All Lady Gaga’s videos are interesting, but in the latest one for Born This Way there are some intriguing stylistic references. Which raises the question whether (in the creative drama of her video) Lady Gaga is the reincarnation of Akhenaton? Some examples:
Above: her bouffant hairstyle seems to resemble the khepresh or war crown of the Pharaohs (left Lady Gaga in an inverted double pyramid; right head of Akhenaton in the Louvre).
Above: Lady Gaga’s heavy blue eye make-up resembles the wall paintings of the Valley of the Kings.
Above: Lady Gaga is wearing something on her chin – is this meant to be the postiche or sacred beard that was a symbol of the Pharaohs? (left Lady Gaga; right statue of Akhenaton in the Cairo Museum, note that the postiche could be either long or short and was occasionally worn by female rulers).
Written by Lady Gaga, Executive Producer Vincent Herbert, Directed by Nick Knight, Choreography by Laurie Ann Gibson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1FrqwZyKw
Note on images: all the pictures in this post are screen shots (and are small areas of the originals); page references supplied on request.
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