Rah, Rah, Ah-Ah-Ah (Ro-Ma, Ro-Ma-Ma): Lady Gaga, Hysteria, Commodity Feminism

by Derritt MasonAs “Bad Romance” terminates, a bored-looking and semi-nude Lady Gaga lies, post-coital cigarette in-mouth, next to the charred remains of the man destroyed by the fire omitted from her still-sparking bra.  Minutes earlier, the dead man purchases a diamond-festooned Gaga via auction, a writhing Gaga with grotesquely large and child-like eyes, a Gaga with a lizard’s spine who was birthed, crawling, from a sleek white pod labelled...

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Lady Gaga's "Alejandro" - Preliminary Ideas and Discussion!

by Eddie McCaffray & Meghan Vicks1. Military and Totalitarian Uniforms Eddie McCaffray:  Clearly this is one of the video's most immediately recognizable aesthetics.  Dancers throughout sport leather trench-coats with wide lapels, peaked military-style caps, trousers, boots, and assault rifles.  Even their hair color and physical appearance are uniform.  The significances of this attire are two-fold and mutually-reinforcing....

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"Grab Your Old Girl With Her New Tricks": Lady Gaga and Reflective Performance

by Kathryn Leedom“And then I was my reflection on / the mirror-like surface of the lake”– Joanne Stefani Germanotta, “For a Moment” “You know, Gaga, trust is like a mirror. You can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that motherfucker’s reflection.” – Beyonce and Lady Gaga, “Telephone” videoCelebrity worship blossomed in the twentieth century, with the advent of new media such as radio, television, and the internet. The...

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