re: Played out topic. The Grammys are completely insane.

Success in their Performance Art is measured by the relative amount of attention their performance gets. Awards, as it were. Human attention and interest is fickle, like a drug which becomes less effective as one must employ more of it to get the same effect. Or yesteryear's 'art'. People like Madonna who compete for attention must get more and more outrageous in order to be 'successful'. What better way than to take the 'devil worship' dare, as such is the ultimate form of (risky/dangerous) outrage. Risking one's Soul (assuming there is such).

Hell, the Romans cheered as Gladiators mauled and unmercifully maimed their opposition, and people (Christians) were eaten alive by lions etc. Currently, our Nation reels and goes into shock when a football player has a heart attack on the field. And the Grammy People play their silly game.

But do not underestimate the ends to which people who have no moral compass will go to feed their boredom. Or elevate their dramatic perceptive experience. It will get a lot worse...because it can.