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"To anyone who&amp;#x27;s walking around saying &amp;quot;and that bishop was fierce!&amp;quot; this morning: You&amp;#x27;re about to get mad at me. I love Nicki Minaj. Love, love, love her--I no longer remember my life before &amp;quot;Pink Friday.&amp;quot; But last night, I had a stiff neck from shaking my head at her Grammys appearance. Lady Gaga can show up with gladiator escorts or edible accessories--I don&amp;#x27;t bat an eye. But when I saw Nicki stomping the red carpet with an actor dressed as a vicar (can you even imagine what was going through that guy&amp;#x27;s head?), all I could think was: No! You don&amp;#x27;t need this! It doesn&amp;#x27;t have to be this way! The thing is: to me, Gaga&amp;#x27;s essence is just as much about her stunts as it is her music. Not so with Nicki. She&amp;#x27;s ridiculously talented, groundbreaking as a rapper, addicting as an artist. Little-Red-Riding-Hood-on-crack getups? Altar boys staring into the navels of gyrating dancers? Elderly faux clergymen? Not. Necessary! My Obsessed buddy Lauren B. was speechless, and I&amp;#x27;m already bored thinking about the inevitable church backlash. I&amp;#x27;m not saying Nicki can&amp;#x27;t have her thing. Her devotion to pink is inspiring. Her candy-colored outfits and nutty wigs? Adorable. But she doesn&amp;#x27;t have to be Lady Gaga. We only need one of those. And let&amp;#x27;s not forget that the woman who straight-up destroyed the awards last night was wearing a knee-length LBD. PS--Also: when you&amp;#x27;ve just bishoped your way through a step-and-repeat, do you stay in character while talking to Taylor Swift? Or are you like, &amp;quot;Tay-tay! Can&amp;#x27;t wait to hear you sing &amp;#x27;Mean!&amp;#x27; Here, I snuck in some Mike and Ikes and Goobers in my cape!&amp;quot; (In which case I&amp;#x27;d take back my complaints--no one can argue with a functional garment like that.) What did you guys think of Nicki&amp;#x27;s appearance? Anybody out there love the bishop? Or are you longing for the days of bubblegum wigs like I am? More on the Grammys... The Grammys 2012: Best and Worst Moments Grammys 2012 Red Carpet: Vote for Best and Worst Now! Here&amp;#x27;s How Music&amp;#x27;s Biggest Stars Mourned Whitney Houston, on Twitter and the Red Carpet Photo: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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