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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBk0P27QGmc Talented. Brilliant. Incredible. Amazing. Show stopping. Spectacular. Never the same. Totally unique. Completely not ever been done before.]]
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"Donatella" is a song that sings the virtues of a rich, blond, upperclass model, making her life seem amazing and perfect. However, some lyrics suggest that this might be a StealthParody, and the song is meant to be a cynical look at a shallow person.

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Removed these examples of "Alternative Character", because they were about Lady Gaga herself.


* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Subversive intellectual champion of gay/women's rights, manipulative artist taking advantage of those fandoms, or gullible corporate shill churning out generic unoriginal pop tunes? As often happens, the truth seems to lie somewhere in the middle.
** Talented piano-rocker who got dropped by her label and rose from the ashes as one of the most interesting entertainers in the last couple of decades, or a [[ArtistDisillusionment disillusioned girl]] who's spun into a spiral of self loathing [[DoingItForTheArt investing all of her money into performances and pushing herself dangerously past her limits on stage]] as a product of feeling unworthy of her success because she feels she "sold out"?
** Is she a talented singer who created her quirky personality and fashion sense to rise above the pool of unsigned talented musicians? Or is she just a generic singer/songwriter who created the quirky personality as a desperate grab for attention? Depending on how much the person making the analysis likes her and her music, she falls somewhere between all three. Gaga later proved that she's actually a ''ridiculously talented'' singer, so opinions may vary because of it.
** Is she entertaining because she's an empowering example of women's rights? Or because she's an incredibly scary HumanoidAbomination?
** How much does she really care about universal equality, this ranges from "She's just using the outcasts (gays, misfits, anybody outside the norm) and putting them on" to "She is genuinely out to better the world, but thoroughly misunderstood in the way she chooses to do it."
** Is her calling freaks freaks, misfits misfits and calling her gay fans "effeminate queens" considered pandering to that audience? Is that a good thing or a bad thing, is she alienating those she's trying to help fit in, or isolating them so she can use them for their money (For better or worst). Related to her character because either she's an evil genius manipulator or someone just trying to help the world be a better place...
** "Donatella" is a song that sings the virtues of a rich, blond, upperclass model, making her life seem amazing and perfect. However, some lyrics suggest that this might be a StealthParody, and the song is meant to be a cynical look at a shallow person.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Subversive intellectual champion of gay/women's rights, manipulative artist taking advantage of those fandoms, or gullible corporate shill churning out generic unoriginal pop tunes? As often happens, the truth seems to lie somewhere in the middle.
** Talented piano-rocker who got dropped by her label and rose from the ashes as one of the most interesting entertainers in the last couple of decades, or a [[ArtistDisillusionment disillusioned girl]] who's spun into a spiral of self loathing [[DoingItForTheArt investing all of her money into performances and pushing herself dangerously past her limits on stage]] as a product of feeling unworthy of her success because she feels she "sold out"?
** Is she a talented singer who created her quirky personality and fashion sense to rise above the pool of unsigned talented musicians? Or is she just a generic singer/songwriter who created the quirky personality as a desperate grab for attention? Depending on how much the person making the analysis likes her and her music, she falls somewhere between all three. Gaga later proved that she's actually a ''ridiculously talented'' singer, so opinions may vary because of it.
** Is she entertaining because she's an empowering example of women's rights? Or because she's an incredibly scary HumanoidAbomination?
** How much does she really care about universal equality, this ranges from "She's just using the outcasts (gays, misfits, anybody outside the norm) and putting them on" to "She is genuinely out to better the world, but thoroughly misunderstood in the way she chooses to do it."
** Is her calling freaks freaks, misfits misfits and calling her gay fans "effeminate queens" considered pandering to that audience? Is that a good thing or a bad thing, is she alienating those she's trying to help fit in, or isolating them so she can use them for their money (For better or worst). Related to her character because either she's an evil genius manipulator or someone just trying to help the world be a better place...
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"Donatella" is a song that sings the virtues of a rich, blond, upperclass model, making her life seem amazing and perfect. However, some lyrics suggest that this might be a StealthParody, and the song is meant to be a cynical look at a shallow person.
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** "Million Reasons" is rated as the best performance for her Super Bowl half-time appearance (which include her monstrous hits like "Born This Way" and "Bad Romance"). It also is the heaviest song in the line-up and generated the highest interest out of all of them.
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* CriticalDissonance: "John Wayne". Critics claim it is one of the worst songs Gaga has ever written, but fans generally highlight it as one of the best in the "Joanne" album.
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* CriticalDissonance: "John Wayne". Critics claim it is one of the worst songs Gaga has ever written, but fans generally highlight it as one of the best in the "Joanne" album.

