Entering through the grand arch riding a giant red crinoline that conceals a medieval torture cage, she embodies her Mistress of Mayhem, a Queen of Hearts straight from Lewis Carrol’s nightmares that represents Gaga’s darkness, rage and self-doubt, hellbent on persecuting the White Queen. Who is also played by Gaga. Everyone has an inner critic, but Stefani Germanotta has turned fighting self-doubt into artistic fuel of titanic proportions.