As an artfag, I feel that it is my duty to make a comment on Lady Gaga's new video, Telephone, featuring Beyonce, a bald actor/singer guy, and a cavalcade of might-as-well-been-naked wymin.
Two words: Half Assed.
A few more words: It was obviously made with their intentions in the right place: Use the video platform the way it was made to be used. Creatively, like you actually give a shit. I must give Gaga kudos for that. On the other hand, you cannot offer up a mishmash of tawdry images and innuendo and expect it to be called artistic just because you and the rest of the cast were wearing weird clothing. It aspires for Tarantino levels of greatness, and like those who aped before her, she fell flat. Mainly because a Tarantino movie is held up by wit as apposed to spectacle, which just serves as icing. You can't make a meal out of icing. But once again, kudos for at least trying to make something worth watching. Really, it was only missing a bit of direction, otherwise it would have been palatable. She should have had Tarantino himself direct the video. Whatever.
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