| 单词 | sendup |
| 例句 | But, ultimately, he’s not sendup worthy: he’s the real deal. Review: Tony Conrad, ‘Completely in the Present’ 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Their interviews with Nkoloso did little to clarify whether his space program was serious, silly, or a sendup. The Zambian “Afronaut” Who Wanted to Join the Space Race 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z With its tone changing on a dime, “Sweeney” is an elaborate sendup of music-hall entertainments that needs rhythmic precision to have its impact; here, ensembles too often feel blurry. ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘The Crucible’: Not New, but Darkly Up-to-Date 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z “Velvet Buzzsaw,” a satirical horror-show sendup of the art world, isn’t a good film, but like a lot of mediocre films, it contains a trove of meaningful anthropological data. Perspective | Netflix’s ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ is a revenge fantasy against elites — making it perfect for the age of Trump 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Styled on “America’s Next Top Model” and “Project Runway,” the show is a winking sendup of the genre, with Mr. Charles in the dual role of Tim Gunn and Tyra Banks. For RuPaul, A Second Act with ‘Drag Race’ 2014-02-21T22:38:50Z It’s called “White Girl in Danger,” and it’s a race-conscious sendup of the soap opera genre. New Musical From ‘Strange Loop’ Writer to Run Off Broadway 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z But it could as easily be a sendup of the genius-artist role foisted on Ms. Walker by others. Kara Walker Creates a Confection at the Domino Refinery 2014-04-25T14:00:08Z In the running allegory of this scathing, slapstick sendup of the American dream, the road to riches — or simple economic security — runs through a feral ecosystem of predators and prey. Review: On ‘Killing It,’ It’s Dog (and Snake and Gator) Eat Dog 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z It’s a sendup of true-crime obsession in the vein of “Only Murders in the Building,” but relocated to Southern California and more aggressively morbid in its humor. 30 Shows to Watch This Summer 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z She wears some fabulous frocks, does a terrific sendup of Marlene Dietrich, and is at her caustic best when she goes off-script to lambast Starbucks and Amazon. Aladdin: A Wish Come True – review 2012-12-17T12:48:46Z On March 24 the series is airing a sendup of "Pulp Fiction." Will future generations understand "The Simpsons"? 2011-03-08T16:05:00Z Another entry is David Abrams' "Fobbit," a sendup of the Baghdad Forward Operating Base where there is a definite disconnect between those fighting the war and those watering the plants. 'The Yellow Birds': Kevin Powers' novel of the Iraq war 2012-09-05T22:19:11Z From there it was on to the classic 007 sendup Get Smart, ebulliently loopy films like The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, and the long-running Broadway musical based on The Producers. Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Ending its run on Thursday night, “30 Rock,” the show Ms. Fey created, helped write and starred in, was a witty sendup of network television that cut uncannily close to the bone. The TV Watch: Tina Fey Signs Off ‘30 Rock,’ Broken Barriers Behind Her 2013-01-30T23:11:52Z Sometimes I love being wrong: Judge and company delivered a witheringly funny sendup of the real Silicon Valley. The best TV of 2014: ‘Americans,’ ‘Fargo,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Walking Dead’ and more Half the time I thought I was in some Wes Anderson po-faced sendup of happenings and performance art. An Immersive, Absurdist Show to Remember 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z If you have read this far, you probably still don’t quite grasp the tone of “Intimacy,” which is neither your everyday sex comedy nor a sendup of one. Theater Review: Thomas Bradshaw’s ‘Intimacy’ Makes Sex Neighborly 2014-01-30T03:00:17Z “American Vandal” is an uproarious, proudly idiotic sendup of “Serial” and its true crime brethren, combing through conflicting timelines, cellphone records and bizarre tangential leads to investigate the genesis of some profane parking lot graffiti. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘S.N.L.’ and ‘Kingsman’ 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, even adults will chortle at Pilkey's hugely clever sendup of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" in the middle of "Super Diaper Baby 2." Super Diaper Baby is back in all his powder and glory 2011-07-23T01:23:32Z It’s a tribute, not a sendup, and a forceful reminder that sometimes people start fighting because they’re desperate to stop the slaughter. Review: A Salon With Strangers in a Freewheeling ‘War and Peace’ 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z With its tongue-in-cheek sensuality and gentle sendup of the British aristocracy, the film is remembered as an early landmark in '60s cinema, and York's unmistakable presence added to its appeal. Oscar-nominated British actress Susannah York dies 2011-01-16T14:47:10Z And where better than in a sendup of dunderheaded television to sing of things you love to hate? Theater Review: ‘Nobody Loves You’ Spoofs Reality TV at Second Stage Theater 2013-07-19T02:00:14Z “PEN15” is not a sendup so much as a deeply felt and utterly convincing homage to the girls they used to be. Review | In ‘PEN15,’ two women play themselves at 13 and it’s not just another nostalgia trip 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z An exception is “The Fuzz,” a cops-and-drug-dealers sendup set “somewhere in Brooklyn” that probably requires more planning and thought if only because most of its characters are puppets. Watch List: Yahoo! Screen Introduces Shows With Puppets and a Tiny Rambo 2013-09-08T21:53:03Z Real life already gave social media “influencers” a far more cutting sendup. Review: ‘Ingrid Goes West,’ and Social Media Is Her Road Map 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z What if the series were not only an arch sendup of cutthroat New York life but also a murder mystery? Why Are Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short Working Together? It’s a Mystery. