Parody and Satire
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"A parody, in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of humorous or satirical imitation. As the literary theorist Linda Hutcheon puts it, "parody...is imitation with a critical difference, not always at the expense of the parodied text." Another critic, Simon Dentith, defines parody as "any cultural practice which provides a relatively polemical allusive imitation of another cultural production or practice."
Parody may be found in art or culture, including literature, music, and cinema. Parodies are colloquially referred to as spoofs or lampoon."
Parody may be protected under fair use, which does allow for limited use of copyrighted work by other persons without requiring the permission of the copyright holders. However, lawsuit has often been brought against the creators of parodies, with mixed responses from judges.
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"Satire is strictly a literary genre, although it is found in the graphic and performing arts as well as the printed word. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with an intent to bring about improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be funny, the purpose of satire is not primarily humour in itself so much as an often quite angry attack on something the author strongly disapproves, using the weapon of wit.
A very common, almost defining feature of satire is the strong vein of irony or sarcasm, but parody, burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. The essential point, however, is that "in satire, irony is militant]. This "militant irony" (or sarcasm) often professes to approve the very things the satirist actually wishes to attack."
"A parody, in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of humorous or satirical imitation. As the literary theorist Linda Hutcheon puts it, "parody...is imitation with a critical difference, not always at the expense of the parodied text." Another critic, Simon Dentith, defines parody as "any cultural practice which provides a relatively polemical allusive imitation of another cultural production or practice."
Parody may be found in art or culture, including literature, music, and cinema. Parodies are colloquially referred to as spoofs or lampoon."
Parody may be protected under fair use, which does allow for limited use of copyrighted work by other persons without requiring the permission of the copyright holders. However, lawsuit has often been brought against the creators of parodies, with mixed responses from judges.
From Wikipedia
"Satire is strictly a literary genre, although it is found in the graphic and performing arts as well as the printed word. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with an intent to bring about improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be funny, the purpose of satire is not primarily humour in itself so much as an often quite angry attack on something the author strongly disapproves, using the weapon of wit.
A very common, almost defining feature of satire is the strong vein of irony or sarcasm, but parody, burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. The essential point, however, is that "in satire, irony is militant]. This "militant irony" (or sarcasm) often professes to approve the very things the satirist actually wishes to attack."