Is A Star Is Born against artifice? On the surface, Bradley Cooper's new remake of the classic Hollywood story, out Friday, seems to lament the inauthentic. We see his male protagonist, an aging alcoholic country rock star named Jackson Maine, discover Ally (Lady Gaga) at a drag show where she belts out an electrifying rendition of "La Vie En Rose." She's not a professional musician but a waitress performing on the side, and as he helps her rise to stardom, we watch him quietly disapprove as she transforms into a polished pop star. Some viewers have taken Jack's judgment to mean the movie itself frowns upon Ally's transformation — that somehow an "authentic" woman has been ruined by makeup and backup dancers and pop music.
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