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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).
Historically, the mock-heroic style was popular in 17th-century Italy, and in the post-Restoration and Augustan periods in Great Britain.The earliest example of the form is the Batrachomyomachia ascribed to Homer by the Romans and parodying his work, but believed by most modern scholars to be the work of an anonymous poet in the time of Alexander the Great.
The parody closely follows the outline of The Lord of the Rings, lampooning the prologue and map of Middle-earth; its main text is a short satirical summary of Tolkien's plot. The witty text combines slapstick humour and deliberately inappropriate use of brand names. [2] For example, the carbonated beverages Moxie and Pepsi replace Merry and ...
[2] [3] News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content. News satire is not to be confused with fake news that has the intent to mislead.
'The Californians' As a native of L.A., I love all the references to the freeways, streets, off-ramps, etc. The best is the pause in the mirror — cracks me up no matter how many times I see it.
The 1 Up Fever (2013), mockumentary about Bitcoin and augmented reality video games.; 2gether (2000), spoof of boy bands like N*Sync and The Backstreet Boys.; 7 Days in Hell (2015), a fictional documentary-style exposé on the rivalry between two of the greatest tennis players of all time who battled it out in a 2001 match that lasted seven days.
It's still unclear if the book will be sold in the U.S. The satire mocks the famed 38-year-old prince's merciless tell-all, that he published earlier this year, that skewered the modern British ...
The book received extensive media coverage in Canada upon its release. [9] Hairy Potty and the Underwear of Justice from The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book o' Fun by Dav Pilkey. [10] Henry Potty and the Pet Rock: An Unauthorized Harry Potter Parody by Valerie Frankel [11] is a satire of Harry Potter along