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With today’s PC culture, how did Randy Newman manage to escape controversy?
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June 1st, 2019
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Randy Newman wrote a song called “Rednecks”, from the perspective of a southern redneck, expressing how much he hates the fact that Northerners look down on the south. In it, Randy Newman says the N word numerous times. It’s obviously satire.
While I’m sure the song caused controversy back in the day (unjustly), I’m surprised there hasn’t been recent controversy surrounding the song, especially with Randy Newman writing music for Pixar, and the rise of faux progressives getting mad about things that on the surface seem offensive, but disregarding the context of the offensive nature.
I can see the headlines now on CNN, “Disney Music composer, Randy Newman, gets backlash from old song with repeated N word”. Yet, the story would most likely leave out the context of what the song is actually about.
Randy Newman escaped a bullet.
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