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** She's recently taken a hit for [[http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/the-gaga-saga/ refusing to let Weird Al release a parody of "Born This Way"]] after insisting to hear a finished song before she gives it any further consideration (something Al took time off of his family vacation to do). While refusing the parody is understandable (Al's been turned down by other artists before with no genuine hard feelings) the fact that all proceeds from the sale of the song and its video would go to the Human Rights Campaign (a LGBT group that Gaga would presumably support) is where the real controversy starts to kick in.
** The backdraft ended when she claimed that she never got to hear the song and [[http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/gaga-update/ her manager owned up to not even bothering to show her the song, which she gave full approval when she did get to hear it]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss_BmTGv43M Here it is]].

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** She's recently taken She took a hit for [[http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/the-gaga-saga/ supposedly refusing to let Weird Al release a parody of "Born This Way"]] after insisting to hear a finished song before she gives it any further consideration (something Al took time off of his family vacation to do). While refusing the parody is understandable (Al's been turned down by other artists before with no genuine hard feelings) the fact Way"]], which sparked controversy given that all proceeds from the sale of the teh song and its video would go to the Human Rights Campaign (a LGBT group that Gaga would presumably support) is where the real controversy starts to kick in.
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support). As it turned out, however, this was done by her manager--[[http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/gaga-update/ her manager owned up to not who didn't even bothering bother to show her the song, which she song]], and insisted to hear a finished song before giving it any further consideration (something Al took time off of his family vacation to do). Gaga herself gave Al full approval when once she did get was able to actually hear it]].
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* ValuesDissonance: Fairly minor example, but "Born This Way" uses "Transgendered" which is now discouraged from being used for implying that being Transgender is something you become.
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** She once advertised a theraputic course she'd taken by posting a clip of herself on it wearing a blindfold while otherwise naked in a forest clearing, and loudly yelling. Literally noone has a clue what was going on.
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* UncannyValley: Wears incredibly thick makeup, unusual hair, and ridiculously high shoes.

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* UncannyValley: Wears incredibly thick makeup, unusual hair, and ridiculously high shoes. She has since phased her UncannyValleyMakeup in favour of a more natural look that began with ''Joanne'', which served as a CareerResurrection for her.
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** "Born This Way," meant to be an anthem about accepting yourself, whoever or whatever you may be. It's not even subtle about the message, and it forgoes symbolism and her usual mystique of her music; it just straight up says that you were born perfect and should accept yourself, over and over. It's a good song and a good message, delivered with the same subtlety as a brick to the face.

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** "Born This Way," meant to be an anthem about accepting yourself, whoever or whatever you may be. It's not even subtle about the message, and it forgoes symbolism and her usual mystique of her music; it just straight up says that you were born perfect and should accept yourself, over and over. It's a good song and [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped a good message, delivered with the same subtlety as a brick to the face.face]].
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** "Donatella" is a song that sings the virtues of a rich, blond, upperclass model, making her life seem amazing and perfect. However, some lyrics suggest that this might be a StealthParody, and the song is meant to be a cynical look at a shallow person. This is more obvious in the music video, which often shows similar-looking blond girls being mass-produced or puppeteered by unseen forces.

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** "Donatella" is a song that sings the virtues of a rich, blond, upperclass model, making her life seem amazing and perfect. However, some lyrics suggest that this might be a StealthParody, and the song is meant to be a cynical look at a shallow person. This is more obvious in the music video, which often shows similar-looking blond girls being mass-produced or puppeteered by unseen forces.
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** The backdraft endind when she claimed that she never got to hear the song and [[http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/gaga-update/ her manager owned up to not even bothering to show her the song, which she gave full approval when she did get to hear it]].

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** The backdraft endind ended when she claimed that she never got to hear the song and [[http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/gaga-update/ her manager owned up to not even bothering to show her the song, which she gave full approval when she did get to hear it]].
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** Her halftime show performance at Super Bowl LI was widely praised for great performances of several of her biggest hits, plus some subtly subversive bits like performing a snippet of "This Land Is Your Land" (originally written as a scathing anti-Fascism screed). But there's also a sizable group of people saying they were let down by her not taking the opportunity to be more overtly political like Beyonce the previous year, and especially upset that she got the same amount of attention for doing far less.
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*** Another interpretation is that the song isn't mocking the model; it's about the girl is seen as as perfect, carefree, and above the criticism of others, but beneath the mask feels misunderstood and that no one knows the real her. Some also believe that she's purposely setting up the misunderstanding as a mask to hide her true feelings.

