as in satire
a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general
this classic musical is a lampoon of the movie business at the time when sound was introduced
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Recent Examples of lampoon
Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Saturday Night Live kicked off with Bowen Yang reprising his role as George Santos in what could be one of the last instances of the former congressman being the subject of such a high-profile lampoon given his expulsion from the House of Representatives Friday.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2023
Phil Helsel, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2024
Scary Movie 2, which lampooned haunted house movies like The Haunting and The Exorcist, made $141 million on a $45-million budget.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Like Truffaut, Dupieux lampoons the infallible egos of some of France’s most famous actors, revealing the sparks that fly when those egos come crashing together on set.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Saturday Night Live kicked off with Bowen Yang reprising his role as George Santos in what could be one of the last instances of the former congressman being the subject of such a high-profile lampoon given his expulsion from the House of Representatives Friday.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2023
Verb
Netflix on social media acknowledged the problems, which were lampooned by X users who posted heavily pixelated videos purported to be the match.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2024
Scary Movie 2, which lampooned haunted house movies like The Haunting and The Exorcist, made $141 million on a $45-million budget.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lampoon
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Among its selections this spring is this 2001 satire that, considering climate change and our incoming administration, will probably still hit pretty hard.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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The horror satire from French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat, in which Moore portrays a successful actress who attempts to reverse her aging process, also earned nominations for best motion picture musical or comedy, Margaret Qualley's supporting performance, directing and writing.Jack Smart, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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State of play: The alien invasion film directed by Trent Harris satirizes Utah's culture and religious history.Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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The comedy satirizes a stranger-than-fiction psychic government investigation that actually happened in the 1990s.Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
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Since original cast members John Candy and Joan Rivers have died, a Spaceballs sequel would probably have to get creative with casting as well (and perhaps even parody Carrie Fisher's posthumous performance in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker).Christian Holub, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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The Coen brothers took their inspiration from the films of Preston Sturgess and Frank Capra, among others, but the intent was never to satirize or parody those films.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2024
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Critics have caricatured the Adams plan as a giveaway to developers that will let light and sky-stealing high-rises lord over lower-density housing, rendering neighborhoods unrecognizable.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Elegy thus belongs to an old and ignoble genre, one which caricatures the hillbilly for an audience’s titillation.Sarah Jones, Vulture, 15 July 2024
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RuPaul shares Drag Race video of herself slapping Tyra Sanchez after season 2 winner mocked The Vivienne's death RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 airs Fridays at 8 p.m. on MTV.EW.com, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Hogan briefly appeared to promote his Real American Beer brand and was instantly and overwhelmingly booed and mocked by the enormous crowd at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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In the process, Fur & Loathing also illuminates a subculture that is often derided but that provides joy and fulfillment for its members.Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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In a series of more than 100 posts on his X platform Wednesday—just two days before the government was set to shut down—Musk derided a 1,500-page spending bill endorsed by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., as too lengthy and too expensive.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Server locations matter, partly because a bigger collection of places means more options for spoofing your own location, but mainly because a closer server usually yields better speed and lower latency.PCMAG, PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
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Wine Spilling On Kotb Saturday Night Live spoofed Kotb and Gifford as wine swillers, and an incident in 2012 reminds everyone why.Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Apart from Musk’s most loyal sycophants, the build was almost universally ridiculed as the work of a complete novice.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
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Russia has repeatedly denied launching hybrid attacks against NATO, in many cases ridiculing the accusations, even though NATO officials say Moscow has set up a special directorate focused on carrying them out.Lara Jakes, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Lampoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lampoon. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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