Mary Donato

Here is a link to "Hypoglycemia", my parody of "How Low" by Ludacris

Hypoglycemia
By: Mary Donato
Parody of Ludacris “How Low”

How low can you go? Hypoglycemia!
How low can you go? Hypoglycemia!
How low can you go? Hypoglycemia!
How low can you go? Hypoglycemia!

She went lower that I ever thought she could
Mood change – Headache
Top of your fingers getting’ numb, baby get your number up!
I don’t like it when I see your number, smaller than I’ve ever seen before
Lotta insulin-junkies keep their number high, but how low can you go?

Lower than yo’ doctor’s ever seen it in his lifetime
The medical field never woulda believed it in their right mind
Girl, stick yo’ finger then hurry up and check yo’ meter
Mad cuz you know it’s gonna be low – you shoulda had a Butterfinger
You may not want get that low, your meter’s readin’ 52
And you got them cold sweats, nervousness, and attitude.
Yeah, I think call 9-1-1, wit a number like that you gotta fool
Befo’ you pass out and land in a puddle of your drool

How low can you go? Hypoglycemia!
How low can you go? Hypoglycemia!
How low can you go? Hypoglycemia!
How low can you go? Hypoglycemia!

Glucose, carbos, fiber, sugar
Orange juice – Drink it! Drink it!
Don’t put it in reverse now easy does it
Let me put some Splenda in it

Never ever get that low – get your food 5 times a day
Ya you saw you know, so there’s just one that that I gotta say

How low can you go? Hypoglycemia!
How low can you go? Hypoglycemia!
How low can you go? Hypoglycemia!
How low can you go? Hypoglycemia!

A song with the same beat but different lyrics!
Is this legal?
Parodies are legal under the Fair Use Copyright Law!

This is my link to my final essay on Google Docs.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcFw9gFitoLCZGRqYms2d2JfM2dwZGs1ODQz&hl=en

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I think my creative response for my project is kind of a no brainer. Since my project mainly focuses on parodies like that of Weird Al Yankovich I will attempt to create my own, slightly controversial and hopefully brilliant parody. Like Weird Al, I will use a modern song and try to professionally create a humorous parody.

I think I have already decided on the song I will parody. Even though Weird Al Yankovich also prides himself on accurate music videos as well I think this is a little technologically past me. I will most likely just have an audio tape of myself singing my parody with the background music of the original song.

After class discussion, I think I need some form of visual to go with my work, I'm just not sure what yet. Perhaps I could try to make a music video...

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcFw9gFitoLCZGRqYms2d2JfMmZucWtucmR4&hl=en

Ok this is my rough, rough draft of my essay. Essentially this is about 650 words and the first 2 of the 4 major topics I want to discuss in my paper. It includes an introduction and discussion of Foucault's authorship and addresses what is a parody and Weird Al Yankovich's work. What it doesn't discuss and what needs the most work is my legal arguments of the copyright and fair use laws pertaining to parodies. I also need to construct a conclusion that wraps everything up and possibly work on some organization throughout my paper.

I think the most relevant and important topic for my project is Foucoult's piece, "What is an author?" My project will be regarding the legalities, including copyright and fair use, of the parodies of those like Weird Al Yankovich. This work discusses what it means to truly be a creative writer in this changing time. Foucoult's work is also pertinent to my project because he talks about the different kinds of multimedia authors and how their prestige and fame is earned.

Also, Lessig's work, "Remix Culture", will also prove important to my project. Lessig takes the same position I do in defending these creative remixers. I cited both Lessig and Foucoult in my annotated bibliography.
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Parodies, like that of Weird Al Yankovich, are and should be completely legal under fair use and copyright laws, letting artists like this become the new wave of multimedia authors.
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http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcFw9gFitoLCZGRqYms2d2JfMWdycndydmZn&hl=en