Nerdy” by Weird Al Yankovic is a parody of the original song “Ridin’ Dirty” by Chamillionaire. The parody provides the viewer with a descriptive exposition on the nerd stereotype. Several aspects of the video including the title, lyrics, and parody of the hip hop style all contrast the ‘white identity’ to the particular view of ‘black identity’. Particularly, the props, costumes, and settings shown in the parody video help convey Yankovic’s message. In Yankovic’s version, the clothes worn by Weird Al are
sampled, copied, and created a parody from Michael Jackson’s song “Beat it”. Weird Al copied everything from Michael’s video including his hairstyle and the scenery throughout the video. However, even though the song “Eat it” was almost identical to the song “Beat it”, fans knew the difference between what was made by Michael and what was made by Weird Al. Negativland’s song has even less similarities with U2’s song than Weird Al’s song had with Michael Jackson’s. It is because of this that it can be
were and how on earth did they get those lights on the ceiling like that while I was being wheeled away. I was afraid, but only because I couldn’t breathe. I wasn’t afraid of the nurses or the doctors surrounding me, making me try to breathe in this weird gas that smelt of candy I used to eat all the time. As the gas took affect I did realize, though, that the hospital was more than what I thought it was. These people don’t just give you shots to keep you from getting sick and they don’t just give you
Women are only viewed by society as beautiful if they are tall enough, thin enough, have the right hair, wear the right things and act just the right way, and that’s how it has been for generations. Due to the way society has trained women they are raising their children to follow the standards that have been set instead of just allowing them to grow up and be themselves. Excellent examples of how these standards have influenced the way mothers raise their daughters are throughout the stories “The
Weird Al” Yankovic was born in Downey, California under the name of Alfred Matthew Yankovic. His first name, Alfred, is where he got the Al in “Weird Al” Yankovic. The genres he does are Comedy, Parody, and Polka. His occupations are Singer, Songwriter, Parodist, Record Producer, Satirist, Actor, Music Video Director, Film Producer, and Author. Yankovic also does vocals, plays the accordion, keyboards, and theremin, and he’s been active since 1976 and is still going. “Weird” Al made his first
the audience laugh, or covers and remakes of popular songs that they change the lyrics to in order to make it funny. There have been many song comedians throughout history, but two of the biggest and most well known are Spike Jones and Alfred “Weird Al” Yankovic. Through their music, they have been able to spread the joy of comedy and music, and the humor of the two combined. Despite living and
who make it all possible to impact American media. Satirists have the unique ability to captivate anyone who may be listening to them speak through their words and delivery. Some famous satirists include Aaron McGruder, Milo Yiannopoulos, and “Weird Al” Yankovic. Aaron McGruder has made his impact on America media by writing controversial comics and saying disputed choice of words as well. Aaron is a cartoonist who wanted to shock many Americans by creating the Boondocks. The Boondocks is mainly
Every week, in the David Foster Wallace course, there was something that I could use to enhance my writing. Nevertheless, with the course often feeling more like a literature course than a writing course it did create some challenges. Even with Wallace’s essay about the porn industry, which was the most difficult for me, one take away was important. Wallace words, "Because porn films’ worlds are so sexualized, with everybody seemingly teetering right on the edge of coitus all the time and it taking
If I had the power to banish a certain artist from existence, I would banish Kidz Bop. I believe that Kidz Bop should be banished because there is no originality in their music, the original songs lose longevity as a result of Kidz Bop covers, their music takes away from the artists who create authentic children’s music, the children who perform for Kidz Bop are forced to deal with the stress of touring at a young age, and when they cover songs they don’t have to gain the consent of the artists who
A Day At the Fair - Personal Narrative It is Thursday, August 24th, the opening day of the Minnesota State Fair. I am here with my family, a friend and his mom, and one of my sister’s friends. It seems so long since last year’s fair. I always look forward to the state fair, even though it’s pretty much the same every year. We park at the same man’s house every year. His house is right behind the mini-donut stand on midway parkway, across the street from the main gate. As we pull into his
The History of the Amish The Amish, who are also called “The Plain People” or Old Order Amish, originated in Switzerland in approximately 1525. They originated from a movement called the Anabaptist movement. Jacom Amman was the leader. This happened during the reformation in the16th Century Europe. They believed in holding on to traditions and keeping themselves separated from the world. He was stricter about this than other Anabaptists of that time. The Anabaptists were against the union of church