parody
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That has left the door open to Count Binface, and a host of other independent and parody candidates.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
It gathers meaning as people remake it, parody it and pass it on.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
A behind-the scenes perspective on the Onion’s gloriously unhinged parody: If you could use a laugh, the absurd comedy on offer at the new Infowars might do the trick.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Somewhere along the way, the biggest producer in television caught wind of Lasser’s chops and wanted her for his pet project, a parody of sudsy daytime dramas called “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
But as strange as it may sound, “Scary Movie” and “Stop! That! Train!” aren’t competitors so much as they are complements, two parodies that hold each other up when the other starts to lag.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Broadway, top-heavy with musical parodies and attention-grabbing revivals, is having a strange season by all accounts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 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
Its big-game commercial parodies the prospect of intrusive advertising in AI conversations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
One of them was playing the bagpipes, prompting the corporals to begin their own nasal whining parodies.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
The Seinfeld star appeared in a Funny or Die sketch with Stodden in 2012, which parodied daytime talk shows such as Dr Phil.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The sandwich has even been seemingly parodied in “The Simpsons.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026
The operations have been parodied on “South Park” and “Saturday Night Live,” among other shows and movies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Bondi’s tired put-downs were so bad that “Saturday Night Live” parodied them over the weekend, with guest host Amy Poehler playing the pouty attorney general.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025
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
The chatbot would then produce a snide response parodying Chan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 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
Heidecker also created the web series “On Cinema” with comedian Gregg Turkington, parodying movie review shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Before she broke out in 1988’s “Beetlejuice,” O’Hara was mainly known for her sidesplitting impressions on “SCTV,” parodying outsized icons such as Lucille Ball, Tammy Faye Bakker and Katharine Hepburn.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026
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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