Short People Got No Reason to Live
Reading Irony
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23196307 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stanley Fish (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Pages | 180-196 |
| Publication date | 1990-10-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Doing What Comes Naturally (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198129998.003.0011 |
| OpenAlex | W4388082932 |
| ISBN | 9780198129998 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Not too many years ago Randy Newman wrote and recorded a popular song that quickly became notorious. It was called “Short People” and began by declaring that “short people got no reason, short people got no reason, short people got no reason to live.” The song went on to re hearse in detail the shortcomings of short people, which included small voices, beady little eyes, and the inconvenience of having to pick them up in order to say “hello.” It wasn’t long before groups of short people were organizing to lobby against the song; it was banned in Boston, and there was a bill to the same effect introduced into the Maryland legislature.
Art · Irony · Legislature · Literature · Order (exchange) · Political science · Reading (process) · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |