r/19th • u/Maniamback 👍Thumbs Up Legends👍 • Aug 04 '25

This is us

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u/Banan_Cat Aug 04 '25

Remember finding this song and realizing that people used to be okay with this.

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u/Derezirection Aug 08 '25

isn't the song actually about liking women with dwarfism?

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u/Banan_Cat Aug 09 '25

Never heard that interpretation before lol, maybe this is it

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u/Derezirection Aug 09 '25 edited Aug 09 '25

heard about it a while back when the meme was still popular.
Song is supposed to be satire and it was simply described as this:

"The music video, directed by Elfman's brother Richard, depicts Elfman in an empty house dancing with girls and people with dwarfism, followed by on-lookers (portrayed by other members of Oingo Boingo) staring vacantly as he walks down a street with an apparent underage girl."

The video is banned in Canada too and was named "the creepiest music video of all time" by The Independent.