Tag Archives: parody

Murder by Death vs Clue

Murder By Death: a comedy pitting Detectives against each other. Archetypes and Stereotypes, sides of a coin Clue was a board game and it became a movie with three endings. An Arena, a Pretext and then Players. Movies with Book … Continue reading

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5th April, 2016 – News Aversion Therapy

All the News that’s Fit to Print, in a If it Bleeds, it Leads Newstainment Kinda World. the opposite of fundamentalism is mentalist fun – parody and satire with peak irony reached when they can no longer be easily told … Continue reading

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Rock of Ages: Teen Sploitation

The fictional based on a true life story or the fictional life story that hits all the same plot points: following on the Walk the Line serious Johnny Cash biopic and the Oscar winning Ray biopic Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox … Continue reading

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Freedom of speech includes offensive speech

We start with a family who grieves their loss amid a mass social displacement, they are one of many, but the Kurdis were swept into the spotlight, becoming Symbolic People, not just them, but standing in for said many. For … Continue reading

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Understanding Blasphemy 101

The Vatican has condemned the current cover of Charlie Hedbo as being disrespectful to true believers. Which is actually the point of satire and parody, to be disrespectful in a way that reveals a truth. If you don’t do it … Continue reading

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LOTR vs Extended LOTR

The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. whew. it’s quite a read. It was made first into animated movies because live action would be too expensive, the days of movies with … Continue reading

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Super Folklore: The World of Weres

Sabine Baring–Gould’s 1865 “book on werewolves” remains the definitive work on the European Werewolves. It includes collected townie tales an transcripts of actual trials. It was a lesser known aspect of the various European Witch Hunts and an era where … Continue reading

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Writer Chat 158: Spoof, Parody and Satire

Wendy Jane Henson The results are not always great. For example, Neil Simon’s THE CHEAP DETECTIVE. It ran today on TCM. A send-up of just about every Bogart movie made. With an enormous cast that includes just about every comedy … Continue reading

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From Rocksploitations to Rock Opera: The Movie Soundtrack

In the 1960s, the rock n roll exploitation popcorn flick gave way to beach blanket bingo first base movies and Tommy made rock autistically operatic. Collapsing into self parody Spinal Tap a rock sound track or a story of a … Continue reading

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The Purpose of Humour and Humor

  Kenneth Brock   Does anyone here know the 1998 version of the lyrics to “Who’s Next” as Tom performed on the Hey, Mr Producer! tribute? Michael James Myers I had no idea that occurred! Kenneth Brock I read about … Continue reading

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