chamberlain:
That title card “PRISON FOR BITCHES”? The hamfisted product placements for Virgin Mobile, Diet Coke, Polaroid, Wonder bread and Miracle Whip? The garish production design? Lifting the Pussy Wagon from Kill Bill under the auspices that this video mirrors some aspect of that movie’s feminism? The fact that it’s 10 minutes long? Tyrese Gibson?
For all of Gaga’s adoration as a pop deconstructionist, the fact of the matter remains: “reclaiming” and casually using the word “bitches” is no braver than any ringtone MC causally throwing around “nigger”, and even ironically shilling for Wonder bread and Miracle Whip in a music video is still shilling for Wonder bread and Miracle Whip. This whole fucking shtick is the DEFINITION of “nothing more than the sum of it’s parts”.
Didn’t really enjoy the video. But did want to point out that that’s the actual Pussy Wagon that Tarantino let Gaga borrow for the video. Which, you know, I kinda like.