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So tonight after Thanksgiving dinner I decided to climb in bed and flip through to see what was on tv. I came across Lady Gaga singing and decided to tune in. I’ve always been a fan of Lady Gaga, although I find her more recent work to be disappointing. I was intrigued when I saw it was actually part of a Muppet special. I’ve also always been a fan of the Muppets, but I wasn’t sure how well it would work with Lady Gaga. I thought it was a very unusual mashup. Turns out the special was quite a bit weirder than I imagined. Here are the Top 5 Weirdest Moments From Lady Gaga And The Muppets Holiday Spectacular.
1. Lady Gaga And Kermit Singing “Gypsy”. Okay, so everything about this was just odd. First Lady Gaga goes off talking about how lonely she gets on the road. Okay, that makes sense but then Kermit chimes in. Uhm. Really? You’re a frog. So then they start singing Lady Gaga’s new song together called “Gypsy”. It’s a pretty decent song, but it sounds weird hearing Kermit sing it.
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2. Kermit Flirting With Lady Gaga – I wasn’t sure about this at first. I thought maybe my mind was just slightly warped and I was misinterpreting Kermit being a nice little muppet. But no, “Maybe sometime you can come over to my pond” was definitely Kermit’s way of flirting and the frog’s way of saying “Maybe you can come over to my place/room”. This was reinforced by an angry Miss Piggy screaming “Come over to my pond?!?” just before smacking Kermit…awkward.
3. Lady Gaga’s Condom Dress – By now no one should ever be surprised by Lady Gaga especially in regards to her clothing choices…but that was definitely a condom dress or at least a condom hat. Uhm. What happened to the Muppets being rated G? I’m pretty sure that outfit was all kinds of inappropriate for a children’s special. Luckily, a child’s mind is more innocent than my own so Gaga should be able to get away with this one pretty easily as a kid won’t notice anything odd…hopefully…
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4. RuPaul Being RuPaul. Why was he (or was it a she?) even there? He didn’t add much at all…other than making a very weird Muppet special somehow even weirder.
5. At The End Of The Show When Pepe The King Prawn Rubs Lady Gaga’s Knee – I feel like they’re trying to subtly sexualize the Muppets and it’s weird because they’re well…muppets. But seriously, why he is rubbing her knee? He just randomly pops up and starts sneakily rubbing her knee. Uh okay. And when Lady Gaga mentions something about it to him he claims to be “fixing her makeup”. I don’t know about you but I always wear makeup on my knees…right.
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I didn’t hate the Lady Gaga And The Muppets Holiday Spectacular…I just thought it was incredibly weird. I always think of the Muppets as being something for kids and Lady Gaga is not so kid-friendly. This special too didn’t always seem that appropriate for kids. It was just very very odd.
What did you guys think of Lady Gaga And The Muppets Holiday Spectacular? Did anyone else think it was weird?
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Miley Cyrus released her latest music video for “Wreaking Ball” yesterday and in less than 13 hours it has already broken the record previously held by One Direction’s video “Best Song Ever” for the most viewed Music video!
Coming from Cyrus this shouldn’t be much of a surprise. Cyrus is known for her controversial performances and music videos and while “Wreaking Ball” is mild in comparison to her scandalous MTV Video Music Award (VMA) performance, it is still a bit controversial as it leaves little to imagination.
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The music video opens up with a close up of Cyrus. She appears a bit overly emotional but honestly all I can concentrate on is how white her teeth are and how big her eyes are. This scene is repeated numerous times throughout the video. Cyrus then grabs hold of a sledge hammer. I’m never too sure what the deal with the sledge hammer is (perhaps is Cyrus’s way of wrecking havoc?) but Cyrus seems to find it incredibly sexy. She literally makes out with it numerous times with her infamous tongue in the video. Uh okay, Miley. I guess a sledge hammer can be sexy?
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Throughout the video Cyrus wears just a plain white wife beater and briefs. Some have been mocking her wardrobe choice, questioning if perhaps this isn’t her music video after all, but rather a commercial for or Fruit of the Loom.
As walls begin to break, Cyrus temporarily ditches her sledge hammer to ride upon a giant wrecking ball. She manages to sexualize that, too. At one point Cyrus decides she’s just not feeling the whole bare essentials thing, so she bares it all. Yep. Miley Cyrus is but naked on a wreaking ball, practically having sex with it at this point. Only Miley…
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Miley takes frequent breaks from her wreaking ball to go back to her beloved sledge hammer, once again licking it and cradiling it against her body as she lays in a pit of demolished walls. This video is just getting a little too weird for my tastes.
There are two things in the video (other than the obvious sledge hammer and wrecking ball thing) that really bother me. 1. When Cyrus is wearing clothes (which isn’t often) she’s wearing a LOT of white. White is thought of as being a color of purity, but this video is anything but pure. She has a white t, white undies, and even white nails. Is she trying to make some kind of a statement with that?
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and 2. The friggen combat boots. She’s wearing a pair of red leather boots that look like Doc Martins. Even when she is completely naked she has on those damn boots. I don’t know, but if I wanted to be naked and show off my nakedness I wouldn’t bother wearing shoes…or at least not boots. Heels are almost understandable. Boots? No, that makes no sense.
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I actually really do like the song “Wreaking Ball”. I like the lyrics and Cyrus has a really nice voice. But this video? Ick. It’s distasteful, immoral, and utterly disgusting. It’s a shame to see Cyrus waste all of her talent like this. The video just ruins it all for me.
You can watch the music video for Miley Cyrus’s “Wreaking Ball” below. What do you think of it? Did Cyrus once again go too far?
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The MTV Video Music Awards (VMA’s) have always been known for controversial, wild, and crazy performances and antics from various celebrities. For whatever reason, celebrities have always felt the need to push boundaries and limits with their performances, comments, wardrobe, or overall behavior. Pop singers especially like the push the boundaries. Those who grew up as a “teen pop star” or a “Disney star” tend to use the MTV VMA’s as a way to shed their “sweet” and “innocent” image and to let the world know that they have grown up and out of their Disney mouse ears.
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Take for instance the 2000 VMA’s when Britney donned a sparkly thong, bra, sparkles, and not much else. She just wanted everyone to know that she’s “not that innocent”…and believe me, everyone noticed…and talked about it for days.
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Miley Cyrus’s performance at last night’s VMA’s throws Britney out of the ballpark and makes her performance look like child’s play. Many still remember Miley as the sweet little Hannah Montana from the now defunct Disney show. However, Miley is doing her best to show her audience that those days are over. Unfortunately, Miley forgets that most of her audience is still made of teen and pre-teen girls who for whatever reason still look up to her as a positive role model. Miley, if you care at all about being a positive role model to these girls than you failed…miserably.
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The reaction to Miley’s performance has been extremely negative. Many people feel that it was trashy, ungraceful, slutty, distasteful, or as my dad put it “pure pornography that will probably be banned from YouTube soon. Celebrities didn’t seem to enjoy it either. When the camera turned to other celebrities in the audience many of them had blank, uncomfortable looks on their faces.
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I am having a difficult time wrapping myself around the performance and putting into words just what made it so bad. There was next to no clothes on Cyrus. There was tongue…lots of it. She groped people and inanimate objects, she nuzzled Robin Thicke’s neck, she slapped a backup dancer’s ass, I’m pretty sure she even masturbated with a foam finger while on stage.
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If you missed her performance the first time it aired you can still catch it on YouTube. I have posted the video below, but be warned: this video may not be safe for work.
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