Madonna Persona: Camp Queen (Origin: circa 1990. See: "Vogue," Evita, anytime she's wearing Gaultier)
In Her Foosteps: Lady Gaga
With a name like Madonna, you're pretty much destined to be flamboyantly theatrical and oh-honey-so-campy, right? Though she pretty much always had the flamboyant part nailed down, Ms. Ciconne really embraced her inner drag queen (and acknowledged/appropriated the culture of her legions of gay fans) with the extravagantly bewigged "Vogue." One of the most Madonna-esque artists to grace us with her presence since Britney's heyday, Lady Gaga's whole fabulous, over-the-top, regularly pants-less shtick could accurately be described as an impression of a drag queen impersonation of Madonna's take on camp.
