parody

//**-TAYLOR'S PAGE.-**// A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. As comedy parody distorts or exaggerates distinctive features of the original. As ridicule, it mimics the work by repeating and borrowing words, phrases, or characteristics in order to illuminate weaknesses in the original. Well-written parody offers enlightenment about the original, but poorly written parody offers only ineffectual imitation. Usually an audience must grasp literary allusion and understand the work being parodied in order to fully appreciate the nuances of the newer work. Occasionally, however, parodies take on a life of their own and don't require knowledge of the original.
 * A parody is:**


 * If you still do not understand exactly what a parody is try looking at these examples.**

Twain's //Connecticut Yankee// is in part a parody of Mallory's //Morte d'Arthur//. Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle parodies everything from calypso lyrics and commercial advertising to detective fiction and //Moby Dick//. -[|http://condor.depaul.edu/~dsimpson/awtech/lexicon.html] Saturday Night Live Mad TV The Daily Show
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Weird Al -Famous for writing and composing music which makes fun of other musicians work.
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Space Balls Scary Movie I,II,III,IV Shaun of the Dead Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/1163920487-1162654527522.b.jpg
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