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* DudeNotFunny: She was NOT happy with the TakeThat of her in the "Fatty Boom Boom" music video from Music/DieAntwoord. See the [[http://www.straight.com/blogra/die-antwoord-blasts-lady-gaga-outrageous-new-fatty-boom-boom-video article]].



* FanHater: Some of the HypeAversion experienced by Gaga at certain point partially came down to this as Little Monsters don't really have the best reputation on the internet.



* {{Mondegreen}}: "One second I'm a Koons, then suddenly the Koons is me" (Koons being the artist Jeff Koons) from "Applause" is commonly heard as "One second I'm a kunst, then suddenly the kunst is me". FridgeBrilliance and BilingualBonus kicks in when one realises "kunst" is German, Dutch and Estonian for "art".



* TheScrappy: See Fan Hater



* StupidSexyFlanders: Jo Colderone, her image in You & I clip both bring out these feelings.



* TheWoobie: Gaga herself as she has [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38218247 spoken]] about being raped when she was 19 and that it caused her trauma in addition to suffering PTSD.

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** "Donatella" is a song that sings the virtues of a rich, blond, upperclass model, making her life seem amazing and perfect. However, some lyrics suggest that this might be a StealthParody, and the song is meant to be a cynical look at a shallow person. This is more obvious in the music video, which often shows similar-looking blond girls being mass-produced or puppeteered by unseen forces.



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* TheWoobie: Gaga herself as she has [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38218247 spoken]] about being raped when she was 19 and that it caused her trauma in addition to suffering PTSD.
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* DudeNotFunny: She was NOT happy with the TakeThat of her in the "Fatty Boom Boom" music video from Music/DieAntwoord. See the [[http://www.straight.com/blogra/die-antwoord-blasts-lady-gaga-outrageous-new-fatty-boom-boom-video article]].


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* TheScrappy: See Fan Hater

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* {{Anvilicious}}[=/=]SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** "Born This Way." Is it possible to be less subtle?
** Part of why it's so effective is that it's someone so [[RefugeInAudacity audacious]] as Lady Gaga is telling the people listening "Hey, it's okay for you to BeYourself. If people hate you for it, don't let it get to you. You're beautiful." and whatnot. On the other hand, Fred Rogers spread that same message for four decades and never once wore a meat dress.
** [[TearJerker "Bad]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Kids"]] also qualifies: "You're still good to me if you're a bad kid, baby."
** Hell, the opening rant, "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WITH THIS HORSESHIT!!" Could be counted as a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome brilliant]] TakeThat at the sort of people who use the ThinkOfTheChildren "arguments"...especially given [[LGBTFanbase her fandom]].

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** "Born This Way." Is it possible to be less subtle?
** Part of why it's so effective is that it's someone so [[RefugeInAudacity audacious]] as Lady Gaga is telling the people listening "Hey, it's okay for you to BeYourself. If people hate you for it, don't let it get to you. You're beautiful." and whatnot. On the other hand, Fred Rogers spread that same message for four decades and never once wore a meat dress.
** [[TearJerker "Bad]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Kids"]] also qualifies: "You're still good to me if you're a bad kid, baby."
** Hell, the opening rant, "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WITH THIS HORSESHIT!!" Could be counted as a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome brilliant]] TakeThat at the sort of people who use the ThinkOfTheChildren "arguments"...especially given [[LGBTFanbase her fandom]].
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%%** "Born This Way."
%%** "Bad Kids" also qualifies: "You're still good to me if you're a bad kid, baby."
%%** Hell, the opening rant to some song or other, "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WITH THIS HORSESHIT!!"



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* {{Squick}}: The meat dress.

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* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: The scenes between Beyonce and Gaga seem to reflect this.

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* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: LesYay: The scenes between Beyonce and Gaga seem to reflect this.



* [[HoYay Les Yay]]
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* [[MisaimedFandom Misaimed Hatedom]]: This song got a whole lot of flak from evangelical Christians... Even though Gaga clearly states in-song that "Jesus is my virtue" and "Judas" is used as a metaphor for the kind of people that good people should avoid.

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* [[MisaimedFandom Misaimed Hatedom]]: MisaimedFandom: This song got a whole lot of flak from evangelical Christians... Even though Gaga clearly states in-song that "Jesus is my virtue" and "Judas" is used as a metaphor for the kind of people that good people should avoid.



* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: Gaga mentions the nurses who are wheeling her bed - "You see that nurse on the right? She has a great ass." *nurse bends over* "Bam."
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* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: LesYay: Gaga mentions the nurses who are wheeling her bed - "You see that nurse on the right? She has a great ass." *nurse bends over* "Bam."
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** For actual friction between personalities, Music/KatyPerry seems to have a distaste for her.

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** For actual friction between personalities, Music/KatyPerry fans seems to have a distaste for her.
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%%** [[http://i.imgur.com/4Jv2j.jpg "You are now witnessing the true birth of a supervillain."]]
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** Is she a talented singer who created her quirky personality and fashion sense to rise above the pool of unsigned talented musicians? Or is she just a generic singer/songwriter who created the quirky personality as a desperate grab for attention? Depending on how much the person making the analysis likes her and her music, she falls somewhere between all three.

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** Is she a talented singer who created her quirky personality and fashion sense to rise above the pool of unsigned talented musicians? Or is she just a generic singer/songwriter who created the quirky personality as a desperate grab for attention? Depending on how much the person making the analysis likes her and her music, she falls somewhere between all three. Gaga later proved that she's actually a ''ridiculously talented'' singer, so opinions may vary because of it.
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** "It looks like _______ is/are the thing now", whenever Katy Perry does something Gaga had done before. This stems from an actual tweet once posted by Gaga in response to Katy using "green hair and mechanical horses" on her Prism tour, which Gaga has also used on her Born This Way Ball tour.

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** ''The Fame Monster'' gave us "Dance in the Dark", which was so universally loved by her fans, she actually posted on Facebook questioning whether she ought to make "Alejandro" a single or not. "Bad Kids" a la ''Born this Way'' also got that treatment on Website/YouTube.

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** ''The Fame Monster'' gave us "Dance in the Dark", which was so universally loved by her fans, she actually posted on Facebook questioning whether she ought to make "Alejandro" a single or not. "Bad Kids" a la ''Born this Way'' also got that treatment on Website/YouTube. "Dance In The Dark" was even made into a ''nigh-professional fan video.'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk5RORfkeok Watch!]]



** "Bloody Mary", '''hands down.''' So many people on Website/YouTube campaigned for it to be a single, it's insane. As a testament to this sentiment, a fan made a ''nigh-professional fan video'' for ''Bloody Mary''. Watch [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63zSjR_nhNI here]]

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** "Bloody Mary", '''hands down.''' So many people on Website/YouTube campaigned for it to be a single, it's insane. As a testament to this sentiment, a fan made a ''nigh-professional fan video'' for ''Bloody Mary''.it too got the semi-professional fan-made video treatment. Watch [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63zSjR_nhNI here]]here]].



* LGBTFanbase: On a truly massive scale. Gaga, of course, is well-known for embracing them as wholeheartedly as possible.



* LGBTFanbase: On a truly massive scale. Gaga, of course, is well-known for embracing them as wholeheartedly as possible.

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** ''The Fame Monster'' gave us "Dance in the Dark", which was so universally loved by her fans, she actually posted on Facebook questioning whether she ought to make "Alejandro" a single or not. "Bad Kids" a la ''Born this Way'' is also getting the treatment on Website/YouTube.

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** ''The Fame Monster'' gave us "Dance in the Dark", which was so universally loved by her fans, she actually posted on Facebook questioning whether she ought to make "Alejandro" a single or not. "Bad Kids" a la ''Born this Way'' is also getting the got that treatment on Website/YouTube.



** "Bloody Mary", '''hands down.''' So many people on Website/YouTube have campaigned for it to be the Lady's next single, it's insane.
*** As a testament to this sentiment, a fan made a ''nigh-professional fan video'' for ''Bloody Mary''. Watch [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63zSjR_nhNI here]]

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** "Bloody Mary", '''hands down.''' So many people on Website/YouTube have campaigned for it to be the Lady's next a single, it's insane.
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* LGBTFanbase: On a truly massive scale. Gaga, of course, is well-known for embracing them as wholeheartedly as possible.



* LGBTFanbase: On a truly massive scale. Gaga, of course, is well-known for embracing them as wholeheartedly as possible.
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* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: With her makeup artist Tara Savelo. There are pictures of them kissing on the lips and laying in bed together.

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** She also REALLY wanted to Kiss BritneySpears on stage once...

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** She also REALLY wanted to Kiss BritneySpears kiss Music/BritneySpears on stage once...
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** [[http://i.imgur.com/4Jv2j.jpg "You are now witnessing the true birth of a supervillain."]]

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* SupposedlyRebelliousSeries: Tries to pass herself off artsy and original, but she's really just doing the same things pop musicians have been doing for years, just to a slight extreme.

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