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- noun Plural form of
parodist .
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Examples
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The Act has no hint of an evidentiary preference for parodists over their victims, and no workable presumption for parody could take account of the fact that parody often shades into satire when society is lampooned through its creative artifacts, or that a work may contain both parodic and non parodic elements.
MA GOP's lame ad and James Taylor's copyright: upon further analysis, it's still not "fair use" 2010
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The parodists 'favourite targets were inevitably anthology-pieces, sentimental classics, and the kind of poems that were regularly assigned as school-work or chosen for recitation.
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The First Amendment, of course, has long protected a wide swath of parodists -- from political cartoonists to playwrights to even pornographers See: Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, 1988.
The Riff: 'SOUTH PARK' is sued over video -- but what-what does this mean for parody? Michael Cavna 2010
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There were parodists of every variety, from hack humorists beyond number to virtuoso performers such as C.S. Calverley and J.K. Stephen.
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It should be said that the Anglo-Saxons seem to offer more to parodists than Harry Potter; strong parodies depend on strong originals.
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The finest parodists are masters of the slight stylistic distortion, the barely visible tweak.
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Whether or not most parodists are affectionate, they certainly tend to rejoice in the styles they are making fun of.
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And parodists can throw light on the parodied in any number of ways, social or psychological as well as artistic.
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Exposing the limitations of other writers is not, in itself, a particularly noble task, and if that were the principal benefit which parodists had to offer their trade would surely be regarded as a fairly dismal one.
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As parodists, they are excruciating at least as often as they are on the money.
Frankie Thomas: A Eulogy for "Flight of the Conchords" -- The Best Porn on TV 2009
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