Reply #69: In a money based society, she is rich, has a huge audience

[Bluenorthwest]

and is taken multi-million seriously. She's a performer. I see you in other threads asking people what they have done to influence the Senate and I see GaGa part of an event that does just that, but oh, for her, she should do nothing. Because of what she does for a living. For which she makes huge, giant, piles of money. She's not running for office.
The crowd there, the people who also support what she does, loved what she said. She motivates lots of people, and shows them by example that they should be calling the Senate, marching, and speaking out. She does not just tell her fans to 'do stuff' she shows them how it is done. She sets a fine example as an American citizen.
I know a plumber. 'Waste disposal'. Yet he is a fine and serious man. Works with shit for money. Is that a problem for you, that people have jobs and wear costumes or otherwise behave in ways that they do not do in their off time? The plumber, he never does plumbing for fun, just for money. We all have a job. GaGa made herself a good business, the American way.
I dig that you don't like her, but taking issue with any American being a activist on our side is just daft and a half, and not necessary to your critique of her art.
She is a huge star kid, your derision matter not to her or to hers. Have you heard of Media Matters? That site is run by a former super model named Ann Simonton I believe who got much press for the media's views of women by entering a beauty contest in a dress made of meat, as Miss Steak. She was arrested and all. It was big news. GaGa knows the background and messages of meat dresses of history, and there have been meat dresses of history. The image of humans as commodities tends to strike a chord or two. As it did with you, clearly.
What are your markers for being 'taken seriously'? Power, money? Talent? Audience? How can one tell if one is taken seriously? What if one does not wish to be taken as serious, but would prefer to be sincere? Not the same thing.
When you are an artist, being taken 'seriously' means being a rotting academic. Would you say Dali sought to be 'taken seriously' or what? Did the mustache, the photos with meat, hurt him? Would he be more without those photos, or the wacky, anti serious image? Was Picasso too colorful?
Your posts are just so funny to me. "why don't you pressure the Senate, unless you are an artist I don't care for, then you should shut up."
Artists are just people with jobs. Citizens. Deal with it. Citizen activism is a good thing, always, especially when it is liberal activism that directly supports current administration policy as stated. I love it when people speak out.