parody
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With the Wayans brothers firmly back in the driver’s seat, horror parody “Scary Movie” muscled its way past He-Man for the top spot at the box office this weekend.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
India's viral "cockroach" political parody group says its website has been blocked just days after it launched.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
The latest examples are almost too on-the-nose to parody.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
And finally, they get into The Onion’s mission to take over the right-wing conspiracy platform InfoWars in the name of parody and paying the victims of Sandy Hook.
From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026
Under the pseudonym “Historicus,” he published a parody of the speech delivered by James Jackson of Georgia.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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