PARODY

INVENTOR

• Hegemon of Thasos invented a kind of parody
• He would slightly alter wording in well-known poems
• He transformed the sublime into the ridiculous

BACKGROUND

• Ancient Greek literature
• Parodia= a narrative poem imitating the style and prosody of epics "but treating light, satirical or mock-heroic subjects"
• In Old Comedy that contained parody, the gods were made fun of

AIRPLANE!

• A 1980 parody film of the movie Zero Hour!
• It also makes fun of the disaster film Airport 1975

SCARY MOVIE 3

• This movie parodies lots of films
• The Ring, 8 Mile, The Matrix, Signs, The Sixth Sense, The Lord of the Rings, Air Force One, Minority Report, etc.

MORE ABOUT PARODIES

• Parodies are ironic and satiric. They make fun of movies, shows, history, people, music, etc.
• Parodies make fun of all types of movies and situations

FUNNY PARODY CLIPS

• http://youtu.be/Baw98nsMvxU
• http://youtu.be/RMQfrXC6XEM