You know... you mentioned Lady Gaga as a created ...

2009-07-24T23:35:38.163-04:00

You know...
you mentioned Lady Gaga as a created persona and mentioned not having a 'tell' - It's funny, because I have a friend who IS a Lady GaGa fan and feels she's indeed a created character but that she's poking fun of that creation/herself/ the industry -
I tend to agree with you, in the sense that, I don't think there's that much going into her working at it - I think the problem is she believed her own hype.

I have a 'test' I use...
I ask myself if these people (media, music) could have created a sensation before the days of music video and instant gratification -
I guess Warhol was right in one regard, fame is disposable... now.
Before, famous people were iconic and nearly untouchable - and I think that is what gave us the fantasy, 'suspension of disbelief'.
Now, they are on our TVs and we know every time someone went to the bathroom - The concept of fame, of 'icon' is losing, if not has lost, it's meaning. We flip from one reality show to the next, knowing every detail we didn't want to know, scripted to show us what someone percieved "reality" SHOULD be.

It returns to what you said: implied artistic - The same friend mentioned above speaks of seperating the art from the artist (liking their product, even if the artist as a person does something we don't like) - Yet, he does the opposite with The Ga... He likes the performance BECAUSE he likes the packaging, he like watching her train wreck.

- The brand has simply become more important than the product...
Maybe I like my lines in the sand...
I don't want to watch a movie with the singer who's TV show I watch and who's clothes I wear and perfume I buy.

OR maybe I am just rambling on again... see? maybe I belong on twitter, limited to 140 characters...

Comments on G Valentino is Random: ... musing about text, context, and Lady Gaga,.

You know... you mentioned Lady Gaga as a created ...