This one, however, has Beyonce in it. I kind of like it, though of course YMMV. It’s a bit S&M-ish, and just a tad murderous.
Definitely not chidren’s viewing, whatever that means. However. Not only did I see Reform School Girls in the 1980s—I also saw Born Innocent on television in the 1970s. Though they cut the good scenes out of the latter.
And I love, love, love the references to car culture, roadside diners, and the American desert. This is Thelma and Louise without that pretense of being High Art. (Except that it is, of course. Or, um, a mirror image thereof. Welcome to Wonderland, Alice.*)
UPDATE: Um. You guys get that the video is not about sex, right? It’s about female rage in relationships (especially at the beginning, when one supposedly waits for the telephone to ring, sometimes in vain—which is why archetypical corded phones are used in scenes wherein cell phones might have been the predictable call).
And it is about why faux lesbianism and bisexuality don’t solve the problem of feminine relationship rage—they only transfer the object of rage, and expand the killing field. And it is about why poison has been considered the female weapon-of-choice for homicides: it may not simply be that women have had enhanced access to kitchens, but also because female anger sometimes has to be hidden, and secret.
Because we are a sex that communicates so much that it creates distortions in the process. These are almost as bad (or, perhaps, worse, depending on your team and your level of team spirit) than those created by male stonewalling.
We play “telephone.”
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* Or Through the Looking Glass, if you want to get technical about it.
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I have yet to see a Gaga video I din’t think was at least fascinating, and often brilliant. Haven’t decided on this one (disappointed there’s no Gaga/Beyonce girl-girl) but it is certainly at least fascinating so it’s not going to break the curve.
Too borrowed, too busy. “Pussy Wagon” from “Kill Bill?”
I did take away the point that tattoos are always a mistake, so there
is that. This may be the first Gaga vid I don’t like. Let’s hope it’s
not the beginning of the end.
I must confess as I was the usually the guy making the call and getting the brush off I can’t speak to female rage. I can say that the brush off feels much like a hobnailed boot striking several inches below the navel.
The trick is to straighten up even while you are sore and try again, that is the only way to face life.
Reminds me of Pia Zadora’s “Rock it Out”