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Originally posted by toomuchtoask
If you can't even recognize her how can you say it was different?
I can't see an original idea in the performance of yesterday, and I'm not the only one  |
Lady Gaga didn't copy Annie Lennox in the whole idea of what is performance: you see, Annie Lennox trademark appearance was that of an androgynous woman. She never stated she was playing the role of a man. Indeed, her role was that of an androgynous woman. But Gaga came as Jo; Gaga's trademark appearance is that of a feminine artist whose idea of fashion style, music and artistry is based on avant-gardism. But the moment you see Jo, you know Gaga's not there. Jo, just to say like that, is a whole different person within the body (the projector) that belongs to Stefani Joanne Germanotta. Jo is a full male, he's a homeboy, a macho, he's a man. He's not an androgynous woman. The idea of going as Jo to the VMA's is the ultimate explanation of what Born This Way means: you can be reborn (if you are born again, you surely come as a new person) as many times as you want because it is in you the inherent potential to become what you want to become. So, this is an endless birth: because there will always exist moment in your life that you feel like 'you need to change', that you need to be born again.
Annie Lennox drag was not a statement, it was merely a way to make the viewer question himself what gender she was, or what we consider that a female or a male must be. Jo's objective wasn't that: Jo is in the beginning of his speech stating that he is a man. The idea that you are born again also means that you believe so profusely that you actually convince others that you are a whole different person. He's objective isn't the same as Lennox's drag: his mission is to clarify and state what I said before and won't be tired of repeating: Jo's objective is an archetype of the dozens and billions of people that you could choose to become.
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Originally posted by Jo Calderone
'Society's projection should not be your reflection. If you ever feel rejection, feel safe by my protection'
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To summarize:
Annie Lennox drag =/= Lady Gaga's drag
I'm here for a hour plus long special dedicated to my fav . 