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The high point is a movie-within-the-movie, a blissfully silly sendup of the “Twilight” franchise that provides “Annie” with its only moment of genuine inspiration. ‘Annie’ Remake Stars Quvenzhané Wallis 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Is there anyone left in Seattle who hasn’t read this sendup of the city’s new elite? 8 great paperbacks to tote this summer 2013-05-10T20:24:08Z There’s something odd about a sendup whose original object isn’t well understood. Fact-Check of a ‘Lifespan’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The blog, which ran only for about a year, and the book that followed, is riotously funny, a love letter, a sendup and an Ouroboros all in one. Hip-Hop as Bravado and Legacy for Men’s Fashion 2012-11-14T21:50:13Z To call the show a sendup is misleading; as a spoof, it’s toothless. Review: ‘Dames at Sea’ Skips Onto Broadway 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Yankovic described himself as enjoying a “soft renaissance,” perhaps his fourth or fifth resurgence since 1984, when his popular sendup of a certain Michael Jackson hit went into heavy rotation on MTV. Weird Al Yankovic Revels (Modestly) in His ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’ Gig 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The difference is that the sendup illustrates a silhouette thumbing its nose at the top, while the “Hamilton” emblem shows one pointing an arm toward the sky. Now ‘Spamilton’ Really Can’t Miss Its Shot to Tease ‘Hamilton’ 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z He devoted his weekly column in Haaretz to telling “the Palestinian story,” and he is the creator of “Arab Labor,” a popular sitcom that is a sendup of problems experienced by Israel’s Arab citizens. An Exchange Between Etgar Keret and Sayed Kashua 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Josh Brolin channels President George W. Bush in this biopic, hovering between a sendup and a takedown, directed by Oliver Stone. What’s on TV Saturday: Benedict Cumberbatch Hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’ 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z But this historically accurate sendup is a must-watch for the subtle jabs at his opponent and an excellent pitch: “long muscular fingers, fingers that know what they’re doing, fingers that have been there.” The Best 'Cut For Time' Sketches SNL Sketches You Should See 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The film is at once a playful, low-fi travelogue; a sendup of the Edward Snowden affair; and a portrait of an artist in crisis. The Hidden Stars of This Year’s Sundance: Hoaxes, Hucksters, and Glamorous Frauds 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Smoove as the apostle Luke; later it becomes a drawn-out sendup of the Beatles documentary “Get Back.” Review: ‘History of the World’ Repeats, as Farce 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z And "Springfield Squares" is a sendup of 1970s game shows in the vein of "Hollywood Squares" and "Tic Tac Dough." Will future generations understand "The Simpsons"? 2011-03-08T16:05:00Z But even if the sendup were accurate, the exercise would be misguided. Slate, New York Times to fantasy buffs: Grow up 2011-04-16T14:01:00Z The first “Airplane!” script, titled “The Late Show,” was a variation on “Kentucky Fried Movie”: a “Zero Hour!” sendup interrupted by parodies of television commercials. Film: Surely It?s 30 (Don?t Call Me Shirley!) 2010-06-26T12:47:00Z At first, “This Bridge” reads like a sendup of a so-called formalist dance. Review: ‘This Bridge’ Is an Audacious New Dance Work 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z “The Thanksgiving Play,” Larissa FastHorse’s satirical sendup about an elementary school drama teacher attempting to organize a culturally sensitive holiday pageant, is coming to Broadway next spring. ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ Sends Up America. Now It’s Coming to Broadway. 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z For the first go-around, SNL’s version of the inaugural debate stuck close to the script with a silly sendup of the real thing. See SNL's Presidential Debate vs. the Real Thing in 8 Moments 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z In the preface to his novel “Muse,” an affectionate sendup of the publishing industry, Jonathan Galassi pines for a bygone era when “literature was life” and “books were revered, hoarded, collected.” A New Publisher for Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z There is also “Puffs,” an Off Broadway musical that is a sendup of the Harry Potter universe. ‘Game of Thrones’ Parody Is Opening Off Broadway This Fall 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z “But beneath the languid tale of young campus love, he’s playing a shell game: The novel’s not only a forensic examination of our toxic politics, it’s also a sly sendup of literary culture.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z What follows is a rowdy sendup of the country’s id. ‘America: The Motion Picture’ Review: In Bros We Trust 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z “Severance” offers blatant commentary on “dizzying abundance” and unrelenting consumption, evolving into a semi-surreal sendup of a workplace and its utopia of rules, not unlike Joshua Ferris’s “Then We Came to the End.” The End Is Near in Two Dystopian Debut Novels 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z You could read “Psycho” as an Oedipal parable, say, or George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead” as a sendup of voracious consumerism. Movie Review: ‘Chernobyl Diaries,’ Co-Produced by Oren Peli 2012-05-25T21:37:16Z Jennifer Moon’s loopy exhibition at Commonwealth & Council is a brilliant sendup of 40 years of Conceptual art. Jennifer Moon's mesmerizing show turns the art world into a punchline 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z "Eternity: the Movie," a purposely cheesy sendup of mid-1980s pop music, offers committed performances and a few chuckles, but it's a largely one-note rendition. 