We stumbled upon this video when looking for a Rebecca Black parody which was not difficult to find. Obviously if there are hundreds of parodies, the there must be something to be made fun of in the original video. Almost everyone has seen the original video for Rebecca Black's "Friday."This topic is easy to make a parody of because college students usually find the video annoyingly catchy but absolutely ridiculous.
This video is a parody for several reasons. First, the main character is a grown man rather than a fifteen year old girl. Because this change is so drastic, it is obviously a joke. Second, the day that is emphasized is Saturday instead of Friday. Third, the way the man portraying Rebecca Black acts is purposefully stupid. The audience thinks the video is comical because it takes Rebecca Black's Friday video and makes everything opposite. One would think the opposite of the Friday video would be actually entertaining compared to the real video.
Parodies can make fun of any video, piece of art, article, book, etc. Usually parodies have to be taken with a grain of salt. Obviously we don't know Rebecca Black's feeling towards the thousands of parodies on the Internet. But anyone with even a slight bit of fame, should know that some sort of parody will be made. We think parodies can shed light on details on the video that may be overlooked. For example, the Rebecca Black video is so catchy that the ridiculousness of the video may be overlooked by its audience.
