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Land of the Dead, a satire of post-9/11 America state and of the Bush administration; The Wicker Man, a satire on cults and religion; The Great Dictator, a satire on Adolf Hitler; Monty Python's Life of Brian, a satire on miscommunication, religion and Christianity; The Player, a satire of Hollywood, directed by Robert Altman
A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it (theme/content, author, style, etc), but a parody can also be about a real-life person (e.g. a politician), event, or movement (e.g. the French Revolution or 1960s counterculture).
In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. Parody exists in all art media, including literature , music and cinema . Subcategories
In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and ...
Comic book parodies-examples include "Kaspar, the Dead Baby", "Ritchie Retch", and "The Brownstones" Crazy's Crazies-comic panels and strips usually with a single theme; The Gleeful Guide to Astrology-reprints from the book by Will Eisner; Crazy News of the Month-newspaper parody; Believe It or Else!-Ripley's Believe It or Not! parody
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English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Parody novels (1 C, 60 P) Political satire ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
British humour carries a strong element of satire aimed at the absurdity of everyday life.Common themes include sarcasm, tongue-in-cheek, banter, insults, self-deprecation, taboo subjects, puns, innuendo, wit, and the British class system. [1]