Like a Prayer (album) Asia, North America and Europe. Originally planned as the "Like a Prayer World Tour", it consisted of 57 dates and was divided into five different sections; the first inspired by the 1927 German expressionist film "Metropolis", the second by religious themes, the third by the film "Dick Tracy" and cabaret, the fourth by Art Deco, and the fifth was an encore. The show contained sexual themes and Catholic imagery, such as in the performances of "Like a Prayer" and "Oh Father”, which were based in church-like surroundings with Madonna wearing a crucifix and her backup dancers dressed like priests and
The Woman Who Had No Shadow The Woman Who Had No Shadow "The Woman Who Had No Shadow" is a Scandinavian fairy tale, included by Sven Grundtvig in "Gamle danske Minder i Folkemunde" and Ella Ohlson in "Sagor från Ångermanland". It is Aarne-Thompson type 755, Sin and grace. A woman, wishing to have no children, threw rocks into a well at a witch's direction. Thereafter, she had no shadow. Her husband, the parson, demanded to know why and threw her out, saying that their slate roof would blossom with flowers before she was forgiven. One day, a beggar woman sought refuge there; she died in the