Cannot_Wait_4Disney
The Colombo of Cippolini.
- Joined
- May 18, 2005
As I was watching a performance of Baby It's Cold Outside for the Disney Parks' Magical Holiday Celebration, I was coming across that one line that might seem a little bit controversial for modern audiences.
Say what's in this drink?
I guess that line suggests that the guy is trying to give her alcohol disguised as an innocent beverage, or maybe that he's slipped a Mickey in there. Of course the whole song is filled with lyrics suggesting date rape. And what the heck is a "maiden aunt"?
I guess Frank Loesser had some other works where a guy is slipping alcohol (a rum spiked dulce de leche in Guys and Dolls) to a woman without her understanding what it was.
When it was written, it wasn't proper for a woman to stay over at a boyfriend's house after a date. She's worried about what her friends and family will think. The line what's in this drink reflected a common idiom of the time to blame deviations from social norms on alcohol. It doesn't suggest she was slipped a Mickey or served punch that she didn't know was spiked or anything.