Pet Peeve: Do musicians really need to have "alter egos"? Because it seems to me that a person's performing persona (Like that alliteration? Yeah, you know you love it!) is their alter ego. Most have some sort of a name for it. Even us civilians have them (No, Chinita Linda is not my real name). The Wu Tang Clan have a manual which devotes an entire chapter to the nine members and their various alter egos. And now the most annoying alter ego ever: Sasha Fierce.
First of all, who names their alter ego "Sasha"?
Is that really the tightest name you could come up with for your, obviously fierce counterpart? (OK, we get it, she's fierce!)
Secondly what is all this "Who is Sasha Fierce?" nonsense? It's like how people can't tell that Clark Kent is really Superman because he's not wearing glasses (According to one site,
Superman also parts his hair on left while Clark's part is on the right). At least he tried to disguise himself by acting clumsy and naive. Regular Beyoncé just doesn't wear eye-liner.
Sash Fierce also seems to be wearing a bionic hand in her "Single Ladies" video which reminds me a lot of this Janelle Monae video:
What's up with this lack of originality? It's not like there are a limited number of video themes to choose from and robotic was th only one left. But in all the other videos, the robotic theme at least seems to be the underlying theme of the entire video. What does a bionic hand have to do with getting married? And why do you have to get married in the first place? A ring doesn't mean anything will change. Maybe if you lived in the 16th century your husband would get a goat and someone to cook for him but that doesn't seem so great for the "lucky bride." Frankly I don't find the theme of the song very fierce but Sasha Bland doesn't have the same ring to it.
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