Music Lady GaGa - Alejandro - the music video. NSFW! - Page 3

**Reaper16** · 06-08-2010, 11:06 AM

The video for "Alejandro" came out today. And really, it is totally NOT SAFE FOR WORK. The amount of stark sexuality in this video is totally inappropriate for work and will likely disgust a decent portion of the people who watch this 9 minute, very German, very harsh music video.

It is going to take me a while to think this whole video through; there's a lot going on about the nature of sexuality. I can't wait to see the scholarship that comes out of it.

**Reaper16** · 06-08-2010, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Shes the new madonna...i remember when her music first came out i heard she was a hermaphrodite

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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

can you see his/her mini-penis?

I love that GaGa doesn't deny nor confirm this rumor. I wouldn't be surprised if it was her camp that floated the rumor in the first place. Her artistic persona works better if she was hermaphroditic or transsexual but she isn't. Anyway, one of the scenes in the video for Telephone was pretty much a confirmation that she is sans member.

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Originally Posted by NewPhin

Well, it isn't academic.. but the folks at Vigilant Citizen are up in arms on it with lots of batshit paranoid (yet crazily plausible) interpretations:

http://vigilantcitizen.com/boards/vi...php?f=3&t=3879

No official VC deconstruction yet.

NewChief · 06-08-2010, 08:46 PM

Salon weighs in. How gay is the "Alejandro" video? Really ****ing gay.

http://www.salon.com/life/lady_gaga/...y_in_lady_gaga
Queer imagery in Lady Gaga's "Alejandro"
The gay icon's new video is like Givenchy at the Folsom Street Fair VIDEO
BY ALEX JUNG

YouTube
Lady Gaga's "Alejandro"
Lady Gaga, like her predecessor Madonna (to whom she pays homage -- or is that rips off? -- in her latest video), also owes a great deal to the gays. The latest Gaga epic, "Alejandro," opens on the image of a strapping young officer asleep at his desk wearing fishnet stockings and black pumps, with an AK-47 at arm's length. The next scene cuts to a fleet of shirtless men in black spanx (though they clearly have no need for them), sporting black bowl cuts, marching in black boots -- perhaps realizing conservatives' nightmare when DADT is repealed? But men in heels and carrying assault rifles aren't a contradictory image in the context of queer sexuality, fetish and kink. So exactly how queer is Lady Gaga's new music video? Oh, let us count the ways ...

1. Gender bending. Gay men wearing heels is nothing new, of course. But this isn't just about boys in girls' clothes; it's also about exploring feminine movement. One gentleman slinks around on the bed like calendar pinup. The dancers move behind Gaga in a synchronized mass, wave their arms out like tentacles and then draw them back in to do an update of the bend and snap. And there is a great deal of attitude in those snaps (most delightfully, the one to Lady Gaga’s left).

On the bed, Lady Gaga takes the dominant role and aggressively thrusts against her bowl-cut twin doggy-style. (And what straight woman has imagined doing something similar to a beautiful gay man?) On another level, it's a more subtle play on the old Internet rumor about Lady Gaga and her penis. However you read it, this is not your typical girl-on-boy.

2. (P)leather daddies. It's hard not to read the Freudian subtext in the line, "But a boyfriend's like a dad, just like a dad," as Gaga wrestles with her lover in bed. Does Lady Gaga just want a gay leather daddy?

The video's extreme leather fetish -- from Lady Gaga's oversize motorcycle jacket and pleather nun's habit to the dancers' thick black boots -- is like Givenchy at the Folsom Street Fair. Of course, you rarely have leather without ...

3. S/M. We see the classic signifiers: Choke-holds and ropes and whips. One dancer shoves his partner's hips to the ground, grunting like a Marine. A man in spiked headgear with strings around him bookends the video: He really just needs a leather face mask that zips across the mouth. Indeed, the question of power, authority and violence is a pall that hangs over the video, much darker than her previous offerings.

4. Sex toys. Does anyone else think that rosaries look a lot like anal beads?

In May, Lady Gaga told the Times Online, "[The video is] a celebration and an admiration of gay love -- it confesses my envy of the courage and bravery they require to be together." And just in time for Gay Pride.

Sure-Oz · 06-08-2010, 08:50 PM

Lady Gaygay?

BWillie · 06-08-2010, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Shes the new madonna...i remember when her music first came out i heard she was a hermaphrodite

Minus the dick, I can see why people would think that, she looks disgusting most of the time

Demonpenz · 06-08-2010, 09:51 PM

his this video about how alenandjo pena cost the braves 2 world series? That shit was gay for sure

valheru · 06-09-2010, 03:34 AM

LOL too homoerotic for words...

**BigMeatballDave** · 06-09-2010, 07:22 AM

Wow. She REALLY wants to prove she doesnt have a penis.

Its too bad her face is beat to shit, because she does have a nice body.

Her style is eerily similar to Madonna, 20 yrs ago.

greg63 · 06-09-2010, 11:16 PM

Thought her rifle barrel black leather bra? was completely ridiculous. I chuckled.

**Tribal Warfare** · 06-09-2010, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by greg63

Thought her rifle barrel black leather bra? was completely ridiculous. I chuckled.

copying the cone bra of Madonna's Vogue, or her " Blonde Ambition " tour.

KC native · 06-10-2010, 09:05 PM

um, that video was gay softcore porn. lame.

