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r3ctilinear on July 11, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: University Profs' Criticism Led to Retraction of M...

Weird Al's "Fat" did not mock Michael Jackson. The "Fat" song was a parody which continued on the theme established with "Eat It". Mockery is quite different to parody.

MauranKilom on July 11, 2022 [–]

Fun fact: Michael Jackson let them use the original "Beat It" set for "Eat It".

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