PART TWELVE
JuDaS - LaDy GaGa
- She appropriates, inverts, and reworks Biblical allusions and images.
“I’ll wash his feet with my hair if he needs”
A reference to Luke 7:38, in which Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus’ feet with her tears and dries them with her hair.. Either way, though, Gaga's take is slightly off: Hair is for wiping or drying feet, not for washing.
“Even after three times, he betrays me”
Is Gaga perhaps conflating betrayal with denial? Judas Iscariot is certainly the disciple identified as the one who betrays Jesus, but the “even after three times” is more likely an allusion to Peter, who denies Jesus three times.
Is Gaga perhaps conflating betrayal with denial? Judas Iscariot is certainly the disciple identified as the one who betrays Jesus, but the “even after three times” is more likely an allusion to Peter, who denies Jesus three times.
"A king with no crown"
In Matthew 27:29, the soldiers who tortured and crucified Jesus put a crown of thorns on his head. "They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!'"
In Matthew 27:29, the soldiers who tortured and crucified Jesus put a crown of thorns on his head. "They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!'"
"Even darkness forgave his crooked way"
Darkness and crookedness are strongly and strictly associated with deviance, evil, pre- or anti-godliness, and sometimes Satan, the devil, or demons. Forgiveness, however, is generally the purview of God and Jesus.
Darkness and crookedness are strongly and strictly associated with deviance, evil, pre- or anti-godliness, and sometimes Satan, the devil, or demons. Forgiveness, however, is generally the purview of God and Jesus.
- Abstract video, likeable element to the controversial chaos.
- She portrays herself as Mary Magdalen, washing the feet of a man, possibly Jesus or Judas.
- Judas betrayed Jesus, so she sings about a man who could have betrayed her in the past yet she still loves him; "But I'm still in love with Judas baby".
- No ordinary in this video, only extraordinary.
- Amplification: The images amplify the narrative may be used to convey a deeper meaning that would not be picked up from the lyrics alone. Lady Gaga takes on fictional roles within the narrative.
- Three textual examples which demonstrate religious themes: The lighting is strong and she is light and more colourful whereas the men are in black and white and dark colours. This suggests that men are darker and will betray her like Judas did to Jesus.
- Repetition of words emphasises the meaning of the words.
- The male dancers change with the female dancers from shot toccata yet Gaga stays the same. This conveys interchanging gender and presents her sexual star image. Her star image is about complexity, controversy and androgyny.
- This type of music video would engage a young audience because of the themes of sexual connotations. Other themes include multi-culture, gender uncertainty and religion.
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