It was the final couple of sentences which set me off on my spoofery. From Wordnik.com. [Out on a limb] Reference
"Depicting the president as demonic and a socialist goes beyond political spoofery," Hutchinson has said. From Wordnik.com. [Politics and Power: Politics and Power] Reference
This was not just another comic take off on a popular movie character, or even low brow spoofery or political punditry. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The Obama Joker Poster] Reference
It would be hard to imagine a bigger, more obvious target for spoofery than bogus spiritual teachers, but Myers never aspires to satire. From Wordnik.com. [My Year of Flops] Reference
By the 1970s, inspired spoofery was the norm, as in Roman Polanksi's "The Fearless Vampire Killers" and the drive-in favorite "Blacula," in which William Marshall is billed as "Dracula's Soul Brother.". From Wordnik.com. [Psychos and Suckers] Reference
On the Yes Men's site, they offer a complete round up of the spoofery, including this nod to the recent troubles of James O'Keefe, who, if his Facebook page is any guide, draws inspiration from the Yes Men. From Wordnik.com. [The Yes Men Prank Davos, Send Out Press Release With Blankfein Confessions] Reference
Time magazine reported that "Lionized by convention delegates was the supposed author of this spoofery, tousle-haired Harold Raymond Wayne Benjamin," a cowboy-turned-college-administrator "who can roll two cigarets at once.". From Wordnik.com. [The Sultry Margarita] Reference
The spoofery, which runs to inch-thick accents, who's-on-first dialogue and nudge-nudge references to other Hitchcock films, is decidedly collegiate, and I suspect "The 39 Steps" would have been more amusing in a small Off-Broadway house than in the 740-seat American Airlines Theatre, but the slapstick is worthy of a silent movie and is absolutely guaranteed to divert. From Wordnik.com. [Funny Man Gets Serious] Reference
Highway robbery, Broadway spoofery and Punchdrunk love in Manchester. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"Depicting the president as demonic and a socialist goes beyond political spoofery," says. From Wordnik.com. [The Anchoress] Reference
A similar charade and even more elaborate spoofery are now being planned to justify Lisbon Two. From Wordnik.com. [Infowars] Reference
If Ireland as a society falls for spoofery of this kind, we would justifiably become the laughing stock of Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Infowars] Reference
"Depicting the president as demonic and a socialist goes beyond political spoofery," says Hutchinson, "it is mean-spirited and dangerous.". From Wordnik.com. [Rhymes With Right] Reference
A spokesman from the Los Angeles urban policy unit said that depicting the president as demonic and a socialist 'goes beyond political spoofery.'. From Wordnik.com. [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference
There's also evidence that the UCSD racial spoofery is not isolated, that students at other campuses have had their own versions of Compton Cookouts. From Wordnik.com. [The Hutchinson Political Report] Reference
It is a curious phenomenon, and one that constantly recurs in the history of cozenage, how people who live by spoof fall victims so readily to spoofery. From Wordnik.com. [She Stands Accused] Reference
While this production may traffic in the antics of classic stage spoofery, its real raison d'être is to love, honor and obey the spirit of the film that inspired it. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Tom Hollander, Chris Addison and Peter Capaldi in particular impress with their performances which tread a perfect line between naturalism and over-the-top spoofery and delivery is precisely on-the-money every time. From Wordnik.com. [getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed] Reference
The idea of course is to get the tongues furiously wagging, get enraged emails, letters and phone calls pouring in, and then put forth the predictable defense calling this and other inflammatory cartoons a parody, a free speech right, and harmless spoofery. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
★ 'BRIEF ENCOUNTER' This captivating adaptation of the 1945 film, a British import from the Kneehigh Theater Company, may traffic in the antics of classic stage spoofery, but its real raison d'être is to love, honor and obey the spirit of the movie that inspired it. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Some of the Hollywood riffs are quite well observed, but the spoofery just isn’t intelligent enough to make them excellent. From Wordnik.com. [SIMON says TROPIC THUNDER is big, but it isnt clever… | Obsessed With Film] Reference
The President’s turn at Rotarian-style “look-at-silly-me” spoofery was comforting to most of the grandees on hand, to be sure. From Wordnik.com. [The Smarmies of the Night] Reference
I don’t think the mere fact of spoofery justifies “Al-Jazzera” or “news commentators … has asked the FBI, CIA and other … to create shorter nicknames”. From Wordnik.com. [Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab | Linguism | Language Blog] Reference
Probably the least famous of his ventures into spoofery- but infinitely better than For Your Consideration, A Mighty Wind doesn’t have the laugh-count of Spinal Tap, or the tender subtle perfection of Best In Show, but it is a definite slow-burner and a classic in its own right. From Wordnik.com. [All-Time Top Ten Comedy Films About The Music Industry… | Obsessed With Film] Reference
As I've already remarked, it's not Bond-spoofery. From Wordnik.com. [Sleaze Break: SOUTH OF THE BORDELLO by Rod Gray (Belmont Tower 1973)] Reference
More sterling spoofery from Clifford Singer. From Wordnik.com. [Freemania] Reference
1980 to finish off that moribund genre and establish an era of spoofery that has not yet ended. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
See … http://www. abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL? bi = 1137778149&searchurl = sts%3Dt%26tn%3DThe%2BWorm-Runners%2BDigest%26x%3D62%26y%3D9 if you appreciate old scientific spoofery and high jinks. From Wordnik.com. [Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium: Election 2008 Edition] Reference
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