Example sentences for: parodies

How can you use “parodies” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • !) and lame parodies of Xena: Warrior Princess , Rambo ("Roseambo," the episode was titled), and I Dream of Jeannie . TV husband John Goodman, who'd grown sick of the show and Roseanne, was all but written out of the plot.

  • The sketch in question parodies a recent CBS Christmas special And So This Is Christmas . The idea is to do a promotional spot for the forthcoming CBS special "And So This Is Hanukkah ." For those who didn't tune in on Dec. 4, it went like this:

  • They're partly exquisite little parodies of travel lit, partly cruel little fables.

  • It's a one joke movie, but the one joke is good, and the actors are great: "Laughs battle formulas and laughs win" (Jay Carr, the Boston Globe ). As the mob boss, "De Niro parodies his own persona with huge relish" (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ), and Crystal's put-upon analyst is refreshingly underplayed.

  • The cover of Angry Johnny and the Killbillies' album, Hankenstein , shows Hank Williams drawn like Frankenstein's monster; the cover of a Bloodshot alternative-country anthology called Hell-Bent parodies a famous photo of a grimacing, emaciated Williams in an Alabama jail.


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