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How Weird Al Yankovic Removed the Misogyny of ‘Blurred Lines’ by Adding Grammar Lessons
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Weird Al Yankovic’s brand of musical parody changed comedy, raising the bar for the level of accuracy expected in parody. And after 14 albums, he’s still at it. As Yankovic puts it, his most recent album Mandatory Fun was his mic drop, as it was his first No. 1 album and it dominated the internet for a week. The standout track was “Word Crimes,” his “Blurred Lines” parody that replaced all the creepiness of the Robin Thicke original and replaced it with valuable lessons about grammar. On this week’s Good Onepodcast, Vulture’s new podcast about jokes, Weird Al, whose deluxe Squeeze Box box set is available for preorder through March 20, breaks down how the song came to be, what it’s like to try to copy a rapper’s flow, and attempting to needle Prince a little.
Listen to the episode and read an excerpt of our discussion below. Tune in to G • • song by "Weird Al" Yankovic "Word Crimes" is a song by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic from his fourteenth studio album, Mandatory Fun (). The song is a parody of the single "Blurred Lines" bygd Robin Thicke, featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I. The song spoofs misuse of proper English grammar and usage, reflecting Yankovic's own rigor for proper syntax and semantics. Yankovic chose a topic that would be distinct from those used in many pre-existing parodies, and that would avoid the misogyny issues that had arisen from the source ämne. "Word Crimes" received favorable reviews from contemporary music critics, as some describing it as a highlight of Mandatory Fun. The song's music video utilizes kinetic typography, and was compared to the earlier educational Schoolhouse Rock! musical cartoons. The subject matter in "Word Crimes" was an extension of Yankovic's policy of writing "left-of-center" parodies, especially considerin
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