Lady Gaga

What sort of arguments do they make about Lady Gaga? What evidence do they use? Note a few rhetorical tactics that are used that are particularly effective in this kind of cultural commentary.


In the main article written by Camille Paglia, there were many arguments made against Lady Gaga. These arguments included how her supposed idols and influences were in fact nothing like her and what she does is just steal traits from stars such as Madonna in order to make her point. They say that Lady Gaga trys to be this rebelous avant gard artist, but in actuality she is just bankrolled by the big corporations and is just popular because of technology. But these arguments all add up to say what the author truly means, and that is that Lady Gaga represents the death of the sexual revolution. She makes her point by creating a strong ethos through examples of past "sex" idols such as Madonna, Elton John, David Bowie, etc. and then relating it back to her and how plastic and disgusting she looks. As well as even going all the way back to the early 1920's to define what sex is. The author uses statements Lady Gaga has made to make her seem contradictory and has used examples of her past life to show how much her new persona has taken over in order to seduce the technology savvy generation. All of which help create a strong ethos. Her statistics about how much Facebook followers Gaga has and how many views and records she has sold helped create a stronger logos. But the way Camille uses what Gaga describes as her creativity or vagina, throughout the article appeals to the pathos cause its like a gross factor that gets the audience wondering what that's all about.