A Star Is Born isn't sexist or 'rockist' – it's a cutting insight into so-called 'authenticity'

Dig a little deeper than the backlash and Bradley Cooper’s film exposes a truth about the cost of old-school rock’n’roll masculinity

It’s a press-circuit anecdote that has already passed into legend: when Lady Gaga screen-tested for the role of Ally in Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born, the actor/director handed her a makeup wipe and instructed her to remove her maquillage. He wanted to see her authentically: “Completely open,” he said. “No artifice.”

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