Comedy is a popular genre, which contains the minor sub-genre know as a parody. A parody is a type of films that takes previous scenes from a movie and mocks or imitates them in a humorous manner. To successfully pull this off, the characters, sound, shot angles, and all other details must resemble the original scene and then shock the audience with a comedic result. The words parody comes from ancient Greek Theater. The word parody means “beside song.” An example of a Parody is the movie Airplane! (1980). This is a parody of the disaster movie. Monsters Inc. (2001) is not a parody but there is a certain scene in the movie, which mocks a similar shot from The Right Stuff (1983). Film parodies date all the way back to Buster Keaton’s The Three Ages (1923). Parody is often connected to satire. Parody films are very tough to please critics. In the 1960’s, many spy movies were made, possibly due to the Cold War, and this led to many spy spoofs. One of the most famous series of parodies is the Austin Powers series. In 2004, Edgar Wright directed Shaun of the Dead intending to mock the zombie genre. This movie remains near the top of the parody genre. The plot is a normal man named Shaun witnesses a sudden zombie outbreak. He must be brave to save his mum and girlfriend from the zombies. When the movie seems as if it would get scary, a surprise turn occurs and forces a chuckle from the audience.
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