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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.
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).
The best-known example is The Onion, ... News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream ... News satire is popular on the web, ...
One of Foxx’s best sketches was a parody of Sir-Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back.” “Baby Got Snacks” doubled down on the original song’s embrace of women with curves to hilarious extremes ...
The original use of the term "parody" in music referred to re-use for wholly serious purposes of existing music. In popular music that sense of "parody" is still applicable to the use of folk music in the serious songs of such writers as Bob Dylan, but in general, "parody" in popular music refers to the humorous distortion of musical ideas or lyrics or general style of music.
On Sunday, Nov. 21, the classic television special “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” will air on PBS and PBS Kids and will be streaming on Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Apple TV+. This special ...
Bristol-based Indian restaurant Urban Tandoor have delighted fans once again, with another curry-inspired parody of a hit song. The eatery, which has amassed over 105,000 TikTok followers, made ...
A parody film or spoof film is a subgenre of comedy film that lampoons other film genres or films as pastiches, [1] [2] [3] works created by imitation of the style of many different films reassembled together. Although the subgenre is often overlooked by critics, parody films are commonly profitable at the box office. [4]