Well, I have to confess. I am just fascinated with people's reactions to Lady Gaga and Beyonce's new video, "Telephone." My mother was horrified and disgusted. There seems to be a mix of revulsion and adoration of the video on my facebook. And my twitter feed is positively scandalized.
My fav reaction is that of my mother who informed me that I shouldn't post the video on my wall because people will think I'm a freak. Now granted, this is my mother who is a terrible prude when it comes to crudity on television but I took it as an example of far out our generation has become.
I think we can all agree that the video is shocking. What I find interesting is that it takes a lesbian scene and nudity in a women's prison and then eventual death of an entire restaurant to even come close to shocking the sensibilities of jaded generation Y. And the truth is, I've became especially numb because I live in Sin City. I see naked women on billboards on a daily basis. I am thoroughly apathetic to anything that would shock most people. I thought I might be an isolated incident since I was born a cynic but I think it is universal throughout the current 20 somethings.
To shock us you have to bring out the big guns and probably that is the reason for Lady Gaga's success. She manages to be so crazy, so bizarre that it breaks through and makes us comment on it. This is an amazing achievement in itself. The fact she is talented seems to take a backseat to her eccentricity.
She is pushing, pushing, PUSHING the envelope. I mean how much more can she do? She's two steps from porn right now. How much more crazy can she get if she's hit this point already?
I don't know but I'm sure its going to be interesting...
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