thehanyo 4,250 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 During one excruciating flare-up shown in Five Foot Two, she sympathizes with less-privileged sufferers of the disorder: “Like, I don’t know what I’d ****in’ do if I didn’t have everybody here to help me.” A few moments later, she’s looking straight into the camera. “Do I look pathetic?” she asks, tear-streaked, lying on a couch, a therapist massaging her. “I’m so embarrassed.” It’s a powerful moment because the stigma of pain is clearly part of the pain itself. But it’s also aesthetically striking. To answer Gaga’s question, she actually looks like she did in parts of the “Bad Romance” video—crying, stripped down, and oddly luminous. It’s a sign of fame’s power on the viewer: Whatever lengths she might go to put person over persona, the persona remains. -- Her medical troubles would seem to retroactively add in a new layer, though it’s unclear when she received her fibromyalgia diagnosis, and little on the album can be heard as an explicit reference to illness. Certainly the lyrics about healing through love on her post-Joanne single, “The Cure,” now seem a lot less generic. -- Inevitably, some will question her suffering—because she’s a woman, because of the nature of her sickness, and because of her job as a performer. But pain performed, as Jamison wrote, is still pain. And for now, Gaga is asking not for applause but understanding. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/09/lady-gagas-illness-is-not-a-metaphor/540369/ It's really beautiful, you need to read the whole thing!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Gg 12,985 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Great. This counts for RT as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality 65,293 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Ugh, I'm going to cry so much when I watch this documentary She's been through a lot, emotionally, mentally, and physically, but she's a ****ing fighter. She's got the strength to push through and she stops at nothing to make sure we, the fans, are satisfied. 🖤👹 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babel 40,887 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Does it count for metacritic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter 14 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Just now, Triggered said: Does it count for metacritic This! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PunkTheFunk 121,383 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Hit me with that acclaim and heartache queen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HML22 26 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 she's a warrior queen after all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie 2,518 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Preparing the tissues for the documentary What if tomorrow I see you again? Should I say that I used to love you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley 54,607 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 'I'm a warrior queen, live passionately tonight' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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