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I FIRST WATCHED A LADY GAGA VIDEO WHEN A FRIEND EMAILED ME A YouTube link to a song called “Bad Romance.” I was immediately-fascinated. Gaga seemed intense, edgy, and complex. And the video was paradoxical—it had multilayered, compelling lyrics that appeared to be deconstructing romantic love, but it was sung with real passion. At the same time, the lyrics seemed to be parodied by the visuals, especially by the costumes and choreography, which were wittily exaggerated. I watched the video again and again. Without understanding why, I was starting to get drawn in.
I wanted to find out more about Gaga, so I did some online research: Lady Gaga is the stage persona of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.12 Before becoming a pop singer/songwriter, she was a performance artist, and performance art is still at the core