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| Sep 30, 2005
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Madonna

'Bad Girl' (1993)

GENRE Erotic thriller

PLOT Under the watchful eye of her guardian angel, promiscuous career gal Madonna (top) smokes, drinks, and sleeps her way around a foreboding-looking Manhattan — with tragic results (middle).

LYRICAL TIE-IN ''Smoked too many cigarettes today/I'm not happy when I act this way.''

SCENE STEALER An eerie Christopher Walken (bottom, with Madonna) as our ill-fated heroine's voice of conscience

UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT As we begin to realize Madge's latest lover might have murderous intentions, the music fades to a menacing silence. A cat hisses, a can of breath freshener is sprayed...and Walken plants the kiss of death on Madonna's lips.

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