A One Question Quiz
By Mitch Berg
What does one call a musician, actor or performer whose oeuvre is satirizing, mocking or aping a culture one is not part of?
Say, in this case, the lyrics to creepy gay transvestite Dylan Mulvaney’s, uh, “song” Days of Girlhood?:
Monday, can’t get out of bed
Tuesday morning, pick up meds
Wednesday, retail therapy
“Cash or credit?” I say, “Yes”
Thursday, had a walk of shame
Didn’t even know his namе
Weekends are for kissing friends
Friday night, I’ll overspend
Saturday, we flirt for drinks
Playin’ wingman to our twinks
Sunday, the Twilight soundtrack
Cues my breakdown in the bath
If you guessed “Minstrel Show”, you’re thinking what I’m thinking.
March 18th, 2024 at 9:46 am
500 years ago, when Henry VIII was King of England, this song would not have been written by that person. He/she/they/it would have been too busy scrabbling for a living and keeping personal details private to avoid being prosecuted for the crime of buggery.
So we’ve made progress, I guess . . . .
March 18th, 2024 at 10:55 am
Al Jolson, please call your office…honestly, there are a lot of other “bimbos” out there who do the genre much, much better than could Mulvaney. And I shudder to think of him actually getting into a situation where he could have a walk of shame. Poor guy he was (theoretically) with would have had to have a lot of booze before he did that.