NewChief · 06-14-2010, 08:18 AM

Vigilant Citizen finally weighs in and doesn't disappoint.

http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=3979

**Reaper16** · 06-14-2010, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by NewPhin

Vigilant Citizen finally weighs in and doesn't disappoint.

http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=3979

blaise · 06-14-2010, 09:38 AM

"Hey, look at me! I'm outrageous. Please, won't some group be outraged that I dressed like a nun? See, look. I dressed like a nun and there's sex. There's like, some message there. It's about sex and religion and gay sex or something. And guys with the same haircut as Moe from 3

. It's artistic because there's gay images and military images and nuns and sex. Therefore it means something."

**Reaper16** · 06-14-2010, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by blaise

"Hey, look at me! I'm outrageous. Please, won't some group be outraged that I dressed like a nun? See, look. I dressed like a nun and there's sex. There's like, some message there. It's about sex and religion and gay sex or something. And guys with the same haircut as Moe from 3

. It's artistic because there's gay images and military images and nuns and sex. Therefore it means something."

I thought you were smarter than that.

blaise · 06-14-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

I thought you were smarter than that.

You probably overestimate me. That being said I don't think the video goes much deeper than that. I admit I fast forwarded a portion of it, but not because it was offensive. I did it because I was bored. All I got from it was her trying to get some degree of shock value across so she could get more publicity. I didn't see much more than a dressed up version of the old Mike Myers "Sprockets" bit. Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see much that I consider imaginative. The feeling I got most from the video was apathy and boredom.
I'd say she was going for some dada effect but she seems to be under the impression that she's getting an actual artistic point across. Perhaps there is one and I just don't care to see it.
And I stand by the Moe comment. That part is indisputable.

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06-08-2010, 08:46 PM	#32
NewChief In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Fayetteville, AR Casino cash: $9730204	Salon weighs in. How gay is the "Alejandro" video? Really ***ing gay. http://www.salon.com/life/lady_gaga/...y_in_lady_gaga Queer imagery in Lady Gaga's "Alejandro" The gay icon's new video is like Givenchy at the Folsom Street Fair VIDEO BY ALEX JUNG YouTube Lady Gaga's "Alejandro" Lady Gaga, like her predecessor Madonna (to whom she pays homage -- or is that rips off? -- in her latest video), also owes a great deal to the gays. The latest Gaga epic, "Alejandro," opens on the image of a strapping young officer asleep at his desk wearing fishnet stockings and black pumps, with an AK-47 at arm's length. The next scene cuts to a fleet of shirtless men in black spanx (though they clearly have no need for them), sporting black bowl cuts, marching in black boots -- perhaps realizing conservatives' nightmare when DADT is repealed? But men in heels and carrying assault rifles aren't a contradictory image in the context of queer sexuality, fetish and kink. So exactly how queer is Lady Gaga's new music video? Oh, let us count the ways ... 1. Gender bending. Gay men wearing heels is nothing new, of course. But this isn't just about boys in girls' clothes; it's also about exploring feminine movement. One gentleman slinks around on the bed like calendar pinup. The dancers move behind Gaga in a synchronized mass, wave their arms out like tentacles and then draw them back in to do an update of the bend and snap. And there is a great deal of attitude in those snaps (most delightfully, the one to Lady Gaga’s left). On the bed, Lady Gaga takes the dominant role and aggressively thrusts against her bowl-cut twin doggy-style. (And what straight woman has imagined doing something similar to a beautiful gay man?) On another level, it's a more subtle play on the old Internet rumor about Lady Gaga and her penis. However you read it, this is not your typical girl-on-boy. 2. (P)leather daddies. It's hard not to read the Freudian subtext in the line, "But a boyfriend's like a dad, just like a dad," as Gaga wrestles with her lover in bed. Does Lady Gaga just want a gay leather daddy? The video's extreme leather fetish -- from Lady Gaga's oversize motorcycle jacket and pleather nun's habit to the dancers' thick black boots -- is like Givenchy at the Folsom Street Fair. Of course, you rarely have leather without ... 3. S/M. We see the classic signifiers: Choke-holds and ropes and whips. One dancer shoves his partner's hips to the ground, grunting like a Marine. A man in spiked headgear with strings around him bookends the video: He really just needs a leather face mask that zips across the mouth. Indeed, the question of power, authority and violence is a pall that hangs over the video, much darker than her previous offerings. 4. Sex toys. Does anyone else think that rosaries look a lot like anal beads? In May, Lady Gaga told the Times Online, "[The video is] a celebration and an admiration of gay love -- it confesses my envy of the courage and bravery they require to be together." And just in time for Gay Pride. __________________ In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.* - H. L. Mencken
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06-08-2010, 09:51 PM	#35
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06-09-2010, 03:34 AM	#36
valheru Rookie Join Date: Jun 2010 Casino cash: $10004900	LOL too homoerotic for words...
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06-09-2010, 07:22 AM	#37
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06-09-2010, 11:16 PM	#38
greg63 Homer go crazy!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: SE Kansas Casino cash: $9324990	Thought her rifle barrel black leather bra? was completely ridiculous. I chuckled. __________________
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06-10-2010, 09:05 PM	#40
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06-14-2010, 08:18 AM	#41
NewChief In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Fayetteville, AR Casino cash: $9730204	Vigilant Citizen finally weighs in and doesn't disappoint. http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=3979 __________________ In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. - H. L. Mencken
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06-14-2010, 09:38 AM	#43
blaise In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Plano, TX Casino cash: $9999900	"Hey, look at me! I'm outrageous. Please, won't some group be outraged that I dressed like a nun? See, look. I dressed like a nun and there's sex. There's like, some message there. It's about sex and religion and gay sex or something. And guys with the same haircut as Moe from 3 . It's artistic because there's gay images and military images and nuns and sex. Therefore it means something."
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