Because this is a pop video. And with pop videos, visuality comes first. For Gaga, the newly-throned goddess of the pop world, the visual attraction of an image comes before the meaning of the image, as she told Ryan Seacrest in a recent radio interview about the video:
- this links well to postmodern theory, the idea that style has replaced substance. Ask Mr Williams for more info about postmodern.
Hi George, here's your holiday work
ReplyDelete1 Collect quotes about Gaga. Focus on quotes about gender and sexuality
You need at least 10 quotes
2 Write a 500 word textual analysis on one gaga video, using the key concepts. Focus on Representation of gender and sexuality and fame. You will need to thoroughly research critical opinion about your chosen text before you write the analysis.
ALL OF THE ABOVE SHOULD BE PUT INTO THE 'CRITICAL INVESTIGATION' TEMPLATE on google docs