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深圳大学考试答题纸 (以论文、报告等形式考核专用)二○ ～二○ 学年度第 学期 课程编号 2307002101 课程名称 American Popular Culture 主讲教师 Bradley C.Phillips 评分 学 号 姓名 专业年级 教师评语： 题目： American Popular Culture Final Part I: Questions (40) Use “The Simpson’s Halloween Special” to explain what a parody is. Also, use the two songs “Ridin’ Dirty” and “White Nerdy to explain a musical parody. How are stereotypes important in understanding these songs? One of stories in the “The Simpson’s Halloween Special” about a poem named “The RAVEN” by Edgar Allan Poe. The Simpsons showed it in a very humorous style. It was originally a sad terrorist poetry. But we see it in this cartoon is funny. So that is parody. “Ridin’ Dirty” is about the author is one part of gang. And he did some illegal things, patrols try to catch him ridin dirty. The song and story are cool. “White Nerdy” uses the same melody, but tells the story of one person who is white and nerdy want to stay with gang. But he seems like a fool, and it is not cool. So “White Nerdy” is a musical parody, because that is funny. Stereotypes function in a formulaic story to keep the action moving and give character descriptions without having to waste time and create heroes and villains who are simply motivated for good or for evil. So it is easy to understand from the two songs inside what is good and what is bad. Then we will feel the fun easily. Explain the meaning and popularity of Pink’s song “Stupid Girls” Stupid Girls is a song by American artist Pink, released as the first single from her 2006 album, Im Not Dead. The song was written by Billy Mann, Pink, Niklas Olovson and Robin Mortensen Lynch and produced by Billy Mann and MachoPsycho. The song is not too long or too short (3:16), and it has the genre of RB, Hip Hop and Funk. What’s more, the instruments in this song including piano and guitar which represent the formula of standardized. The video shows Pink as an angel and a demon who try to influence the future of a young girl. The a