PEOPLE : Call It a Madonna-and-Child Look

Looking more like a redheaded cheerleader from the ‘50s than a “Sex” goddess, Madonna watched the Lakers lose to the Suns at the Forum Thursday night in her new girlish persona--little makeup and soft hair.

What gives? Suggests one style watcher: “The blonde strumpet thing is hard when you’re 35.” But perhaps Madonna, who has told friends how much she’d like a baby, is auditioning for the part of motherhood, forgoing Gaultier bustiers and platinum locks. With her dark roots, we’d say she’s got it just right.