Would Weird Al's "Fat" be too un-PC and seen as offensive today?
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ANewFoundGlory — 8 years ago(November 13, 2017 01:57 AM)
I love this parody, I find it hilarious. But I think if released today, it would be seen as bullying overweight people. We are too offensive now. There's is even a crack at the Chinese in there that wouldn't fly today.
The pavement cracks when I fall down
I've got more chins than Chinatown.
Well, I've never used a phone booth
And I've never seen my toes
When I'm goin' to the movies
I take up seven rows
When I walk out to get my mail
It measures on the Richter scale
Down at the beach I'm a lucky man
I'm the only one who gets a tan
If I have one more pie a la mode
I'm gonna need my own zip code
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