Lady Gaga in drag at the VMAs

Big ups to Lady Gaga for blowing people's minds by dressing up as her super-masculine alter ego, Jo Calderone, for her opening number, "You and I," at the MTV Video Music Awards tonight. This after she kicked up a fuss in the feminine direction by performing topless on the promo ad for the show. She smoked a cig, swigged on a beer, and brought on Brian May of Queen to take the staduim-sized rocker over the top. And in general she left everyone in the Staples Center in Los Angles, from Justin Bieber on up, looking flummoxed and non-plussed, like they had no idea what to make of what was going on, and were afraid to react one way or the other for fear of committing themselves on camera. Except for Dave Grol, who totally dug it.

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