Hey Cher, Hold My Meat (Handbag)!
With those words, Lady Gaga became the first person to utter such a phrase since caveman couture went out of style with saber-toothed tiger t-shirts around 10,000 BC.
She showed up at the VMA awards in a dress, hat, purse and shoes made entirely of meat. Here's a photo.
Any man who ever thought his ultimate fantasy was a platinum blonde was taken to a higher level when introduced to a platinum blonde wrapped in bacon! MMMM bacon!
The people at PETA have been losing their organic lunches over the dress ever since the show.
Incidents like this normally invoke the media question, “What does this say about us, about society?” to which I answer, “Nothing. Lady Gaga isn’t us or society.” I don’t like her anyway because I spent my musical youth making sure disco was dead, and she’s bringing it back to life.
But there is no denying that some people outside America looking in will lump us together with her. Might they say that we are cruel to animals? Wasteful of food? Gluttons? Just playful?
I think she’s…raw (rim shot). Is this another excuse to yell "Ugly American?"
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Jul '10
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Her career will expire before the dress.
Edited on Sep 14, 2010 at 2:19pmJun '10
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Not something you want to wear down to the dog park.
May '10
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Actually this stunt makes me hate her a bit less. The enemy of my enemy after all. I love how crazy she has made PETA and it had to be worth the whole smelly, slimy ordeal just to be able to say that to Cher on live television. Brava Madam Meat Puppet!
And what I'd really like to know is when Peter is going to have Lady Gaga as a guest on Uncommon Knowledge?
Edited on Sep 14, 2010 at 2:31pmMay '10
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An American who lived in Indonesia once told me that our PR there consisted of episodes of Dallas. Now we're exporting images of women and meat.
Can we just agree, right now, that Texas should be America's face to the world?
Jun '10
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Off Topic Alert: Congratulations on your promotion to Contributor (All Hail!) I followed your comments as JustifiedRight and look forward to posts from the only conservative plaintiff tort lawyer extant
Aug '10
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Eh, it's been done before.
If purses are suggestive, though, then Meat Purse is triply so.
Every once in a while, I take a foray from my extremely unfashionable life into the world of Fashion. It's... so... almost bizarrely fascinating. Almost.
Lady Gaga is a favorite of mine in this department, probably because I know so little about her.
Edited on Sep 14, 2010 at 3:30pmMay '10
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Ditto. Well-deserved.
May '10
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I write this as the Michigan Marching Band plays their Lady Gaga ensemble two blocks away. I don't see this as being all that different from wearing a gun in public (where it's legal) to show off your second amendment rights, besides being a lot weirder. Us Magazine reports that she apologized, but if you read her actual statement, it's more of an "I didn't wish for you to be so hypersensitive" type "apology". In fact, her comments to Ellen about rights are something that I can certainly get behind. She must have known that her fan base is just the impressionable type that sympathizes with PETA generally, but she did it anyway.
As for impressions: we kill cows, we feed meat to dogs, and we're fat. They can get that from Nickelodeon.
As for fashion: texture aside, that's probably one of the more conventional dress styles she's ever worn.
Aug '10
Re: Hey Cher, Hold My Meat (Handbag)!
As General Pershing once asked.....
Nevermind that.
What kind of meat was in this haute couture recipe ? Are we talking lamb,goat,beef,chicken, fish, or the trusty pork.
Were there any sweetmeats ? Is that a tongue ? Where's de liver ?
The shoes were offal.
Camille already cooked her roast anyway.
Aug '10
Re: Hey Cher, Hold My Meat (Handbag)!
I bet Cher was glad she's finally old enough not to hear one of her beaus say "Hey Cher , hold my dimebag !"
Aug '10
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Joe S.:
As for fashion: texture aside, that's probably one of the more conventional dress styles she's ever worn. · Sep 14 at 3:41pm
Sacre bleu! You know not the importance of texture in the Fashion Industry? Fashion is texture, mon ami. Rich, meaty texture.
Edited on Sep 14, 2010 at 3:55pmAug '10
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Minor self-serving point: were there really only three people who ever actually read The Ugly American? Surely not, but just in case, as its two authors have almost certainly passed away by now, please let him who is left carry their torch: "the Ugly American" was an engineer who was not much to look at and who, along with his wife, took up residence in a fictitious Southeast Asian country and did charitable works. OK, now I will sit down.
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Thank you Pilgrim! I'm very excited to be here!
Re: Hey Cher, Hold My Meat (Handbag)!
Tommy, before reading this, I wouldn't have known Lady Whatshername from Adam's house cat. But, I will have to learn more. Thanks for an interesting observation, and welcome aboard!
Aug '10
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So PETA's fomenting disgust at her dress by saying it was infested with maggots? What's wrong with maggots? Maggots are people, too.
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Thanks for the welcome, Dave.
I have 4 kids and 3 are teenagers, so unfortunately I end up knowing Lady Gaga :-)
Re: Hey Cher, Hold My Meat (Handbag)!
Paul DeRocco you're funny!
Re: Hey Cher, Hold My Meat (Handbag)!
Is it just me, or does she look a bit like this: