Parody
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the parody genre. The parody genre is distinct from satire by its tone. Parodies have affection for their subject, while satires are intended as a critique of their subject.
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Airplane!
Airplane!‘s renown lies in its unwavering assault of joke-a-second puns and absurdities, bringing slapstick and screwball comedies of the era it parodies to their (il)logical conclusions. However, it’s still the extremity of a frequently trite form of comedy. Airplane! never builds on itself like character-driven comedies and their potential intricacies. It’s an assault of stones… (read more)