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outlier -> RE: Activists push to ban ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ because it promotes date rape (12/7/2016 8:16:45 PM)
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The only people who want to ban this have to be
totally ignorant of the history of the song.
It was written by the great Frank Loesser as a
song to sing with his wife. She tells the story here
on Wiki:
''Loesser wrote the duet in 1944 and premiered the song with his wife, Lynn Garland, at their Navarro Hotel in New York housewarming party, and performed it toward the end of the evening, signifying to guests that it was nearly time to end the party. Frank would introduce himself as the "Evil of Two Loessers", a play on the theme of the song, trying to keep the girl from leaving, and on the phrase "lesser of two evils". This was a period when the Hollywood elite's chief entertainment was throwing parties and inviting guests who were expected to perform. Garland wrote that after the first performance, "We become instant parlor room stars. We got invited to all the best parties for years on the basis of 'Baby.' It was our ticket to caviar and truffles. Parties were built around our being the closing act." Garland considered it their song and was furious when Loesser told her he was selling the song. Garland wrote, "I felt as betrayed as if I'd caught him in bed with another woman." He sold it to MGM.[4]''
On NPR her daughter told the same story about it. Then she went on to say
that after her mother saw the checks come in she asked; Do we have
another song we could sell?
Since Frank Loesser also wrote Guys and Dolls, they did fine. But anyone
who thinks the woman in the song was a victim is clueless. It was written
to be a sophisticated, witty and aware on both sides.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby,_It%27s_Cold_Outside
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