Thursday, December 13, 2018

Baby, It's Nuts Out There



November 30, 2018


True story: I’d never even heard the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” until I saw it performed on “Glee” a few years ago. But I enjoyed the back-and-forth banter, so when it came on the radio, I listened.

When the stories broke about the large number of women being drugged and raped by celebrities, I thought that the line, “Say, what’s in this drink?”was unfortunate. However, not being a stranger to nuance, I knew that it was just one more piece of banter. (Anybody who can say, “My maiden aunt’s mind is vicious” in a clear voice is not under the influence of anything.)

Now the song has been banned from radio stations. That seems a little tone-deaf to me.


Can we all recover our equilibrium?

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