Theories for Production

Homage• There is much homage throughout the music video. For example, the words that

come up on the screen such as “SMACK” and “WROOM” could be considered to be an homage to different super hero movies and TV shows such as Batman, as it uses the same type of writing and style they would use during fight scenes. Also there is a part in which Lady Gaga is shown from the music video Paparazzi, making an homage to her own music video. The ending of the music video is an homage to the film “Thelma and Louise” in which they hold hands much like the two girls in the movie do.

Narcissism

• There is much narcissism included within the music video. Lady Gaga portrays herself as a lustful, sexy woman, mainly in scenes where she isn’t wearing much clothing and is using different body language to show herself in a lustful way. She is confident in doing this as for example in the scene in which she is in prison, she is wearing barely any clothing and no clothing at one point. She is also shown kissing some other people and allowing people to touch her, again showing narcissism.

• In this scene, Lady Gaga is being portrayed as admirable and desirable with people around her kissing her, and feeling her. She is confident and narcissistic as she shows this, and her character agrees to being this way.

• In this scene she is wearing almost no clothes, and dancing lustfully and sexually with other women, showing her to be proud and confident of her image and even narcissistic with how she presents it, having no clothes on at one point.

• In this scene, the music video again shows narcissism as Lady Gaga is shown taking pictures of Beyonce, showing narcissism and vanity between the two of them.