parody
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She even sang a parody version of her hit song "Jolene," renamed "Vaccine," while filming a video of her first injection.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Supporters will take their own view, among them a sense that the behaviour of these players is now beyond parody.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
“The Shards” is more problematic: Mr. Ellis has been recycling his depraved teen angels long enough that the show, a collaboration with Ryan Murphy, becomes parody, even comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Broadway has settled into parody mode after suffering some mega collapses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
In retaliation, the Irish shouted a parody of the song across the dark backyards.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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The series’ first film is its strongest, weaving together overarching parodies of “Scream” and “I Know What You Did Last Summer” alongside brief send-ups of popular horror films.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Earlier this year, a series of absurdist AI parodies of martial-arts films attracted billions of views on Chinese social media and sparked a wave of like-minded videos created by fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
The “Fruit Love Island” fandom has grown into spinoffs, recap videos, fan accounts and a host of parodies, many of which are also AI-generated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
In Las Vegas, guests enter a trippy grocery store complete with parodies of household items before finding their way to the main exhibition space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026
One of them was playing the bagpipes, prompting the corporals to begin their own nasal whining parodies.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Alongside these posts, some users promote so-called charms said to protect against genital theft, while comedians have parodied the claims through comedy skits.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
SK Hynix employees’ lofty standing in society got parodied in a viral “Saturday Night Live Korea” skit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Throughout the last four decades, Culture Clash has parodied nearly every prominent Latino figure in history, including Che Guevara, Frida Kahlo, Ritchie Valens, Rita Moreno, Edward James Olmos and others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The sandwich has even been seemingly parodied in “The Simpsons.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026
It’s the most parodied painting in history, but every parody just draws more attention to the original.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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While “Buddy” represents Kelly’s first theatrically released project, his affinity for parodying familiar media to unsettling ends first received mainstream attention with 2014’s “Too Many Cooks,” a short film for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Others came up with captions including "Don't Look Up," a reference to the 2021 film starring Leonardo Di Caprio parodying societal apathy to the climate crisis.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
At one point, Schwam and Gunther compare Byrd’s show to a “Saturday Night Live” sketch parodying it, in which Cheri Oteri plays Byrd.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Other options include Billy Joel, a mainstay in his rotation and the artist he has grown famous for parodying, or someone with ties to Las Vegas, like Elvis Pressley or Elton John.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
If smart people are parodying it, that’s a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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