Beyonce's latest album has been nothing but trouble from the very first single that was released from it. She has been called many things, among which one of the most frequent ones was 'copy-cat', circulated especially on the Internet.

Now, Beyonce has decided to take some drastic steps of shutting up all those people who still have a bone to pick with her, for no apparent reason, it seems. Answering all of them the same way they attacked her, the curvy singer took a 1920s act and performed it during a concert last week.

Everything, from the outfit to the dance routines, resembled closely the trademark routine of Josephine Barker. And many were fooled from the very instant she came on stage! Only later on, did Beyonce reveal that it was all a planned thing, having worked closely with Jean-Claude Barker, Josephine's adoptive son, and having prepared for this a long time before it happened.

Initially, she said that it was a tribute to the older artist but many speculate that she did it on purpose, just to spite those that say that she is being original by stealing from others! Either way, the fact that she is looking positively gorgeous is a good enough reason to excuse the wacky banana skirt.

Besides, it's all in the name of entertaining, so she can dress in almost anything on stage. If it looks good, that is...