Ma laughed. It was a dry, rattling sound. “I got no lights. No speakers. No crowd but the possums.”
Critics praised Gaga's live vocals and the high-production theatrics. While some questioned the sincerity of her monologues, reviewers from Metacritic Slant Magazine noted its power as a piece of performance art. The special received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 2011, winning for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special lady gaga presents the monster ball tour at ma patched
They came from the abandoned houses up the hollow. From the collapsed mine shaft. From the creek where a boy had drowned in 1962. Ghosts, but not scary ones. Wraiths in coal-dust overalls. Spirits in tattered prom dresses. They swayed, and for the first time in fifty years, they had faces again. Ma laughed
Following its broadcast success, the special was officially released worldwide on DVD and Blu-ray on November 21, 2011. This physical release included a 16-page photo booklet shot by photographer Josh Olins, along with an explicit audio option and a bonus acappella rendition of "Born This Way". Today, the concert film stands as a historic capsule of early 2010s pop culture, preserving one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. No speakers
Gaga saw them and smiled a real smile—not the paparazzi kind, but the kind that knows loneliness. She launched into “Poker Face,” then “Just Dance,” then a broken, a cappella “Speechless” that made Ma Patched set down her shotgun.