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Lady Gaga, Born Superstar
Rewriting the pop record at Jingle Ball
Paul Flynn
No matter: Lady Gaga in concert
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Despite the hiccups, the excitement did peak more often than it didn't, with the crowd screaming along with her lyrics chronicling both self-reliance and self-loathing and obliging her by raising their "paws" (Gagaspeak for "hands") when asked. At one point, prone on a motorcycle, Gaga engaged in the most outrageously festive behavior of the night: She humped the air while singing the verse she tacked onto "White Christmas." Yes, she added a verse to Irving Berlin's Christmas classic for the simple reason that she felt it wasn't long enough for her liking. Put together with her grinding, the makeover was a doubly masturbatory act that should have made any pop-star-in-wait quiver in their boots at what might be—and that cemented her status as the pop world's biggest name, no matter what the numbers might say.
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