Truth Or Dare

Director Alek Keshishian, who cut his teeth on music video, follows the pop diva from stage to hotel room to parties, press conferences, rehearsals and shopping expeditions. He photographs her talking to her family, eating, getting her hair done and horsing around with her dancers, back-up singers and other tour personnel, then intercuts the footage--shot in self-conscious B&W--with color footage of her elaborate stage show. The result is a surprisingly engaging portrait of a media phenomenon for whom ...