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Bow Down, Bitches: How Beyonce Turned an Elevator Brawl Into a Perfect Year

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A scandalous family feud and a tearful VMA speech—not to mention flawless music and performances—made Beyoncé, somehow, better than ever.

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Beyoncé has, for close to a decade now, been a deity in entertainment: untouchable, successful, divine. In 2014 she became something even more impressive. She became human.

That is perhaps the most important thing an entertainer can be these days.

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