Gaga posted this link on Twitter tonight, I guess she enjoyed their analysis :D
http://onlywordstoplaywith.blogspot.com ... s-and.html
The blog is great and I think you should read it if you have a few minutes, here is a clip;
9. Homage to Michael Jackson
Harq: All I noticed were the shoulder pads on Beyonce's pseudo-military jacket, which are obviously a big MJ signature. Again we have our pick of meanings and significances: Beyonce is a new black monarch of popular music; the rampant appropriation, relocation, and juxtaposition of symbols characteristic of bricolage and postmodernism; or just the simple (and, honestly, probably unintentional) fun of using a military symbol as your locus of homage (which of course is a word that originally meant the swearing of oaths of fealty in feudal societies - oaths that often included a commitment to military service).
onlywordstoplaywith: There's also Gaga's little MichaelJackson-esque dance move as she's let out of the prison. OOOOH, and I just remembered! She channels one of Madonna's many images during her dance sequence in the prison. Isn't it interesting that the two artists she embodies or echoes in this prison segment are both the former King and current Queen of pop?! So when Gaga is let out of prison, this may either imply the release of these two figures from some sort of cultural/social shackles as well, or else, this indicates that Gaga is kissing those former royals good bye. Hmmmm. I'm more inclined toward the latter interpretation. That Michael Jackson and Madonna are always trying to express themselves or confess themselves out of the various prisons society has put them in (gender, racial, psychological, etc.), or perceive themselves as being caught in a prison of sorts, whereas Gaga is not a figure trying to escape a prison. She creates her identity and performance, rather than releasing it. And she's not making any fucking excuses for it.
