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"Exactly how high were expectations for Lady Gaga&amp;#x27;s performance on SNL? Well, put it this way: I can&amp;#x27;t recall another time in which a pocket of the audience whooped and clapped every single time the host walked onstage to enter a scene. And the Lady delivered: I thought the episode utilized her Gaga-ness without tipping too far into performance-art territory. Best of all, she was totally willing to laugh at herself. You can&amp;#x27;t get much gamer than spoofing the &amp;quot;Born This Way&amp;quot;/&amp;quot;Express Yourself&amp;quot; debate, suggesting that people who dress elaborately &amp;quot;are hiding something&amp;quot; and, of course, imagining a faded-star, elderly Gaga. But we&amp;#x27;ll get to that. First, some more high points from a wacky, wonderful ep: The monologue This one&amp;#x27;s not online because of music licensing restrictions, but I just liked that from the music to the wardrobe, SNL started on a for-the-fans note. You know it&amp;#x27;s Gaga onstage when they bring in real backup dancers instead of having the cast shuffle into position. Waking Up With Kimye Jay Pharoah&amp;#x27;s spot-on &amp;quot;HUHNH!&amp;quot; and the Kardashian Eleven won my heart. Look for Gaga on that &amp;quot;hiding something&amp;quot; comment I mentioned... Taran Killam as an old-timey speech critic on Weekend Update Killam + blowhard colonial snobbery = match made in heaven. Gaga and John Milhiser&amp;#x27;s wild dancing in 4th Grade Talent Show &amp;quot;Ashley, look at yuh muthah, honey!&amp;quot; The Rose Zone I&amp;#x27;m laughing, but I&amp;#x27;d totally watch this channel. Onto our best girly moments of the season list you go, Rose Zone! Old, forgotten Gaga Sadly, the vid of the night&amp;#x27;s final number isn&amp;#x27;t available (more music stuff, sigh), but this pic of Gaga as that wacky woman down the hall who insists she once had her name in lights pretty much says it all. Extra points for the bit about Beyonce being a legit empress in 2063. Female shipcaptains This dress-rehearsal sketch was cut from the show&amp;#x27;s final lineup, but it&amp;#x27;s gloriously goofy and worth a watch. What were the highs and lows for you? (We won&amp;#x27;t speak of the R. Kelly gropefest.) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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