Concert Review: Lady Gaga at the Fox Theater
The elements be damned, nary a head
was missing in the screeching, sequined crowd at St. Louis’ Fox Theater Thursday
night. Lovers of pop and glitter had flocked there to show some love
for the New York-born pop diva Stefani Germanotta, also known as the fabulous
Before we begin: Allow me my brief
exhortation on the brilliance of Gaga.
By re-examining the art within the
artifice, Lady Gaga masterfully straddles the line between performance art and
mind-boggling pop. Melding visions of mutilation and monstrosity with glitz and
glamour in her latest album, The Fame Monster, Gaga combines ’60s avant-garde art tropes with campy, flamboyant
excess in an addictive fusion that appeals to urban hipsters and suburban
tweens alike. With her brazen attitude and seamless songwriting, Lady Gaga flaunts a
pop prowess that threatens to debunk the legacies of good girls gone bad like
Britney and Beyonce by giving audiences something they haven’t seen for an
entire generation: a female pop star with bite.
In short, Gaga has molded herself into exactly what
audiences crave: an addictive, indulgent spectacle that is nothing short of a
sublime train wreck.
