SMH. Not satisfied. The video for “Born This Way” did mostly nothing to covey the incredibly powerful message of the song. In the spoken intro, Lady Gaga tells the story of a pure and magnificent race being born that has to combat the force of evil (“evil” in this case is prejudice and hate). The intro is illustrated well visually, as we see “mother monster” (i.e. Gaga) and evil giving birth. From that point on, the visual doesn’t connect well to the intro, nor the song. We see Gaga prance and dance around with others, prance and dance in a tux and skull makeup, then prance down a street and get on a glittery horse. We never see a fight between good and evil, and/ or a scene representing self-acceptance or the joining of humanity (any of that could’ve been portrayed via choreography, but what do I know?).
Once again, Gaga gives us random imagery to her music that will be applauded and described as “edgy, ground-breaking and symbolically abstract (aka “deep”). Drink that Kool-Aid if you like, but I’m calling it what it is: pointless and inefficient. Gaga had the opportunity to create a forever impactful, culturally-defining video to spread the message of love and equality and she wasted it. The video is below.
Once again, Gaga gives us random imagery to her music that will be applauded and described as “edgy, ground-breaking and symbolically abstract (aka “deep”). Drink that Kool-Aid if you like, but I’m calling it what it is: pointless and inefficient. Gaga had the opportunity to create a forever impactful, culturally-defining video to spread the message of love and equality and she wasted it. The video is below.
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