“Lady Gaga’s person made our costumes,” boss Ryan Murphy tells me. “It’s, I think, our most expensive number because the set is crazy and the costumes are crazy. And we like to keep it real, so Lea and Idina Menzel do an acoustic version of “Poker Face” that she blessed and wanted us to do. Sort of like a stripped-down mother/daughter ‘Poker Face’ that Lady Gaga was involved in.”
“It’s really nice and we do these cool harmonies,” Idina tells me of the duet with Lea. “I guess the meaning of the song, which is quite sexual apparently, is different within the context of the show. It’s actually very simple and truthful.”
And, of course, it’s not all Gaga tonight. “We are in KISS costumes,” Cory Monteith (Finn) tells me. “I’m all Finn and I’m all like, ‘Mr. Schue, we’re guys. We can’t do Gaga. The only guy who’s gonna wanna do that is Kurt. But I don’t want to.’ So, I suggest KISS and it happens. It’s better than Pantera!”
I felt bad for Brin trying to blink with those heavy eyelashes on! Cool costumes though. The moment before Poker Face was a little awkward with Rachel calling in the pianist, with “oh, he’s always around.” Strange.
I think it would be hard to “walk” in Lady GaGa’s shoes for an episode. The Glee cast is good, and I enjoyed the Madonna episode. Lady GaGa is pretty extreem.