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Beth Ditto

For my group of friends is Lady Gaga eye-opening? No. She's a less dangerous version of what was so cool about pop culture in the '80s. Back then it was so gay and so punk in so many ways.

Beth Ditto

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Beth Ditto is saying that her friends don’t find Lady Gaga surprising or groundbreaking because she reminds them of the bold, rebellious style of pop culture from the 1980s. She highlights that the coolness of that era came from its strong connection to gay and punk influences, which Gaga represents in a safer, less risky way.

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