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Lady Gaga has been mocked on social media for denying that her new film Joker: Folie à Deux is a musical.
The film is the sequel to 2019’s Joker, once again directed by The Hangover’s Todd Phillips. Joaquin Phoenix reprises his lead role as Arthur Fleck/Joker, while Lady Gaga joins the cast as love interest Harleen “Lee” Quinzel. Phillips and Gaga revealed ahead of the film’s release that the film has a significant musical element.
Phoenix and Gaga will perform song-and-dance routines while singing classic tunes like “Get Happy,” “For Once in My Life” and “That’s Life”. Earlier this year, Gaga promised “There’s music, there’s dance, it’s a drama,” earlier this year.
But Gaga has now denied the film is a musical.
“I wouldn’t necessarily say that this is …