Dummies in DWAS music video are a nuclear apocalypse reference (kind of)

[CannaeDrive 3,412]

We all can see those dummies populating the set where Gaga and Bruno are performing the song in DWAS music video. That particular use of dummies reminded me of those infamous images taken during nuclear tests in 1955 where they also used dummies to observe the effects of nuclear explosion. Considering the "End of the World" theme being prominent in the song, I thought the reference was quite obvious. All the more so since those nuclear tests happened at the Nevada Test Site, some 100 km north of Las Vegas, where both Gaga and Bruno had their own shows this year. Here's a video of what I'm talking about:

 

 

[GAGASEXUAL 3,412]

It's definitely a reference

[ModernEcstasy 8,270]

This is what I thought. I wish they had leaned into the theme a little more. 
 

Don’t get me wrong, the video is iconic. But would’ve loved for them to add a nuclear explosion at the end. It would make sense

Edited August 21 by ModernEcstasy

[Ultimecia 6,025]

Black Ops players know what's up.

[Red 94,423]

The whole thing is very Fallout coded but without Fallout references lol

[InTheCloset 17,753]

I made a whole ass thread about it and everyone lmaoed it. You ****in bitches

[Panchecco 17,403]

I was thinking about this too! Imagine the video being set in a fake-y town in the desert with scenes of them performing in a saloon or an outdoor stage and at the end they put sunglasses on and watch the apocalypse like it's a sunset  

Edited August 21 by Panchecco

[Quentin 5,203]

2 hours ago, Panchecco said:

in the desert

Again?

[Nite 4,754]

I've been wondering if there's a connection there because the 3 clocks in the beginning show New York (Gaga), Honolulu (Bruno) and Fresno? But I don't know about any connection between Fresno and the theme of it

[nATAH 42,202]

7 minutes ago, Nite said:

I've been wondering if there's a connection there because the 3 clocks in the beginning show New York (Gaga), Honolulu (Bruno) and Fresno? But I don't know about any connection between Fresno and the theme of it

maybe where the song was recorded/produced/finished?

[Nite 4,754]

10 minutes ago, NATAH said:

maybe where the song was recorded/produced/finished?

Oh yeah, that actually makes more sense  I at first thought it was where the video was supposed to be set, so I'd been searching around for nuclear facilities or history

[A Very Gaga Holida 20,423]

28 minutes ago, Nite said:

I've been wondering if there's a connection there because the 3 clocks in the beginning show New York (Gaga), Honolulu (Bruno) and Fresno? But I don't know about any connection between Fresno and the theme of it

I watched the video a million times and I didn’t even notice there were clocks

 

Maybe Gaga, Bruno and the director of the video?

Edited August 21 by A Very Gaga Holida

[southpaw773 2,340]

[nATAH 42,202]

8 minutes ago, A Very Gaga Holida said:

I watched the video a million times and I didn’t even notice there were clocks

 

Maybe Gaga, Bruno and the director of the video?

director was born in Texas but grew up in LA, California  no mention of Fresno though

are any of these names relevant to the project?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Fresno,_California

[Schizophonic 7,015]

31 minutes ago, Nite said:

Oh yeah, that actually makes more sense  I at first thought it was where the video was supposed to be set, so I'd been searching around for nuclear facilities or history

when the set stylist of the video posted on ig (the pictures and the statement about the fake cigarettes, you remember?) she tagged the location as "1952" wich also plays into that theory...

the ig post is now private tho