Well, you might consider making a joke of the situation.

好吧，你可以考虑开个玩笑。

It's sarcasm;it's making a joke of something with the opposite meaning.

这是讽刺；是用相反的意思开玩笑。

In order to avoid scrutiny, it could be that the Illuminati made a joke of themselves.

为了避免审查，可能是光明会开了个玩笑。

Nora says, " Yeah, I think he looks just like me, " making a joke, of course.

诺拉说，“是的，我觉得他长得像我，”当然是在开玩笑。

He could not bring himself to apologise. Instead, he tried to make a joke of it.

【joke】他难以开口道歉，倒想拿这件事情开个玩笑蒙混过去。

A " parody" (parody) is something that imitates or copies something else, but in a funny way;it is making a joke of something.

“模仿” （parody）是模仿或复制其他东西的东西，但是是以一种有趣的方式； 它是在开玩笑。