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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf

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Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
The Tortured Poets Department · 2024

Who's afraid of little old me?

Angela & Uncle Jerry identify the song title as immediately evoking 'Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf,' which Uncle Jerry describes as 'kind of a cliche' and places in the genre of folk tales. The title structure directly mirrors the folk tale phrase, inverting the 'Big Bad Wolf' with 'Little Old Me' to reframe the speaker as both the feared and the diminished.

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