Should Gaga avoid scripts with comedic undertones?

[Pennywise 35,841]

9 hours ago, JusKeepBreathin said:

Method is an amazing tool for actors, but it's just one tool. You can't build a house with just a hammer. There is alot more to acting. I feel like she is a really good actress but I think she will get better with time. The problem is that she is trying so hard to prove that she is a good actress that her interviews get too clinical about her process and that process becomes a "schtick."

Thanks, I was trying to say this exactly but these days I don't have the will to construct actual arguments 

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11 hours ago, Fresco said:

She died of alcohol poisoning after a long downward spiral of alcohol abuse, according to several sites.  Self-inflicted death, aka suicide. But whatever you call it, a painful traumatizing role to act, and not good for LG, imo of course.

It's not about "what I call it", she did not commit suicide in any way, shape, or form. An accidental overdose is not the definition of suicide, not even remotely. Amy's passing is tragic enough, please don't come up with false narratives about it.

[Bradley 57,641]

26 minutes ago, Ziggy said:

And talking about it as nauseum. There’s calamity the world over and the last thing I think the vast majority of people want to hear is a mega privileged woman talk about how she dove into a character for months to make a movie. It just reads as massively out of touch from an optics standpoint

That's literally her job like every actor's. Also what does her privilege have to do with her doing her job as best as she could?

[Ladle Ghoulash 16,575]

2 hours ago, Ziggy said:

And talking about it as nauseum. There’s calamity the world over and the last thing I think the vast majority of people want to hear is a mega privileged woman talk about how she dove into a character for months to make a movie. It just reads as massively out of touch from an optics standpoint

By that logic, being an actor reads as massively out of touch. Out of all of the things you could be offended by, an actor talking about their process feels pretty low on the totem pole. 

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2 hours ago, Bradley said:

That's literally her job like every actor's. Also what does her privilege have to do with her doing her job as best as she could?

This. I would so much rather actors talk about their process than tabloid bullshit tbh.

[YourEvilTwin 1,336]

Lol **** no. "Comedic undertones" is the least of HoG's problems.

[KORG 4,756]

Rather the opposite. ASIB was great, I havent seen house of gucci, but my god was it exhausting. She should take a role like the devil wears prada, cruella, something funny and fierce.

[enissa11 2,984]

5 hours ago, Ziggy said:

but the film has a LOT of camp and ridiculousness to it from the narration voiceover and accents to glamour, lines, etc.

HOG has 0 camp, and people trowing this label at the movie was what made a lot if them disappointed, becase they just were expecting something that it is not, including myself when i first saw the movie.
People now call everything camp and it's annoying, comedy, dark humor, cynicism, ridiculousness, being cheesy, being immature etc, all those things are not camp, have people even watch camp cinema? john waters?? that's camp.
HOG is a drama with some dark comedic undertones, and a jester as if was an opera, that's it, it's more a retelling of the godfather than anything else really.

[Fresco 1,688]

5 hours ago, AnnaNicoleSmith said:

I see her in dramatic movies more. Her face structure and behavior is better suited for it in my opinion. I could see her in a Disney movie like Maleficient, Cruella type of villains, but I also could picture her in a DC Movie as a villain again. Things involving Fashion works well with her as well. She should try somethng different than a musical though or else she can be typecast. Next time though Im hoping for a good movie, a good script

You said her face and behavior look villainous. You can't be serious with this rediculous face looks like a villian thing. That is really rude.  That's what casting says because everyone wants to play the hero, and they have to get someone fill the roles. Villians always lose in a movie with a Hollywood ending. The audience always hates the vilians per the script. When she is cast as a hero, she will look like a hero.

Of course, reality is that available roles are limited to what is being cast at any given time. And who has already been hired to do what.

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I'd rather see her doing more music instead of playing roles in movies tbh 

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On 2/19/2022 at 1:24 PM, GreenDiamond said:

Why is ,,disheartening,, to have different opinion? I love her movies and think that she is terrific actress but music is why I love her and its logical that music fans will want more music from her? ofc she can do whatever she wants, I just stated what I would like to get... 

its not disheartening to have a different opinion  thats not what i meant, its disheartening because u said that she should honestly just stay away from all movie scripts, it seems ur not supporting her in her movie career.. and if u do... then why the hell would u phrase it that way??

[Miel 15,009]

Not necessarily.

I mean, I really do think she actually shined the most in American Horror Story when she displayed her comedic timing. In retrospect, her acting felt very green, but her acting out some of the more humorous parts of the script really breathed a lot of life into The Countess.

But it really all depends on the work, tbh. If there's an unintentional tonal discrepancy that is otherwise irreparable, then that's beyond her acting.

[Ziggy 10,770]

On 2/20/2022 at 1:55 PM, enissa11 said:

HOG has 0 camp, and people trowing this label at the movie was what made a lot if them disappointed, becase they just were expecting something that it is not, including myself when i first saw the movie.
People now call everything camp and it's annoying, comedy, dark humor, cynicism, ridiculousness, being cheesy, being immature etc, all those things are not camp, have people even watch camp cinema? john waters?? that's camp.
HOG is a drama with some dark comedic undertones, and a jester as if was an opera, that's it, it's more a retelling of the godfather than anything else really.

I meant that the concept and elements of Gaga’s approach (like her accent) had camp potential to them lol the problem is I don’t think Ridley Scott really saw it there so it wasn’t executed on. 
 

believe you me, its lack of camp was not my problem or disappointment lol it was moreso that it SHOULD have been more camp than they executed it as. Yes, they took a serious dramatic approach to a story that, as written and produced, didnt really lend itself to that. It’s not that I wanted it to be more camp, it’s that those elements were there but left by the wayside and it was a little “elephant in the room” phenomenon and felt awkward for not being addressed

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On 2/20/2022 at 12:33 PM, deactivated001 said:

By that logic, being an actor reads as massively out of touch. Out of all of the things you could be offended by, an actor talking about their process feels pretty low on the totem pole. 

Not just being an actor, but being Gaga, a multi mega millionaire, yes, makes her a bit out of touch lol something that isn’t helped by a press junket like this. And call it what you want, but this is what people responded to. If I’m looking at this from a PR perspective it just reads as a bit sheltered and removed from the world at large and might not entice the average movie goer to see the film. I’m not saying I’m offended, I’m saying that you have to think strategically when doing press for a film. The strategy for HOG was a bit chaotic.

 

people at large want to find something relatable and aspirational in celebs. That’s partially why marvel films have done so well. The execution of Gaga’s press tour didn’t really accomplish that. That has noooothing to do with personal feelings; it’s just a business analysis lol you want to make your work appealing to people.

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No, if anything it's a sign she should lean more into comedy.  The problem with Gucci wasn't that Gaga and Jared were too campy/comedic; it's that the other actors didn't match their level of camp, Adam Driver especially.  I actually wanted the other actors to "chew the scenery" a bit more.