The second half in Port Elizabeth felt almost parodic. From Wordnik.com. [World Cup 2010: Serbia battle their own demons] Reference
But the list is good and not self-parodic, like McCain's. From Wordnik.com. [That List Of "Democrats And Indys" Backing McCain? It's A Bit Of A Sham.] Reference
Others have remixed the leaked audio for parodic purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Inspired by an Outburst] Reference
But the fun is not slapstick or parodic — it is affectionate. From Wordnik.com. [Brad and Angelina] Reference
The takeoff-mad Coens even lay their parodic mitts on Busby Berkeley musicals. From Wordnik.com. [All-Purpose Parody] Reference
Update: John Podhoretz has posted a parodic obituary that appeared on Facebook. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-01-01] Reference
Despite the parodic intent, the show isn't really funny, insightful or dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of CNBC ��� Return of Seinfeld ��� What's in a Name, Patricia Fili-Krushel?] Reference
One cannot use trademarks even for parodic purposes without being at the wrong end of the law. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
So, it appears the parodic big hair metal rock band Limozeen has had its first (?) live concert. From Wordnik.com. [Women and Men] Reference
That parodic obituary better describes the decline of idealism in Salinger's readers than in Salinger. From Wordnik.com. [Salinger’s death] Reference
Supp. 2d 84, 90-91 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) (emphasizing the role of contrast and juxtaposition as parodic devices). From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: July 25, 2004 - July 31, 2004 Archives] Reference
The narration — complete with English accent — does a good job of balancing the parodic with the serious. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Digest: The Pugilist Primary] Reference
Well, not exactly a joke, but written with parodic intent (i.e., as a parody of extremist positions on the matter). From Wordnik.com. [Small wonder] Reference
The concept is sharply executed (mostly by Tim Stack as the sleazy host), but aren't talk shows self-parodic enough?. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday Night Fever] Reference
But the book suffers from the opposite problem: Its depiction of Hollywood life is unlikely without being parodic. From Wordnik.com. [Yaddo in the Land of Yoda] Reference
Stewart even alluded, in however a self-parodic way, to the positive ratings consequences of having Cramer on the program. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Menaker: Discomfort Zone] Reference
The idea is parodic, but Taiwan News points to the hollowness at the core of the claim to cross-strait "peace" in the making. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
My dark horse, and preference, is Langella, who did a masterful job of evoking Nixon without any of the standard parodic cues. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Remington: The Remingtoscars: Who I Want to Win at the Academy Awards, 2009 Edition] Reference
Note the importance of physical context as to whether "BH4J" was parodic, political, incitement to crime, or all of the above. From Wordnik.com. ["Bong Hits 4 Jesus," "Bong Hits 4 Jesus," "Bong Hits 4 Jesus"...] Reference
Beatty recycles Mailer's stale ideas, hoping that the parodic tone and hip-hop packaging will fool us into thinking that it's fresh. From Wordnik.com. [Same Ol' White Negro] Reference
It's possible that it takes an obscene, raw, mighty parodic work like the Underground USA Trilogy to bring that time into literature. From Wordnik.com. [Fever Dreams of Your FBI] Reference
Arnold rowing to the bad guy's island in a black speedo pretty much confirms the parodic nature of the movie, as if there were any doubt. From Wordnik.com. [Commando (1985): B+] Reference
As I suggested in my essay, experienced psychoanalysts will deplore this case history, but it is less parodic of their own work than they might wish. From Wordnik.com. ['Victims of Memory': An Exchange] Reference
Though Gussow mentions this incident only in passing in his highly revealing biography, it is hard not to see it as a kind of absurd, parodic epiphany. From Wordnik.com. [These Illusions Are Real] Reference
His staging is notable for the complete absence of the self-parodic touches that you'd expect from a present-day production of a 19th-century costume drama. From Wordnik.com. [Down for 'The Count' and the Bard] Reference
The storyline is complex, a mixture of discourses, largely parodic, swirling around themes of human passion and morality in both personal and legal settings. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Postfeminist art, often highly theoretical and deeply serious, also tends to be playful and parodic in style; it is less overtly political than the art of earlier feminists. From Wordnik.com. [Feminist Aesthetics] Reference
Then what I probably would do, I'd bring along a printout of my humor piece and show him and say, "I suppose this parodic narrative structure and setting is your goddam idea?". From Wordnik.com. [Teddy Wayne: J.D. California is a Goddam Thief Who Ripped Me Off, Too] Reference
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