Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro” Video: a Combination of Cinema and Theater

Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro” video debuted yesterday, not surprisingly,  a look around the net finds everyone talking about the hidden messages in the imagery.. “An homage to German moroseness? A tribute to the Illuminati? An attack on the Catholic Church?” Some are simply complaining that it isn’t as fun and colorful as “Telephone.” You know, this is different, not what I’m used to. I hate her now. Regardless of the answers, those are the types of remarks that will never be directed at this year’s big Grammy winner, Taylor Swift. Yes, I’m still in disbelief (and apparently, salty) that Lady Gaga was so overlooked.

Videos like this are why she should have walked away with an armful of statues.

Not a fan of gyrating, half-naked men, but overall the video feels like an evolutionary step in her career. Lady Gaga’s look towards the end is as ‘grown up’ that I’ve seen her; and proves she can be and do more than dress in wacky outfits.

Or maybe she’s just doing a great Madonna impression. The video’s director, Steven Klein, has worked with Madonna, it’s not a stretch that he’d sprinkle her style in the video. Steven Klein spoke to MTV about the vision behind “Alejandro” and said that’s not the case.

“I was not thinking in terms [of influences.] I saw it more as a combination of cinema and theater,” [It is] about a woman’s desire to resurrect a dead love and who can not face the brutality of her present situation. The pain of living without your true love.”