I have no doubt in my mind that she would NOT use rape as a metaphor. There are some things you don't mess around with.

I personally think she was raped, I think it explains her need for approval and her emotional rawness.

Oshi favorite scenes/moments:

- "I'm gonna make it"
- The entire rooftop/car scene
- Ballet scene with the piano playing in the back
- Gagas acting

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Worst moments:

- The girl falling down and looking around like a dumbass, I can't keep a straight face when this happens
- Her dancing scenes could have been edited better and the last dancing bit when shes in the streets could have been longer etc.
- The ending was weird to me, I like it, but hate it.

EPIC MOMENT:

- The music right before the actual song starts, the one playing when shes on the roof top.


I'll add more as they come

I mean it does make sense. I just finished watching the video again. Since you guys keep bringing it up I've decided to look into it. I see that she has bruises on her back, and I saw the part where the nurse told her not to have sex for two weeks. But apart from that is there anything else I'm missing that could allude to rape?

Speaking of rape you guys know gaga hinted in an interview once that she was raped?
She said if she WAS raped she wouldnt want to tell everyone because people would act like thats responsible for her being the way she is.

I think the abortion could be a metaphor for her and def jams artistic conception that never made it into the world.

They could have cut out the entire ending dance scene. It was okay, but it seemed random. She looked amazing, though.

So really, Gaga says she is going to reveal something to us and yet, we still don't really know what that is. We can speculate but I doubt she will go into much more detail.

THIS! I feel the same way...such a better intro to the song.

That actually sounds like something Gaga would come up with.

She'll never say more. That's the great thing about her, she gives discussions for hours. Never a dull moment.

I'm editing my own version of the video right now
Cutting out some of your fave parts perhaps..

I know, thats what convinced me, I think she is telling people without confirming it. As I said earlier, rape victims do not like to admit that they are victims or let it define them. I think it explains a lot about her.

Is the Vevo version different from the leaked one?

An abortion doesn't explain the bruising though.

I mean .. its 1080p!

Is the video well received by the critics?

The BTW Ball better start with the opening intro to MTN (8:00 mark)

Can somebody please make me an avi 12:33 - 12:37?

That's what I enjoy about her videos. They require intellectual thinking to come up with reasonable interpretations, whatever they may be.