Sasha Frere Jones is an executive editor for a website called “Genius.” He write reviews over many of things from rap music to restaurant menus. “Weirdly Popular” is one particular article he has written about “Weird Al” Yankovic, a comedian who specializes in song parodies and has been doing so for over 40 years. In Sasha’s review he explains the reasons behind Weird Al’s popularity. Sasha starts off the review with a question, “Do people enjoy “Weird Al” Yankovic because he is funny or because he is not funny?” He also states that the comedian had just recently released his fourteenth album, Mandatory Fun, which sold more than a hundred thousand copies in the first week. Sasha relates the success of the album to Weird Al’s ability to symbolize
