Short form scholarship on born digital poetry and poetics.
“Word Crimes” es un video musical oficial diseñado y animado por Jarrett Heather para “Weird Al” Yankovic. El video utiliza tipografía cinética e imágenes visuales evocadoras para reforzar el tono didáctico. La canción es una parodia de “Blurred Lines” de Robin Thicke, utilizando su melodía pegajosa, estructura lírica e incluso su tipografía (como en el caso de los hashtags). Los utiliza para satirizar las formas comunes en que el lenguaje se usa incorrectamente en la escritura.
Open “Word Crimes” by “Weird Al” Yankovic and Jarrett Heather
“Word Crimes” is an official music video designed and animated by Jarrett Heather for “Weird Al” Yankovic. The video uses kinetic typography and evocative visual images to reinforce the didactic tone. The song is a parody of Robin Thicke’s own “Blurred Lines” employing its catchy tune, lyric structure, and even typography (as in the case of the hashtags) repurposed tosatirizes common ways that language is used incorrectly in writing.