Parody

Title: Unreal Stories with Real Fun Once, an American daily paper feature writer, political observer, and humorist Molly Ivins said that parody is customarily the weapon of the feeble against the strong. May be she is right, but sometimes when engaging strengths of parody and innovation meet, it makes a dangerous mix. Many believe that and appreciate that too. This is obvious from the accomplishment of satirical sites, for example, The Oatmeal, The Onion and our own special Faking News, Unreal…

What Is Fair Use? In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. In other words, fair use is a defense against a claim of copyright infringement. If your use qualifies as a fair use, then it would not be considered an infringement. So what is a “transformative” use? If this definition…

written by Christopher Durang. The play is a parody of “The Glass Menagerie” which was written by Williams. Williams wrote a play about a young girl named Laura who has a leg disability and is unmarried, lives with her mother Amanda, and her brother Tom. Laura is waiting on a gentleman caller. Durang wrote a parody about this play, Tom and Amanda are still the same. Laura was turned to Lawrence and Lawrence is now waiting on a female caller. The parody is better than the original because they…

Macaulay Culkin, the former child star best known for the Home Alone movie franchise, was thrust back into the spotlight in 2013 when word of a parody band he was playing with broke. The Pizza Underground plays medleys of Velvet Underground parodies, substituting the actual lyrics for ones about pizza. Though Macaulay Culkin and the band have amassed some controversy by fans of VU who feel the band is marring VU’s legacy, the music is all in good fun and completely non-serious. In fact, the band…

contrast between black and white, which is a typical noir depiction. It framed the character as being dark, lonely and uncertain in the postmodern world. Those unusual noir parodies stand in the line with postmodernism’s stance. That is to reject the traditional aesthetics of Beauty and of uniqueness, the adoption of noir parody in Fargo disguises the character in a black and white world, making their identity more pastiched with…

Thank you for considering The University of North Florida as your home for the next four years. The admissions team is very displeased to inform you that there will not be room here for you at our college. After reviewing your essay and application we were all very entertained but doubtful we would ever be able to meet you. My favorite part of your application had to be when you explained why you didn’t do very well in your Spanish three class, “I got a C- in Spanish because yo no hablo…

madness, silliness, and idiosyncrasies trumped logic and rational thought. In constructing such a world, it comes as no surprise that the author chose to parody real life works of art to further reinforce this idea of madness. However, Carroll’s use of parody is more than just a clever way to humor the reader. Lewis Carroll frequently utilizes parody in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in the form of spoofed children’s poetry as a way to promote his own ideas regarding childhood which differ…

acknowledged and respected throughout our society as an outlook on current affairs while adding in a touch of humor. From mock news programs such as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Last week Tonight with John Oliver and The Daily Show to political parodies that Saturday Night Live put on every Saturday, there is a body of political humor that can be explored and characterized in a way that can be informational to us and still seem entertaining. While these are well respected programs that…

overcome his parody. Rather, his parody destroys him. At the end of Monk’s book Fuck, Stagg R. Leigh writes, “I say, ‘Hey, Mama.’ I say, “Hey Baby Girl. Look at me. I on TV’” (Everett 131). This mimics the end of Erasure when Monk says, “I chose one of the TV cameras and stared into it. I said, ‘Egads, I’m on television” (Everett 265). The mirroring of his own text symbolizes that Stagg R. Leigh is the surviving ego here; Monk has given up himself for his parody. In both of these novels, the…

as historical nostalgia or nationalism, The Princess Bride succeeds by using nostalgia in a unique way. Through the use of comedic devices such as mistaken identity, absurdity, and good old-fashioned slapstick comedy, The Princess Bride is able to parody the traditional princess film. In doing so it is able…