# Lady Gaga = Poker Face **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325 "2009-06-29T08:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/21 "2009-06-29T19:22:50Z")
She does makeup like a drag queen, but she probably has a decent enough face underneath it. She’ll probably get out of that phase in a year or two, I’m guessing. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/22 "2009-06-29T19:37:53Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > She does makeup like a drag queen, but she probably has a decent enough face underneath it. She’ll probably get out of that phase in a year or two, I’m guessing. Considering her avant guard background, she’ll surely change up her style often, but I’d be surprised if she went all-natural anytime soon. She reportedly wears the platinum wig because people kept confused her for Amy Winehouse, who’s one of the homeliest women in pop. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/23 "2009-06-29T19:42:36Z")
I am a huge Lady Gaga fan because she is absolutely ridiculous… and a lot of people are missing the fact that she’s quite aware that she’s ridiculous and that’s part of the gimmick. She’s basically the Andy Kaufman of pop music. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/24 "2009-06-29T19:45:37Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Latest rumor I just received: apparently the BBC cameraman in the mosh pit at Glastonbury festival was having real problems filming her, and they kept on having to cut away, due to the poor job her outfit did of covering of her labia while she was performing. On one hand, I acknowledge the problem. On the other, I deny there is a problem. It’s not a problem with the filming. The problem would come with the broadcasting! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![No.1\_Magnolia\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e480ec/32.png) [@No.1\_Magnolia\_Fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No.1_Magnolia_Fan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/25 "2009-06-29T19:46:23Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > That people think this person is sexy is a quintessential “WTF is the world coming to?” moment for me. You can always imagine her singing “butterface”, rather than Pokerface. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/26 "2009-06-29T19:49:40Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > Yeah, if you can get past the determinedly weird hair and makeup, her Rolling Stone cover shot is pretty impressive: > > [http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/lady-gagas-rolling-stone-cover](http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/lady-gagas-rolling-stone-cover) Her body looks like it just came out of the washing machine, and her head looks like it was left in the dryer too long. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/27 "2009-06-29T20:44:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Her body looks like it just came out of the washing machine, and her head looks like it was left in the dryer too long. LOL. Buh buh buh butterface Buh buh butterface. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/28 "2009-06-29T21:02:29Z")
Have you heard her play this on the piano? [She’s quite talented](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwdXnlvUe3I). ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/29 "2009-06-29T21:25:37Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > Have you heard her play this on the piano? [She’s quite talented](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwdXnlvUe3I). Wow. Do you think that’s the original version of the song? Sounds like it. Despite her looking like Uncle Fester who’s lost his pants, she’s rather good - and therefore even hotter than before I saw that. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/30 "2009-06-29T21:34:25Z")
> [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](#): > > …For some reason I got in my head that she’s saying “poke her face”… You’re not the first… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3cDE3Gwn5ZM/hqdefault.jpg "Kid Cudi - I Poke Her Face (Feat. Kanye West & Common)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cDE3Gwn5ZM) warning: some profanity ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/31 "2009-06-29T22:38:58Z")
Another vote for drag queen. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/32 "2009-06-29T22:53:31Z")
[Here’s](http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/04/27/090427crmu_music_frerejones) an interesting New Yorker article about her. ---
**Author:** ![pabstist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/33 "2009-06-29T23:09:50Z")
so in one video she can’t say “muffin”, but in the next video she can sing “i want to ride your disco stick”? and yes, she’s hot. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/34 "2009-06-29T23:23:51Z")
I don’t get the appeal, musically or physically. I’m not seeing anything in either. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/35 "2009-06-29T23:45:54Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > [Here’s](http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/04/27/090427crmu_music_frerejones) an interesting New Yorker article about her. Thank you for the link. I appreciated the authors acknowledgement of Peaches being a clear forerunner for Gaga. It’s clearly there but it’s rarely commented on. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/36 "2009-06-29T23:48:04Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Thank you for the link. > > I appreciated the authors acknowledgement of Peaches being a clear forerunner for Gaga. It’s clearly there but it’s rarely commented on. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/37 "2009-06-29T23:57:50Z")
Honestly, and I’m usually quite effusive about female pulchritude in even marginal cases, I don’t think she’s as attractive as any number of women I see at the mall in Omaha. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325.md?page=1)