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Originally posted by Rihinvention
A certain group of people? A certain group of people? Yes, those pesky rape victims are too sensitive...? That's a horrible thing to say. Someone's artistic vision should not offend rape victims. Period. And of course Lady Gaga doesn't condone rape. She's a good person. But there's a difference between condoning it and alluding to it to be edgy, whether it was intentional or misinterpreted. There's a difference between intention and interpretation. What her intentions were won't matter to the GP. What will matter is how it's perceived by the GP.
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I agree with this. It's one thing to not have to "compromise artistic vision", but at the same time, that doesn't make it immune to interpretation. The video is going to be interpreted differently by everybody who sees it and Gaga's not going to be next to every person telling them, "oh, this was my intention behind the video and these are all the themes, just be warned that you might find some of them disturbing".
It's a fair argument. If someone is a rape victim, of course they're going to find this disturbing. Of course they're going to be angry. And of course, you can't deny them of that emotion, so the best you can do is to protect them from whatever could potentially trigger them. I respect that.
That last scene is pushing it though.
But it's good she scrapped it. The backlash 
