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
Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Ridley Scott, William Oliver Stone and Jane Campion are among the directors who have lampooned Marvel/DC projects and big-budget action films.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 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
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
Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Ridley Scott, William Oliver Stone and Jane Campion are among the directors who have lampooned Marvel/DC projects and big-budget action films.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2024
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Staples turns that set-up into a hilarious and slightly surreal satire about the challenges facing Black entrepreneurs.EW Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Sacks produced the satire Thank You for Smoking and Daliland.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
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Before politicians were memed on the Internet, they were satirized in political cartoons printed in newspapers and magazines.Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Through his protagonist, de Assis satirizes the foppishness and cruelty of the 19th century's slave-owning white elites.The Week US, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The film clearly parodies Hollywood stereotypes and the movie-making process, blending humor with absurd situations.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Another creator parodied the TikToks of people blaming Younger for their kitchen woes, posing with a baking dish of uncooked pasta covered in flour.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 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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As is human nature, the two sides caricature each other and try to demonize each other.Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
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During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump often mocked Macron, imitating his accent and threatening to impose steep tariffs on wine and champagne bottles shipped to the U.S. if France tried to tax American companies.SYLVIE CORBET, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump often mocked Macron, imitating his accent and threatening to impose steep tariffs on wine and Champagne bottles shipped to the U.S. if France tried to tax American companies.Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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The company derided regulators in a lengthy blog post.Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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Michael Saylor was roundly derided for his bet on bitcoin, but the joke is now on his critics: the strategy has been insanely lucrative, with MicroStrategy reported to have made a profit of $11 billion on its investment at the last count.Sandy Carter, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Phone numbers also can be spoofed to mimic those of callers known to the target of voice cloning scams.Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Don’t trust caller ID, as scammers can spoof phone numbers.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Utzon’s lead role drastically changed in 1965, when Robert Askin, who had frequently ridiculed the project’s design, cost overruns, and delays, was elected as the new premier of New South Wales.Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
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But instead of reciprocating, Lila told him to get away from her and started ridiculing him.Krista Stevens, Longreads, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Lampoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lampoon. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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