Our discussion in class about “The Wild Swans Skip School” parodying “The Wild Swans at Coole” by William Yeats and “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks got me thinking about the effects of parodies. Are parodies a good or a bad art form? Are parodies all in harmless fun or are they offensive? Parodies usually take the core and structure of something and then switch it around. They usually are used to poke fun of a certain subject but, at times they are used to pay tribute to something. The first person that comes to mind when I think of parodies is Weird Al. I remember a minor controversy involving a popular rapper at the time. Coolio had a song out called “Gangster Paradise” that he took very serious. The rapper put a lot of his emotions into the song and so when Weird Al parodied it into “Amish Paradise” that’s when the controversy started. Weird Al did offer an apology to Coolio and the two did end being okay with each other. There are some that view parodies as humor and some that see it as being rude and offensive. I’m one of the people that view it as comedy. I think parodies are hilarious and I love being able to see, read, and hear them.
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I like parody. I think its nice to find comic aspects in everything, it helps a person understand better or bring light to a serious situation. If i wrote something and someone did a parody on it id be happy that someone would find my work that entertaining.
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