Okay, so that link goes a little far. But I really do think that even when Gaga's lyrics are a bit vapid, she is doing a lot with her image and with her music videos that is really making some major statements, and there have been some really interesting analyses. Here are some:
Of course, it seems to be common currency in the humanities that the intention of the author is neither necessary nor sufficient for a valid interpretation. Which actually makes a good bit of sense, actually, if you think that there are all kinds of unconscious processes going into the creation of art and that those processes are interesting, too. (Of course, this means that literary & cultural theorists should pay more attention to up-to-date psychology and cognitive science, but whatever.)
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Lady Gaga Studies
Date: 2010-04-06 01:54 am (UTC)http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2010/03/13/weekend-arts-section-nothing-that-happened-this-week-was-ever-going-to-be-as-important-as-the-telephone-video/
http://onlywordstoplaywith.blogspot.com/2010/03/lady-gagas-telephone-observations-and.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/03/deconstructing-lady-gagas/37458/
The first one is also pretty funny (to me).
Of course, it seems to be common currency in the humanities that the intention of the author is neither necessary nor sufficient for a valid interpretation. Which actually makes a good bit of sense, actually, if you think that there are all kinds of unconscious processes going into the creation of art and that those processes are interesting, too. (Of course, this means that literary & cultural theorists should pay more attention to up-to-date psychology and cognitive science, but whatever.)