Response Post: Gaga the Fame Monster

Ahh Lady Gaga, what a paradox she is. This confusion we feel when we think of her is exactly what she wants us to think yet I really don't believe she is as big of a conundrum as she tries to emulate.

Elona's post was spot on with the comparisons of Gaga and Christianity. She combines her fame with the images of monsters, which often have a religious meaning. What I found ironic was Elona's sentence where she said why Gaga relates her fame and fans to monsters, "Apparently, through interviews that I have seen of her, she hates fame and the horrible attachments that come with it. By calling her album the "Fame Monster" she is pointing to the monster quality in us humans to the materialism famous people enjoy and indulge in. “I find it ironic because only today as I was watching Fashion Television with Jeanne Beker did I see Lady Gaga attend a Marc Jacobs runway show. Now this is in and of itself ironic as the fashion industry can be seen as the epitome of materialism. Not only was Lady Gaga there dressed in one of her stranger ensembles but when Beker, a seasoned fashion journalist who has been working in the industry for longer than Lady Gaga has been alive, tried to get a comment from the "Fame Monster" she flippantly gave a response along the lines of "it was brilliant" and kept walking away. The lack of respect evident in her mannerisms were impossible to miss.

Yet what does she try to teach us? To respect all regardless of sexual orientation or background. To not judge one another based on looks or material aspects but on our minds and the amount of love we can give. I've talked about this before in my Justin Bieber post and I will have to mention it again. Lady Gaga uses religion in a way that simply draws attention to herself yet does not truly put forth the true meaning of what it encompasses.

She was born into a religious Italian family as Stephanie Germanotta and only turned into Lady Gaga a few years ago. The religious depictions she portrays (such as a nun in the Alejandro video) I believe are done to call out her strict(ish) upbringing and to create taboo subjects in her videos. What does the song even have to do with nuns? It's about a guy named Alejandro, not an ode to the Sister Act movies. Her actions are not done with the true meaning of religion in mind, it's a gimmick to get people talking about her. She may want to seem all accepting and understanding but I don't buy