned officer, protocol places the SMA higher than all lieutenant generals (except for the Director of the Army Staff) and equivalent to a general for formal courtesies in addition to seating, billeting, transportation, and parking.
The rank and position were based on those of the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (established in its current incarnation on 23 May 1957).
The Chief of Staff of the Army created the position in 1966 after asking leaders of the major commands for a personal recommendation.
He asked that it not be considered a near-retirement type assignment.
He listed seven duties and functions he expected the Sergeant Major to perform, including service as a personal adviser and assistant on matters pertaining to enlisted soldiers.
From 4,700 proposed candidates, 21 nominees were selected.
Finally chosen was the only one then serving in Vietnam, Sergeant Major William O. Wooldridge of the 1st Infantry Division.
The other services later followed, creating the positions of Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force in 1967, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard in 1969, and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman in 2005.
These six positions are collectively referred to as "senior enlisted advisors" ("SEAs").
The sergeant major of the Army, like counterparts in the other branches, wears a unique rank insignia, including a unique collar insignia ("brass").
The collar insignia of the SMA is the shield portion of the collar insignia of an aide-de-camp to the Army Chief of Staff (less the surmounting eagle), placed upon an enlisted collar disk of gold color, one inch in diameter.
The insignia worn by SMA Wooldridge was hand-soldered by Colonel Jasper J. Wilson from the cannibalized insignia and enlisted collar brass of an aide.
The insignia was approved on 4 July 1966.
Originally, the SMA would wear the device on each collar, but he now wears the standard "U.S." disk on his right collar as do all enlisted soldiers.
This insignia is also worn in place of a unit insignia on the SMA's beret, garrison cap, and pull-over sweater.
The collar insignia of the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman ("SEAC") of the JCS, approved 2 February 2006, is based directly upon that of the SMA, and features the shield of an aide de camp to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff (without the surmounting eagle), on a gold-colored disk.
The SMA's cap device, worn on the front of the blue service cap (and, formerly, the white service cap; and, until 2011 the green service cap) is a gold-colored rendering of the United States' coat of arms, surrounded by a wreath.
The cap device for all other U.S. Army enlisted soldiers is a gold-colored rendering of the United States' coat of arms on a gold-colored disk (males) or surrounded by a gold colored ring (females).
The chief master sergeant of the Air Force has the same cap device as the SMA, but in silver-colored metal.
The Sergeant Major of the Army, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force and the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman are the only members of the United States armed forces below the rank of brigadier general/rear admiral, lower half to be authorized a positional color (flag).
First considered in 1992, the SMA's color has been authorized since 22 March 1999.
It is based on the design of his collar insignia and the positional flag of the Chief of Staff, Army.
Like the SEAC's collar brass, the SEAC's positional color was patterned after the SMA's color (only in case of the SEAC being from the Army).
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