The lyrics of the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” receive an update befitting the MeToo era from John Legend and comedian Natasha Rockwell
“What will my friends think?" Clarkson sings at one point.“It’s your body, and your choice,” Legend replies.Music fans will be able to decide for themselves when “A Legendary Christmas: The Deluxe Edition” is released Nov. 8 by Columbia Records.Anthony Camerano / AP file
“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” became a hit and won an Academy Award after it was included in the 1949 movie “Neptune’s Daughter.” In it, Ricardo Montalban and Esther Williams perform the duet together, as do Red Skelton and Betty Garrett, with the gender roles reversed for laughs. The duet went on to be covered by numerous artists, ranging from Johnny Mercer and Betty Carter in 1949 to the version millennials know best, the 2003 cover performed by Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel from the Christmas movie"Elf."
In recent years, radio stations around the country have been besieged by callers demanding that the holiday staple be yanked off their Christmas playlists.last year that she understood why women these days might bristle at the song, especially lines like, “Say, what’s in this drink?” But Susan Loesser said the song was written in 1944 and she blamed disgraced comedian Bill Cosby for turning a fun ditty into a sinister song.of drugging women, I hear the date rape thing all the time.
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