Sentences with phrase «as parody»

I took your first couple of paragraphs as a parody of a particular stereotype.

But it's never clear if this is meant as a parody, an exploitation film or a black comedy.

A cryptocurrency that was created as a parody and named after an internet meme now has a market value of more than $ 2 billion.

It's been described as a parody of a poorly translated film / game.

The conclusion is so rushed it almost functions as parody.

But how has something that came to existence as a parody of the greatest flaws of video games become so popular?

There are those who would write Dream Daddy off as a parody.

As a parody of videogames, it has its moments.

The same innuendo led the Shake Weight to be featured on The View and Ellen as well as parodied on Saturday Night Live.

The account started as a parody of the Christian organization Socality, but it soon gained a much wider following.

The highly stylized action picture is perhaps intended as a parody of ultra-violent flicks.

As parodied on South Park.

I think because it doesn't aim to replace anything Nintendo does and since his Waluigi is very different from Nintendo's Waluigi from a design perspective, art style and charaterization, it's so far removed that it actually does qualify as parody.

Jeong is by turns elegantly menacing and prancingly ridiculous, adopting a faux Chinese accent that plays less as a straight - on ethnic cliché and more as a parody of clueless comedic stereotypes.

While written as a parody of Hollywood action blockbusters, squabbles over tone and a repeatedly rewritten script soon turned this meta - satire (which was apparently lost on half the production) into exactly what it sought to lampoon.

In their own way, these painted brushstrokes become one with the pattern of the fabric, thus the painting can also be read as a parody of abstract painting.»

Twitter's Designation of the Account as a Parody Account: Twitter has guidelines for registering and using Twitter accounts for parody, commentary, and fan purposes.

Movies like this that exist simply as parodies do not worry about conventions like plot or character development.

I'm trying to think — have there been any really good video games which also worked as parodies?

And then let us add that movies which try to spoof the porn industry are as tiresome by now as parodies of bad «50s sci - fi.

The wistful naturalism of the performance makes the melodrama easier to swallow, but the film as a whole comes across as a parody of those war films where you hear a wide - eyed private proclaim how much he's looking forward to seeing his wife and unborn child before embarking on a mission code - named «Total Annihilation».

Its industrial - scale foam blocks could serve as a parody of Donald Judd's boxes, modular furniture, or the maze of lower Manhattan.

With its anti-conformist tone, The Funnies plays with forms such as parody, caricature and the absurd, paying homage to a subject often returned to within art: humour.

Such copycats, as well as parodies like «Life Sucks,» which appeared briefly in department stores a few years ago, earn a warning letter from the company's counsel.

One could see such highly organized assaults on boredom as parodies of the practices of cenobites in desert caves where, however, the rebellious ego and flesh were mortified, not pampered.

Using true history as a parody, the Gospel writers called into question all the central beliefs and practices of Roman life and worship.

Begun as a parody of other fishing periodicals, «The Wretched Mess News» combines wacky advice to the angler with attacks against conservation injustices

She's not stunningly intelligent by any means, but she's not played as a parody either.

It would be easy and accurate to describe Sausage Party as a parody of contemporary family - friendly animation, particularly of the Pixar - produced variety.

Naw, Weird Al wasn't really involved with this, although a polka - flecked rhythm game that doubles as a parody of «Paperback Writer» would be pretty rad.

The Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Back on DVD The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were originally created in 1984 by cartoonists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird who conceived the characters as a parody of Marvel's Daredevil, the New Mutants and other popular superheroes of the day.

The plot exists nearly as a parody of rarefied 1970s - era art films about troubled, privileged white people: Catherine (Elisabeth Moss), the daughter of a legendary artist, retreats with Virginia (Katherine Waterston) up to the latter's remote family cabin somewhere in upstate New York when her boyfriend leaves her in the wake of her father's death.

He is designed as a parody of a Kurosawa warlord, so naturally there will be think pieces comparing him to President Trump.

Also: an ending that would qualify as parody if I thought Clint Eastwood were capable of parody.

But it's Malkovich himself who steals the show as a parodied, tongue - in - cheek version of his own reputation for being slightly stuck - up.

On Friday (October 21), the 35 - year - old actress and comedian took to Twitter to share a video of herself and Goldie getting down and dirty as they parody Beyonce «s «Formation» video.

Satire runs throughout the whole film with hard - hitting critiques of politicians» devious plots to get reelected, as well as parodies including a great take on the popular Internet meme «Hitler's Downfall».

Only a few other images, such as the Mona Lisa or Scream, by Edward Munch, are as widely known as American Gothic, and because of its high visibility, the painting is an easy choice as a parody.

A game that is Phantasy Star V in all but name wouldn't feel right as a parody.

After being released as a parody of Grand Theft Auto, THQ's Saints Row has gained its own loyal following!

Watch Dogs 2 featured the Church of the New Dawn as a parody of the Church of Scientology.

Evidenced by how Oscar Mike is the most played character, despite his status as a parody (very much revealed in his lore) and a big softie.

One can see the subtitles, the incomprehensible words, and the barely comprehensible visuals as a parody of the high - minded French and Italian new waves.