Ring Ring...Hello, Lady Gaga? Your Video Sucks
So after about a bajillion friggin' weeks of teasing the public about how great her video was gonna be, Lady Gaga finally released the video for Telephone last night and...Well, it sucks. It sucks harder than an entire army of Roombas. If you can't follow the storyline, first she's in jail or something (apparently, crimes against fashion are a real thing now. ZING!), and then Beyonce bails her out, so then they go and kill an entire diner for no discernible reason. Oh, and the entire thing is meant to be an homage to Quentin Tarantino, sort of like how an essay that a sixteen-year-old copy/pastes off the internet is an homage to whoever wrote it. And of course, Lady Gaga has a whole bunch of wacky new outfits, including slutty prisoner (2:15), slutty waitress (7:13), slutty lunch lady (6:20), and slutty Quaker Oats guy (4:25). Point is, it's sort of what Quentin Tarantino would make if he was a lobotomized prostitute...Song is pretty good though.
Recently watched Gaga & Beyonce's Telephone video. Music is actually quite good, saucy catchy tune but whoa - the imagery and theme - jail, mass homicide in a diner and get-away. Even a shot of the dog in the diner, poisoned and killed -- wa, WA, WHAT? Shock at all price! Way to go. Bit far? No surprise, people like India Arie are all upset. Robert Meloni, legal counsel for Gaga's ex who's suing her for tens of millions, unwittingly might have said it the most effectively in his response to MTV about Gaga's counterclaim "...gives 'falling on your sword' an entirely new meaning..."
Recently watched Gaga & Beyonce's Telephone video. Music is kind of good, saucy catchy tune but whoa - the imagery and theme - jail, mass homicide in a diner and get-away. Even a shot of the dog in the diner, poisoned and killed -- wa, WA, WHAT? Shock in any price! Way to go. Bit far? No wonder, people like India Arie are all upset. Robert Meloni, attorney for Gaga's ex who is suing her for millions, unwittingly might have said it the most effectively in his response to MTV about Gaga's countersuite "...gives 'falling on your sword' an entirely new meaning..."