Alright, let’s gab about this Lady Gaga and that Met Gala thing, you know, that big shindig they have in the city. First Monday in May, they say. Sounds fancy, like somethin’ the rich folks do. Big party, they call it. Well, I reckon it must be if all them movie stars and singers go there.
Now, this Lady Gaga, she’s somethin’ else. Always dressin’ up in outfits you wouldn’t believe. Remember that time she wore a dress made outta meat? Yeah, meat! Lord have mercy, I thought I’d seen it all then. But that’s just her way, I guess. Always tryin’ to be different, stand out from the crowd. Can’t say I understand it all, but she sure gets folks talkin’, that’s for sure.
- She’s a singer, real famous one.
- Acts in movies too, they say she’s good. Won one of them Oscar thingamajigs.
- And boy, does she know how to put on a show with them clothes.
They say she dresses like that to make a point, you know, about bein’ yourself and all that. And sometimes she’s got somethin’ to say about things happenin’ in the world. Like that time she wore that meat dress, it was somethin’ about not treatin’ people like pieces of meat, I think. And then there was that other dress, looked like a big ol’ telephone or somethin’. She said that was about the soldiers and how they couldn’t talk about who they loved. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, they called it. Sounded like a bunch of nonsense to me, but Gaga, she made a fuss about it, and that’s somethin’.
But this year, seems like she didn’t go to that Gala. Folks were all a-wonderin’ why. Said she was busy makin’ a movie, playin’ some kinda crazy character. A Joker, they called it. With that fella from that Johnny Cash movie. He’s a good actor, that one. So maybe she just couldn’t make it. Happens to the best of us, I reckon.
Anyways, Gaga’s always been one for the dramatics when it comes to clothes. From the get-go, she’s worn stuff that makes you scratch your head. But that’s her thing, see? She ain’t afraid to be different, and that’s more than I can say for most folks. Always pushin’ the limits, they say. Makin’ folks think, I guess. Fashion, they call it. Seems like a whole lot of fuss over clothes to me, but what do I know? I’m just an old woman.
She uses them clothes to say things, express herself, like them fancy folks say. Sometimes it’s about who she is, sometimes it’s about somethin’ bigger. And that’s why she’s so popular, I reckon. People like someone who ain’t afraid to be themselves, even if it means wearin’ a dress made outta meat or lookin’ like a telephone.
So, even though she wasn’t at the Met Gala this year, people were still talkin’ about her. Wonderin’ what she woulda worn, what kinda statement she woulda made. That’s the power of Gaga, I guess. She don’t even gotta be there to get folks buzzin’. She’s a force of nature, that one. Just like a good thunderstorm, you can’t ignore her.
And that’s all I gotta say about Lady Gaga and that Met Gala. It’s a whole different world than mine, that’s for sure. But it’s somethin’ to talk about, ain’t it? Keeps things interestin’.
Tags: Lady Gaga, Met Gala, Fashion, Style, Celebrity, Red Carpet, Absence, Artistic Expression, Movie, Joker
