This Sunday, Maya Arulpragasam is going to the Super Bowl, which is like Harold Bloom going to Disney World.
As director, she’s asking herself to be more than the vengeance monster of “Paparazzi” or the fame monster of “Bad Romance” or the mother monster of “Born This Way.”
The most obvious Reagan-era reference here is Ken Russell’s 1984 sex thriller Crimes of Passion.
The whole production is visually stunning, and there’s an illicit energy that comes from putting Gaga-as-Magdalene center stage.
“E.T.” finds the singer taking on the role of an extra-terrestrial goddess who changes outfits more often than Cher during her Vegas stage show.
A Lady Gaga video serves as far more than a simple visual interpretation of a song.
As the new video for “All of the Lights” begins, you might doubt for a moment that you’re watching a Hype Williams clip.