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Richard Dyer’s Star Theory:Lady Gaga

1. How do you become a pop star

• Well placed news stories: “Lady Gaga might be a hermaphrodite”

• Famous boyfriend/girlfriend: Taylor Kinney - Actor

• Attendance at premieres and parties: “Lady Gaga at ‘The Great Gatsby’ premiere”

• Features in magazines: Vogue

2. Stars As Constructions

• Constructed artificial image• Unique Selling Point/Iconic Representation:

sense of fashion/style

Lady Gaga wears ‘meat dress’ to MTV Music Video Awards

3. Industry and Audience

• Product of their record company/manager.• E.g. Lady Gaga before and after she became

famous.

Before After

4. Ideology and Culture

• Lady Gaga has a unique fashion sense that is almost impossible to copy. This makes her difficult to idealise. It is however because of her fashion sense and image she portrays that has created her fan base.

5. Character and Personality

• Similarly to industry and audience, Lady Gaga was created. Before her name was Stephanie Germanotta but her stage name ‘Lady Gaga’ has become the persona that everyone chooses to call her by. She is made to be presented as a ‘wild child’ someone to idolise as the inner workings of a woman’s mind rather than what women represent in the physical sense.