Referential Mania: Analyzing Lady Gaga and Beyonce's "Telephone"

by Eddie McCaffray and Meghan Vicks 1.  Prison and IdentityEddie McCaffray: My first thoughts on this subject revolve around the breakdown of the prison as an institution.  Are prisoners supposed to have identity and personal expression in prison?  Fuck no.  But in Gaga's video, the prisoners are the most vamped-out, gorgeous, fashion-star people present.  To me this represents an apogee of heroic-outsider fascination. ...

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On the Shared Sisterhood of Kate Bush’s “The Big Sky” & Lady Gaga’s “Dance in the Dark”

by Gina Abelkop All lines in italics are lyrics from the songs referenced in the title.I.They look down at the ground, missing                          But I never go in, nowInstead I go up.II.Some girls won’t dance to the beat of the trackShe is moving on the dance floor a slick shoot of sweaty pale-green light. All...

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