Words similar to spoof
Example sentences for: spoof
How can you use “spoof” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
I type up the subjects I want to spoof and put them under my pillow.
One of them, he writes, "sent me back a serious letter about some of the categories, while the other, not knowing whether it was a spoof or not, wrote: 'You are too good a sociologist not to have created something which itself is quite useful.'
(Click here for its witless Slate spoof.)
Critics say the sci-fi spoof set in the year 3000 is more visually interesting but that it lacks the "bite" (Ron Wertheimer, the New York Times ) and the "snappy rhythm and the kind of far-reaching humor" (Ginia Bellafante, Time ) that make The Simpsons so good.
This gentle Star Trek spoof strikes a chord; it's "a fast, loose, and very funny parody that pulls off the not-so-simple feat of tweaking Trekkies and honoring them" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). The film's premise: A group of middle-aged actors from a long-canceled space show get "spacejacked by naive aliens in need of protection" who mistook the program for a historical document (Jay Carr, the Boston Globe ). The result is campy, goofy, and "funny without being flip" (Rita Kempley, the Washington Post ). (Click here to read an interview with Sigourney Weaver about her character in the movie.)