SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 2:48 Min.
Spoofing Cyndi Lauper’s hit 1983 song, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” “Weird Al” Yankovic plays off the familiar melody. It’s the eighth track on his 1985 comedy album, Dare to Be Stupid.
REVIEW:
The only good news that this awful parody is a minute shorter than Lauper’s song. The bad news, however, is that this spoof is a weak excuse for making stereotypical fat jokes and sexist inferences re: women as perpetually hungry gold-diggers. Frankly, listening to this obnoxious drivel in its entirety becomes a real chore. It’s an instance where “Weird Al” might boast some winners on a typical album. However, the tasteless “Girls Just Want to Have Lunch” would be one of those other remaining tracks giving parodies a bad name.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 1½ Stars
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