Comments on: Lady Gaga’s Drag King Persona Jo Calderone on MTV’s Video Music Awards

By: mrs-degree

mrs-degree — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:03:45 +0000

HOT DAMN, Gaga dropping a load of performance art on a crowd of unsuspecting MTV babies and celebrities — absolutely glorious. I knew there was a reason I liked that woman.

By: David Carroll

David Carroll — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:18:34 +0000

Jo reminds me of Chris Gaines, except 10x better and more profound. Both allow their “owners” to express a different part of themselves, and their music. I think Jo over did it a bit with the smokes and the beer, but that’s a choice between playing to the audience or the cameras. I can’t count the number of times I have climbed off a piano and slipped on some beer. Jo is a good way for Gaga to tell us more about Gaga without sounding like a self-centered douchebag (Jo may be but Gaga is the polar opposite).

IMHO Speculating on what people are thinking based solely on facial expression is unfair. If they ever told us what they were really thinking… Oh what am I saying? Their publicist would shoot them with a ‘trank gun if they ever tried to do that! ;)

By: ct

ct — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:39:40 +0000

the edit that mtv shows, when she’s walking down towards the stage, miss britney spears’ face is PRICELESS. she looks jealous, pissed, scared. but mostly jealous, as in, why does she get to play like that but i cant? it sums lady gaga up almost – this bitch works night and day to do what she does, she doesnt seem to ever take it for granted. her music might not be great, but she’s living bowie and elton’s fame track – her songs just REALLY need to catch up or she’ll be stuck with Pink and Kelis.

By: Damien

Damien — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:41:50 +0000

The only one who doesn’t look shocked, there, is Russel Brand. He looks deeply contemplative, like he is Seriously considering what he’s seeing.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:39:01 +0000

Hey Ms. Blue,

I was j/w if you could do a post sometime on a “practical guide for consent”. What I mean by practical is like actually workable in the day to day or night to night world people live in. [IE; I'm drunk, partner is drunk, are we raping each other if we have sex since neither of us can consent?]

Also, a better phrasing than “Do you consent to have sex with me” would be appreciated. This is certainly one of the unsexiest lines I can imagine a person saying to another, and really breaks the flow of interaction by forcing a highly intellectual question on someone. The timing of that is also an issue. When would you ask? When you go over to someone’s apartment before being intoxicated?

Thanks,
Greg

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:43:28 +0000

Have to agree, epic performance. When she fell at the end (didn’t look planned, that movement), she got up and kept on going, one mark of a serious and passionate performer. One of the most upvoted Youtube comments said that Biebs was hypnotised, but that Wasn’t a happy face he had on. Methinks he’s not as into gender-bending performances as art like Katie Holmes was, she was certainly enjoying it for what it was. Jewel look surprised, I was impressed.

By: Lea

Lea — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:58:39 +0000

“I’m theatre” – 21st century version of Ziggy Stardust – or Aladdin Sane – and that’s a compliment – love!