There was absolutely no subtlety attempted!

its an epitome of gaga herself - a random hodgepodge of purely commercialized products, slapped together for pure flash value (and profit) with no underlying coherence.. the perfect treat for a modern consumer concerned solely with appearance, which is the majority in her next video, she should get throat fucked by ziggy stardust - now that would be art

Just awful.

I thought these were intentionally blatant (and maybe not even actually sponsored?), much like the entirety of Josie and the Pussycats.

Lady Gaga created this video to be a commentary on America and on Society. The “Advertisements” were simply just props used to convey old from new, Telephone from Cell phone, the change in technology. Wonder bread to Polaroid, how technology has advanced. Telephone was a commentary on how people are sometimes prisoners of themselves and other people, yet they can ESCAPE WHENEVER THEY WANT since they have the keys to leave the cage, while people in prison can't leave whenever they want. The Telephone shows Commitment, we have to stop what we are doing to answer it, to put all attention on the person calling. I believe the video was deffinately art. Like Lady Gaga said in an interview about how Andy Warhol would change Commercial into Art, Lady Gaga turned advertisement into art, therefore this video is art.

So the Doom logo on her pocket doesn't count?

Hey, she's gotta make money somehow. Apparently she doesn't make much from touring because her sets are so expensive. Jus sayin.

The Virgin version of the phone will not show a vertical screen with the slider out. It's always landscape.

Old! Tokyohanna had the scoop an hour before you, buddy.

she singlehandedly saved polaroid film?

The one that really bothered me was the Plenty of Fish part. The others, for the most part, fit in pretty seamlessly, but the inclusion of the dating site was, as the buzzfeed kids say, totally wtf.

Yeah, yeah we're all corporate whores.

Counter:
Heartbeats are the earphones that she designed, so that's pretty forgivable.
Virgin Mobile would be distracting except that phones play such an integral part in the video. If nothing else, it made more sense than just including a cell phone for the hell of it.
Gaga loves fashion, so there's no reason not to include Chanel. Same goes to Diet Coke, it was less “product placement” and more “insane styling.”
The Plenty of Fish thing with the guard was funny, IMO.
Chevy? Uh, no. The point was it was the Pussy Wagon from Kill Bill.
You sure that's a Little Debbie honey bun?
Gaga works for Polaroid now.
Wonder Bread & Miracle Whip? I would find that inexcusable, except the “Let's Make a Sandwich” part of the video was my absolute favorite part. At any rate, Telephone is my new favorite Gaga video. Absolutely incredible.