Harlequin Live: One Night Only

[Idefix1999 257]

10 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Ngl it would be iconic if she did a brief Harlequin style residency in New York/on Broadway 

Or a theatre tour like Madame X Tour with several shows in one city.

The Roundhouse in London would perfectly fit the Harlequin album aesthetics

[Sarah H 4,095]

I can't stop watching it! 

This was strangely perfect for Christmas. 

[pachinko 10,626]

This show is everything! Why did she wait to release it? Was it a discarded project at some point?

[Ladle Ghoulash 35,347]

2 minutes ago, pachinko said:

This show is everything! Why did she wait to release it? Was it a discarded project at some point?

So she filmed it shortly before the premiere of Joker and, once the movie bombed, I’m assuming they didn’t want to draw any more negative attention to Gaga and wanted a clean break so they could move on to MAYHEM. She released it now because, not only has enough time passed for this to be considered something separate from the failure of Joker, but also because she’s campaigning for Harlequin to win Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the Grammys.

[nodandsmile 11,431]

30 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Ngl it would be iconic if she did a brief Harlequin style residency in New York/on Broadway 

that's exactly what I was thinking about, how a one-woman show written and produced by herself would be incredible instead of your traditional musicals, this woman was clearly born to be on stage!

[Starmie25 20,863]

2 hours ago, KNJ said:

Someone said something about interludes, what were they?

[Celloo Deng 55,648]

wow, this is her creative peak. the show is perfect and so Gaga! if someone asked me to sum up who Gaga is, this is it. pure creativity and talent on show. 

it's a shame that JFAD didn't turn out to be what we were expecting, but bittersweet because we got the wonderful Harlequin out of it that's ended up being the main event in a way. 

[Ladle Ghoulash 35,347]

Her mind…

[jimmytimestep 2,780]

This absolutely incredible special has cemented this project as one of her greatest artistic achievements ever. Brilliantly conceptualized, performed, shot, and oddly - strategically promoted.

Good job co-producer Bobby and daddy Michael for accepting Gaga for what she is, and amplifying it in the best way possible.

[TimotheeChalamet 6,534]

6 hours ago, InTheCloset said:

you know the movie was **** no doubt. but it wasnt promoted well too. like the studio and the director just put it all on gaga's name to carry it out. like imagine this movie but with the right promo. interviews with the cast that dropped hints like 'the joker is a phenomenon not a person' and 'the joker is me, its you, its everyone' and then gaga's the joker being released. and if they kept the gaga scenes it would have been better. like it started off as one thing then became another. im mad because it had potential

Also apparently the director wasn't given the final cut by the producers, their interventions on the editing harmed the pacing and the story overall 

[Ladle Ghoulash 35,347]

6 minutes ago, TimotheeChalamet said:

Also apparently the director wasn't given the final cut by the producers, their interventions on the editing harmed the pacing and the story overall 

Would be very interested to see if Todd Phillips ever ends up doing a Director’s Cut 

[Oriane 21,751]

Amazing, the album has always been amazing, as has the movie.

[TimotheeChalamet 6,534]

1 minute ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Would be very interested to see if Todd Phillips ever ends up doing a Director’s Cut 

I think he doesn't want to have anything to do with it anymore, I remember he specifically said that he wouldn't want to work with DC (?) anymore or something like that when the movie came out. 

I think you can see some of his vision got butchered in several scenes though, the main flaw of the movie in my opinion is that the editing is a mess 

[Anderson123 40,660]

What an amazing show ! So glad we get to see this now. It's been released at the right time. When we got Harlequin I really liked the songs but after Mayhem, coming back to Harlequin again made me appreciate it so much more.

The performances were all amazing and feels great to see the whole album played from start to finish. My favorites of course were Happy Mistake and Smile but loved World On A String, If My Friends Could See Me Now, Gonna Build a Mountain and damn The Joker she owned it. Folie A Deux was also nice to see with the choir group.

[Stupid Oreo 14,526]

4 hours ago, nodandsmile said:

that's exactly what I was thinking about, how a one-woman show written and produced by herself would be incredible instead of your traditional musicals, this woman was clearly born to be on stage!

A Tony is the last thing she needs for EGOT right?