Half-Assed Internet Research
Research covers Los Angeles performance locations, Jackson’s house, Cooper’s makeup and voice work, Gaga’s screen makeup, live singing, songwriting, sound, improvisation, and visual foreshadowing.
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- The opening concert footage was shot at Coachella.
- The drag bar is identified as the Virgil and the cop bar as the Short Stop.
- The supermarket was a Super A in Glassell Park and Gaga’s big debut was filmed at the Greek Theatre.
- Jackson’s Calabasas-area house had sold for about two million dollars after filming.
- Cooper reportedly used a daily spray tan and menthol to create Jackson’s red, bloodshot appearance.
- The panel disputes the publicity claim that Gaga wore only lip balm and moisturizer, distinguishing “no-makeup makeup.”
- Jason Isbell wrote “Maybe It’s Time.”
- Cooper trained for a year to lower his speaking voice by an octave.
- The “ugly” line was ad-libbed and Gaga’s shocked reaction was reportedly genuine.
- Lukas Nelson wrote several songs and Cooper’s own dog Charlie played Jackson’s dog.
- Gaga reportedly persuaded Cooper to record the music live rather than lip-sync.
- Sound editing and mixing make unfamiliar live performances feel populated and immediate.
- Gaga performed the final song soon after learning that a friend had died.
- Much of the drag-bar material was improvised.
- A billboard with four nooses beside Jackson is presented as early death foreshadowing.
- Blue and red lighting join Jackson Maine and Lady Gaga visually and recur in the police lights after his death.