WP: Gaga compared to Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Marlene Dietrich & more

[Enhsa 2,043]

Lady Gaga’s seductive body language in ‘American Horror Story’

With her hair and skin bleached bloodlessly white, Gaga looks a bit fragile. But her body language tells us the opposite. She is fully in control, from the lethal swipe of her fingernails to her magnificent walk. It’s the kind of walk that commands a room, with lots of lateral movement coming from the deep curve in her spine. The long, slow reach of her legs signals that she’s in no hurry at all. Reminiscent of Hollywood actresses of old — Garbo, Dietrich, Jean Harlow and others — Gaga excels in the relentless exploration of style.

Her performances “really evoke a kind of ’40s Hollywood movie star,” said Tim Minear, executive producer of “American Horror Story,” by phone Tuesday afternoon. “I feel like I’m looking at Barbara Stanwyck.”

He likened Gaga’s performance to that of a dancer, in the way she mines physical expressiveness. “Dance is absolutely what she’s doing,” he said. “She knows how to communicate things with her body the way they did in silent movies, like Garbo did.”

"I was watching dailies, and I had to drag Ryan into my office and say, ‘Look at what she’s doing,’” Minear said. “The body language, the interesting way she delivers a line. What surprised me the most is that anything you might fear about someone you haven’t written for before, was completely dispelled by watching these dailies.

“She strikes me as a queen bee, who is at the center of our universe and is comfortable there and is in command,” Minear said. “Gaga inhabits that space effortlessly.”

read more here : https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style-blog/wp/2015/10/14/lady-gagas-seductive-body-language-in-american-horror-story/

[Enhsa 2,043]

only the Queen

[Red 98,012]

Queen of getting compared to 40s stars 

[LoveandMagic 1,731]

Garbo, Stanwyck, Harlow, and Dietrich are true legends. Slay Gags.

[crisTEAne 21,059]

she's wonderfully talented.  

[Sister 9,907]

Wow, only to be Gaga. That is a huge compliment.

[Leo 3,000]

It makes more sense now when Murphy compared her to the silent greats.

[Knife 6,888]

Greta Garbo, and Monroe 

Dietrich and DiMaggio..

 

[swordstalker 1,829]

Greta Garbo, and Monroe 

Dietrich and DiMaggio..

 

Who will she be compared to next?? Marlon Brando? JIMMY DEAN??????

 

 

(...on the cover of a magazine) 

[djBuffoon 12,123]

I was just saying this to someone a few minutes ago. Gaga's line readings are wistful and bizarre (a deliberate choice, i think), but her body language tells us everything: she's inherently s-xual, she's dangerous, and she's two steps ahead of everyone around her.

[PrinceGaga 7,585]

I can't wait to see her character develop and to see her backstory like Ryan said there will be. Maybe there will be a scene with Elizabeth before she became a vampire. I would love to see Gaga act out a normal New York fashioniable woman from the early 1900s with a vulnerable side. It will be interesting to see how she got the virus or if she was born this way (  ) and if she stops aging at 30 or whatever (In Time teas). I'm just really interested! 

Not only am I excited to see Gaga act, but I'm excited to see her character and other characters develop and change and see where they have come from. This is the first time Iv felt THIS intrigued from AHS. I feel like this will be a great season  

[AdAstra 2,649]

Greta Garbo, and Monroe 

Dietrich and DiMaggio..

 

That's the very first thing I thought when I saw the title of the thread. Madge is going to be pissed. 

[nikola 4,342]

Omg another praise......

[giskardsb 12,565]

I was just saying this to someone a few minutes ago. Gaga's line readings are wistful and bizarre (a deliberate choice, i think), but her body language tells us everything: she's inherently s-xual, she's dangerous, and she's two steps ahead of everyone around her.

her physical acting is actually pretty phenomenal even with our small sample.  She even had little nostril flares and other small details when she confronted the runaway girl, and her orgy scene exuded both lust and love naturally. Her kisses with Bomer had the chemistry of a long pre-existing relationship. 

[djBuffoon 12,123]

her physical acting is actually pretty phenomenal even with our small sample.  She even had little nostril flares and other small details when she confronted the runaway girl, and her orgy scene exuded both lust and love naturally. Her kisses with Bomer had the chemistry of a long pre-existing relationship. 

Yes and yes. All of those details were present and accounted for