Lady Gaga’s new single, Born This Way, was released today and is already drawing comparisons to Madonna’s 1989 hit, Express Yourself. Here’s Madonna performing Express Yourself at the 1989 MTV Music Awards:
A million souls have viewed these Jakarta college students and their a capella version of Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance.” This is just another fact to convince you that the world you remember is gone. You’re just a lurker in the new one.
I’ll admit to having that strange passive fascination with the Lady of Ga. Her music is interesting, she has the chops of both Ferrante and Teichner, the flamboyance of Captain Fastastic, and the craziness of any pop diva on the planet. That said, I don’t own her music and don’t actively seek her out. But …
This may be our last chance to sell a screenplay, and here’s the premise: “Lady Gaga is a single mom working for the Mining and Minerals Management Service in New Orleans. She’s just trying to do her job and bring home the etouffee for her dead sister’s adorable child from [whatever country is hot next …