American Horror Story : Happy or Sad About Less Gaga?

Happy or Sad About Less Gaga?

One of the few things AHS: Roanoke did right, IMO, was drastically reduce Lady Gaga's role this season (even though they committed a HUGE sin by making her the original "supreme," though I suppose that was the TV show so if we ever revisit Coven we won't have to put up with her.). Now listen... I like a good disco stick just as much as anyone else, and I was mostly on board with AHS's stunt casting for AHS: Hotel, but it went downhill incredibly fast when it was apparent that her acting abilities were very limited (some scenes she chewed up like a starved panther, but most scenes chewed her up and were hard to watch) and that she was basically starring in one long music video that made no sense. So how did you feel about Lady Gaga in Roanoke? Was she in it not enough or still too much? Or do you wonder, like I do, why she even bothered to return?

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I was kind of upset her role was so limited. I thought it was the perfect role for her and she really seemed to have a lot of fun with it.

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I wouldnt have a clue what any of her songs are called but I liked her in Hotel and was pleasantly surprised. Roanoke not so much.

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Yeah I really liked her character this season and thought she did a wonderful job acting her. Wish she was in it more or that her character had more of a presence and importantce in the last half

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I love Gaga and her acting is extremely underrated. I feel like a lot of the people who don't like her acting were sad about Jessica Lange's (love her) absence and would've trashed anyone who replaced her

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She's basically playing her Lady Gaga character over and over. An oversexed vampire. An alluring oversexed witch. Maybe you're referring to some other acting she's done that I don't know about. Personally, I'd like to see her play someone ordinary. I would love to see her play a stay at home mom. Maybe her husband is a serial killer and she doesn't know it. It'd be nice to see her be the damsel in distress. We watch her be a maneater in every one of her music videos.

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See that's her persona. In real life she's a really down to earth person not some sexed up vampire.

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Madonna has the same problem though. She can't make you believe you're not watching Madonna because of her larger than life persona... and because she's a pretty bad actress. Every time I see Lady Gaga on screen, I see Lady Gaga. I don't see a character she's bringing to life. I see the same dark, mysterious artist who mixes sex and horror and pop.

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I mean, most of the characters in that season matched all of those things, but that was pretty much the only thing that matched with Gaga's personality. Gaga isn't a heartless bitch who throws away lovers like trash and acts like a saint because she took in a bunch of neglected kids. That's Elizabeth, and I think that Gaga played her extremely well considering it was pretty much her first huge role in anything.

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One of the few things AHS: Roanoke did right, IMO, was drastically reduce Lady Gaga's role this season (even though they committed a HUGE sin by making her the original "supreme," though I suppose that was the TV show so if we ever revisit Coven we won't have to put up with her.).


Please explain this?

Also, I didn't even know the Roanoke witch was Gaga, her make-up was literally a mask, and her parts were limited. I thought she played the part well.

TWD- The worst season finale ever. Never mind- Sleepy Hollow was worse.

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Which part?

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The part about Gaga character being the Supreme? Did I miss something. If so, please don't bash me, I am a fan of all the AHS seasons, and watched Coven, I am just afraid I missed something. Thank you.

TWD- The worst season finale ever. Never mind- Sleepy Hollow was worse.

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Someone else can clarify but I dont think it was mentioned in the show. Rather, Ryan Murphy brought it up in an interview.

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Oh okay, thank you. I will look up Ryan Murphy interviews and see if I can find out about this. It's kind of interesting.

TWD- The worst season finale ever. Never mind- Sleepy Hollow was worse.

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Take anything he says with a grain of salt.

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Duly noted. Thanks again.


TWD- The worst season finale ever. Never mind- Sleepy Hollow was worse.

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No problem. He likes running off at the mouth, and hasnt always been correct. I dont think he even had much to do with this season. He even said Finn this year has one of the most horrifying characters so far (or something to that effect. Anything he says goes in one ear and straight out the other).

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I was mostly on board with AHS's stunt casting for AHS: Hotel, but it went downhill incredibly fast when it was apparent that her acting abilities were very limited (some scenes she chewed up like a starved panther, but most scenes chewed her up and were hard to watch)

I don't really get the hate. Her delivery seemed a bit off during the first episodes of Hotel, but that improved quickly. Complaints like her acting wooden throughout the season (I often read that on boards/reviews) are IMO ridiculous, because that was just the way the character had to be portrayed. Another actress would have done that in more or less the same way


So how did you feel about Lady Gaga in Roanoke? Was she in it not enough or still too much? Or do you wonder, like I do, why she even bothered to return?

I'm not a fan of the Lady Gaga persona and her pop music, but since I enjoyed her on Hotel and she was praised by some of her co-stars, I didn't mind the reports about her returning to Roanoke. Scathach seemed to have some potential so I would have liked seeing more of that character, and I hope that will happen in a future season. Towards new parts I'm indifferent, because I have no idea about Gaga's acting range.

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Complaints like her acting wooden throughout the season are IMO ridiculous, because that was just the way the character had to be portrayed.

Exactly. I thought of her as a Nurse Ratched-type character, the one who is cold and domineering, not showing any sympathy, which is the reason she has so much control. It's obvious Gaga has a great emotional range during the shootout scene and when Sally is helping her.

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I thought her delivery was bad. She came across like a doe eyed porn star robot saying words and taking direction correctly, but there was no passion and life behind her words. I think she's much better suited for the stage, maybe, because she's very theatrical. And I think AHS was a bit ambitious because the entire cast - even without Lange - is pretty phenomenal. So she was kinda swimming in a shark tank of talent and being eaten alive. A pop star's first big acting gig shouldn't be opposite Angela Bassett and Kathy Bates. I don't really get the logic behind putting a pop star front and center and surrounding her with Oscar winning / nominated talent.

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Exactly - to your two posts above.

And, you know, kudos to her for doing an even descent job.

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I don't think she's a bad actress, but I don't think she's a particularly good one either, certainly not award worthy. When I see her acting I see Lady Gaga trying her best to act. She appears 'thirsty'.

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What does thirsty mean in that context?

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Ah thanks. I've never heard that before.

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Less is wayyyyyy better! Cannot stand her.


An intellectual carrot , the mind boggles

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I disagree with your estimation of her acting ability or that she was in Hotel too much, and especially that it was stunt casting.

Sad about less Gaga :-(

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It was stunt casting. What's wrong with saying it is?

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Happy it was reduced. She annoys TF out of me.


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