Born this Way - a little monster
Lady Gaga is an extreme talent, a driving personality, a dynamo of culture, and a force of nature. She is not only a singer but a performance artist, a theatrical diva. Those who dismiss her as a knock-off of Madonna not only over-rate Madonna but miss the point. While Madonna, at Gaga's age, was the "Material Girl", Gaga, at 25 is out to change the world. Paul and I are both fascinated by her. Photo courtesy Softpedia Her latest hit, Born This Way appears both designed and destined to be an anthem for the disenfranchised, the discarded, the downtrodden of our society. Beginning with words from a mother to her trepid little girl, it aches with passionate love and compassion. It fights to strengthen the heart of the child and fill it full with her own hope for her future. Gaga, almost nun-like in her devotion to career and mission, having no marriage, and no children of her own, reaches out with an aching maternal heart to embrace a world of marginalized so...