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cybervoodoo:

In the most bizarre of ways, I find this beautiful.

I also find it creepy. I know that most of us would’ve all jumped at the chance to touch Gaga’s hand like that, but when you think about it. Why? I think her being locked in the perfume bottle represents Gaga being the fame, but her being watched by thousands both at the venue and online also represents the way we watch and pry on celebrities every moves, even in their most vunerable moments, examplified by the sleeping Gaga. As a society, we spent hours upon hours reading and watching and talking about the private lives of the rich and famous. What are they like when they’re not infront of the camera? What are they like at home?

Gaga has long been talking about being ‘private in public’ and I believe that this is only proof to her previous talk of being ‘a show with no intermission’. That Gaga herself lives as a continuous perfomance to which, we, the public can look upon and watch as the spectacle unfolds. Perhaps the performance is something of a microcosm to how we look to celebrities in the real world. Like animals in a zoo, we expect to be able to pet them and be entertained. Many have said parts of this performance were ‘boring’ and think links to the idea that we expect something of a performance, of entertainment from celebrities and have certain ideals in our heads what they must live up to. 

The notion of those at the event being able to touch and pet Gaga’s hands as she sleep also shows how the public so desperatly wants to be involved with the celebrity that they would invade such a personal moment. The touching of the hands could also symbolise how we view the famous as somehow ‘above’ us, and just the small quick touch of the hand is worth a lifetime. This coincides with Gaga’s reacent mentions of how she is not a queen to her fans, but an equal, yet so many view her as a ‘higher power’.

This raises the questions of why were we watching this video? Why did we watch over two hours of Gaga doing every day things? Why didn’t we switch it off? What does it all mean? Why did she do this? Gaga’s work is always marvellous and always though provoking, it’s her performance that sets her apart from the rest. Her intelligent and thought provoking artistry keeps us all on the edge of out seats, even if it is watching her pee into a bucket.