Best of 2010: Italian Trainwreck Does Gaga
Never have I been so compelled by such an awful instance of Youtube culture. Is someone playing a joke on me? Is she a lonely soul, crying out to be heard? Is a deranged individual, with delusions of grandeur with not even a shred of humility?
By Dan Hoffman
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R9admrRY4Y&w=575&h=390%5D
In this video, posted last year, a young Italian woman interprets Lady Gaga’s hit “Paparazzi” in a language that is somewhere between Italian and English. Never have I been so compelled by such an awful instance of YouTube culture. Is someone playing a joke on me? Is she a lonely soul, crying out to be heard? Is she a deranged individual, with delusions of grandeur and not even a shred of humility? Oh, 2010, where have you gone? Whatever the case may be, this Italian’s performance lingers on in my mind. 
