Published: March 24, 2011
Op-Ed Contributor
Lady Gaga: Rebecca Black is a Genius!
By Robert Paul Reyes
"No less an arbiter of all things cool, outré and, let's be honest, totally wacky, has come to the defense of the 13-year-old auto-tune aficionado, addressing the Rebecca Black phenomenon (and her phenomenal public backlash) while chatting to the tech geeks at a "Google Goes Gaga" Q&A session.
So what did Gaga have to say about this young girl's, um, talent?
'I think it's fantastic,' she said. "I say Rebecca Black is a genius and anyone that's telling her she's cheesy is full of s-t."
Read more I don't consider someone with a penchant for wearing outrageous outfits the arbiter of good taste or genius, but Lady Gaga may be right.
Rebecca Black, 13, is too young to be a genius in anything but how to apply make-up. But the creative minds behind Rebecca's video "Friday" are pure genius.
"Friday" is a masterpiece, on par with other great works of art like the Mona Lisa and Citizen Kane. To fully appreciate a campy TV show or movie, like the "Brady Bunch", smoking a doobie is a necessity. But you don't need marijuana or LSD to enjoy "Friday."
"Friday" transports you to a parallel universe where the most pressing problem is: Should I kick it in the front seat or the back seat? It's a magical world where you can dance, and fling your arms like you are trying to catch invisible bugs. See the girl in the pink dress. I won't include a link to the video, most of us have memorized the video. It's a random paradise where cause and effect have no meaning.
A black rapper suddenly appears out of the blue in a city populated almost exclusively by 13-year-old white boy and girls. Rebecca may have swallowed an auto-tune, by she sounds like a heavenly robot. I've never had so much fun learning the days of the week. "Friday" is playing in an internal loop in my mind, and I'm OK with it. I feel like waiting at a bus stop in the hopes that a car will drive by and a group of my friends will invite me to hop aboard.
Oh for the pleasure of deciding if I want to kick it in the front or back of the car. I am under the spell of "Friday" and I don't feel compelled to structure my essay in a linear or coherent manner. We so high. We so high. "Friday" is one of the seminal works of the 21st century. Fun, fun, fun that's the mantra for the YouTube generation. Lady Gaga you are right, "Friday" is genius.
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Robert Paul Reyes is a NewsBlaze writer on Politics, Pop Culture and Pointless Pontificating. Contact him by writing to NewsBlaze.
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