Sketch o’the Week

August 18th, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

This week’s sketch: pop star Katy Perry. A lot of people seem to dislike her, thinking she’s extremely vulgar and overtly sexual… but I think she’s doing all that over the top stuff with tongue firmly in cheek (insert “tongue firmly in somewhere joke here”). She’s intentionally being a parody of the Britney Spears/Christina Aguilera school of candy-like sex doll pop singers.

Comments

  1. Terry Elliott says:
    August 19, 2010 at 7:01 am

    I agree, Tom. And though her music is candy-like also, it’s kinda catchy and fun and harmless. Anyway, really like the drawing, but why not make her hair dark?

    • Tom says:
      August 19, 2010 at 9:45 am

      The reference pics I used had her in either a platinum blonde or blue wig. I just went with that.

  2. VEe! says:
    August 19, 2010 at 9:22 am

    Cool sketch.
    Many recording artist purposely do that from time to time.

  3. Mark Engblom says:
    August 19, 2010 at 10:40 am

    Glad I’m not the only one who picked up on the parody aspects of her style. The over-the-top “California Gurls” video (complete with her squirting cupcake bikini top) seems to be mocking the whole concept of pandering, sexed-up videos. But then again…you’re not quite sure. It’s that whole “off-balance” or possibly “smarter than everyone in the room” quality about Perry that’s strangely appealing to an old coot like me.

  4. Steckley says:
    August 19, 2010 at 1:45 pm

    The oddest thing about this girl is she used to be a Christian singer. Her name was Katy Hudson…
    http://blog.beliefnet.com/gospelsoundcheck/2008/06/katy-perry-christian-recording.html

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