User:MaoXiRong/Parody

Feedback from Dr. Vetter
Hello. Great work on this update to the "Parody" article. Sources are great. Your additions are useful especially in terms of differentiating between parody and other similar genres, and your examples are also well done. I don't see any problems or issues on first glance. Be sure to make multiple edits and leave detailed edit summaries when you move to the mainspace article. - DarthVetter (talk) 14:58, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Satire
Satires and parodies are both derivative works that exaggerate their source material(s) in humorous ways. However, a satire is meant to make fun of the real world, whereas a parody is a derivative of a specific work (“specific parody”) or a general genre (“general parody” or “spoof”). Furthermore, satires are provocative and critical as they point to a specific vice associated with an individual or a group of people to mock them into correction or as a form of punishment. In contrast, parodies are more focused on producing playful humor and do not always attack or criticize its targeted work and/or genre. Of course, it is possible for a parody to maintain satiric elements without crossing into satire itself, as long as its “light verse with modest aspirations” ultimately dominates the work.

Travesty
A travesty imitates and transforms a work, but focuses more on the satirization of it. Because satire is meant to attack someone or something, the harmless playfulness of parody is lost.

Pastiche
A pastiche imitates a work as a parody does, but unlike a parody, pastiche is neither transformative of the original work, nor is it humorous. Literary critic Fredric Jameson has referred to the pastiche as a “blank parody,” or “parody that has lost its sense of humor.”

Skit
Skits imitate works “in a satirical regime.” But unlike travesties, skits do not transform the source material.

Burlesque
The burlesque primarily targets heroic poems and theater to degrade popular heroes and gods, as well as mock the common tropes within the genre. Simon Dentith has described this type of parody as “parodic anti-heroic drama.”

Internet examples

 * “After Ever After” a capella series by YouTube personality Jon Cozart, parody of various Disney songs
 * “Suponjibobu” animation by YouTube personality “Narmak,” parodies Stephen Hillenburg’s SpongeBob SquarePants series and anime tropes

Modern television examples

 * “Handyman Corner” and “Handyman Tip” segments on The Red Green Show by Steve Smith and Rick Green, parodying home improvement and do-it-yourself shows