Philosophy
As I continue work on my paper for the Lighthearted Philosophers' Society, I've come to the section on spoofs. For stylistic reasons, I'm tempted to use the terms parody, spoof, and satire as roughly synonymous, but am deeply uncomfortable about it. Are there differences between them?
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Philosophy
What's the Difference?: Parody, Spoof, and Satire
As I continue work on my paper for the Lighthearted Philosophers' Society, I've come to the section on spoofs. For stylistic reasons, I'm tempted to use the terms parody, spoof, and satire as roughly synonymous, but am deeply uncomfortable about it. Are there differences between them?
- Bullshit Or Not: Woody Allen Edition
Here's a bit that used to be a regular at the Playground, but which I haven't dusted off in a while. The title comes from a sketch in the old film "Amazon Women on the Moon" which included a spoof of the old Leonard Nemoy series "In Search of..."...
- Is A Sense Of Humor A Virtue?
My Fellow Comedists, Thinking about a paper at today's Lighthearted Philosophers' Society meeting. Is a sense of humor a virtue? Is a sense of humor a necessary part of a well-lived human life? If you do not have an appreciation for things funny,...
- Limericks
My Fellow Comedists, As I continue to work on my paper for the upcoming meeting of the Lighthearted Philosophers Society, the topic of limericks has come up. In working on an account for what makes limericks funny, I took out of the library G. Legman's...
- Poe's Law Nevermore?
Our friends Scott Aiken and bob Talisse have an interesting post up about the argumentative effects of Poe's law. Poe's law is: Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such...
- Best Spoofs
My Fellow Comedists, Last weekend, we showed the kids Airplane!. Then, taking the kids into school on Tuesday, the classical music station played Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours, which, of course, gave rise to a rousing chorus of "Hello Mudder, Hello...