Rate the Madonna, Lady Gaga skit

In a meeting of pop divas, "Saturday Night Live" brought together Lady Gaga and Madonna this weekend, having the artists trade barbs in a sketch. Pop & Hiss was unimpressed in an earlier post, instead focusing on Lady Gaga's gyroscope-enhanced musical performance.The artist stripped her songs of their synthy-trappings and instead focused on singing, even including some nostalgia-driven improvisation about New York into the performance.

It was the rare "Saturday Night Live" performance that went beyond a pure promotional play. But let's forget about the music for a second: Was the skit, in which Madonna met Lady Gaga on a fake MTV show, funny?

Our readers are mixed, with some even doubting that it was indeed Madonna on "Saturday Night Live." Reader Creeanze insists it was Scarlett Johansson and not Madonna, while another argues it was comedian Abby Elliott.

But most seemed to find the Pop & Hiss take on it a bit harsh. "It all felt a bit hastily thrown together, and little more than an excuse to show two pop stars in a cat fight," is what was written. Many appear to agree with reader TK, who wrote that it was "good natured of Madonna to go along with this skit." Reader Hold Up even thinks Pop & Hiss engaged in some Madonna bashing, writing that it "was a fun little skit."

Watch it above. Rate it below.

-- Todd Martens

Related: Lady Gaga gets adventurously intimate, wrastles with Madonna on 'SNL'

Comments

[bc]

its madonna check out the arms aka her guns

[vegasgirl]

Can't Madonna ever spend one week out of the limelight? She is beyond boring anymore. We've seen enough of her plastic surgeried body and minimal talent. I'm no fan of the other either, but "Madge's" insecurity and constant need for attention is just too much anymore.

[hijk]

The sketch was very funny up until the point when Madonna and Gaga came out. I love them both, but it was just uninspired trite trash. Gaga seemed to be trying but Madonna just killed it. In a bad way. It was such a sad waste of an opportunity with so much potential.

P.S. Madonna needs to stop jumping on the bandwagon and riding the coat tails of any/all up and coming pop stars. It gets tiring to see her try so desperately to stay young, fresh or relevant.

[Josh]

Madonna rules and she does not NEED to jump on anyones coattails, she out sells everyone globally, they need Madonna not the other way around.

[Norig]

That WAS Madonna! She looks great!! Wasn't that funny but it was interesting to watch!

[Conllo]

In the music industry Madonna has been the reigning queen of pop, having completed a multi-national very successful world tour concert Madonna’s appearance on SNL with nothing to prompt, has given way to support Lady Gaga as the established rising star by Billboard , VMA awarded 3 times this year, and the new Princes of POP.

[Nice to see at least one of them has curves...]

I think the sketch was slapped together at the last moment because Madonna just had to somehow be seen with Miss Hot Young Thing. She probably tried to steal some of her energy in the process, too, like she does with everyone else. Looking good, Gaga!