'Eternity: The Movie' is fleeting fun 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z This Joss Whedon-produced comedic sendup of the horror genre begins in a familiar way: five college friends holed up for a weekend in a remote cabin. 11 Horror Movies for People Who Don’t Like Scary Movies 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z The HBO series that began as a sendup of elementary school pickup line drama and turned into a thoughtful meditation on domestic abuse featured an enviable lineup of Hollywood stars. Everything You Need to Know About the 2017 Emmy Awards 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z But Taylor took this playful sendup of bad taste — plaid jackets, beach blankets — and made something comic but also dark and disturbing. ‘Oh, I’ll Show You’: Paul Taylor and Alex Katz’s Long Collaboration 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “Hail, Caesar!” is a loving sendup of old Hollywood, a jaunty caper of kidnapping and Communist intrigue set at Capitol Pictures, a fictional studio. The Man Who Would Be Han Solo 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z This associate professor at Duke Divinity School and podcast host follows up on her 2018 best seller, “Everything Happens for a Reason,” with a sendup of the advice industry and its relentless insistence on positivity. Once a Best Seller, Always a Best Seller, Especially if You’re Rick Ross 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “Cabot Wright Begins,” a scathing take on New York’s literary culture, included a merciless sendup of Orville Prescott, a book critic for The Times. James Purdy, a Fabulist Haunting the Fringes 2013-08-26T21:23:20Z Even at Home, All Their World’s a Stage Partly reverent, mostly sendup, “Just 45 Minutes From Broadway” depicts theater folk as those lovably quirky people who can’t stop performing in life, for better or worse. Movie Review: ‘Just 45 Minutes From Broadway,’ Directed by Henry Jaglom 2012-10-16T22:18:17Z Beauman’s fourth novel is a kitchen-sink sendup of spy novels, 1930s Hollywood and screwball newspaper comedies, with a pinch of Pynchon thrown in for fun. Jungle Mold, Ornithology and Lawn Care: 3 New Novels Find Hilarity in Unexpected Places 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Seattle singer-dancer Mark Siano — smoothie, hunk, self-deprecating clown — brings "Modern Luv," his musical sendup of romance in the Internet era, back to the Triple Door this week before taking it to New York. What our writers love this week 2012-03-07T22:20:11Z As light and fluffy as meringue, this sharp sendup of the pretensions of the fashion world is infused with heart and humor. 'Chic!' takes on Paris' fashion world with heart, humor and style 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z One, dated 1944 and actually titled “Self-Portrait,” is a realistic likeness, soulful almost to the point of being a sendup of romantic melancholy. After a Tempest, Philip Guston Shines in a Show True to His Spirit 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Just before Halloween 20 years ago, the slasher spoof “Scary Movie” released its third installment, a truly unserious sendup of “The Ring,” “8 Mile,” M. Night Shyamalan and pop culture at large. ‘Scary Movie 3’ at 20: Still Kills 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z A sendup of Bravo reality T.V., with a “Curb Your Enthusiasm” tinge, the show presented Hart as a grumpy Hollywood success, miserable as he struggled to keep up with the Joneses. “Irresponsible,” Reviewed: Kevin Hart’s Family Values 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z He was pretty far off: In this reboot, which appears poised somewhere between homage and sendup, he’s the governor of California. The Best Films and TV Shows to Stream Over the Holidays 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z The wealthy get a sendup and a send-off in “Triangle of Sadness,” the latest feature from the Swedish director Ruben Ostlund, now in theaters. How ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Turns the Tables of Status 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z And there are laughs aplenty in Christopher Buckley's sendup on relations between the two superpowers that seem destined to dominate world affairs in the 21st century. US-China relations are grist for satirist's mill 2012-05-07T17:48:11Z Who doesn’t enjoy a good sendup of the very people who addicted us to the Internet and all of its devices? 'Bottle Grove,' by Daniel Handler book review - The Washington Post 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Tender and affable though the sendup was, the myth being evoked — that of the rugged individualist galloping to the world’s rescue — remains as politically potent as any in America. Iowa’s Heartland Beyond the Campaign Trail 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z This week: Women gone Wilde, plus a sendup about the making of “Gone With the Wind,” and a hit musical comedy about “the change.” L.A. theater openings, Aug. 28-Sept. 4: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and more 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z One of his best known characters was Uncle Jemima pitching "pure mash liquor" - a sendup of the Aunt Jemima character's maple syrup commercial. Actor Tracy Morgan in intensive care after New Jersey road crash 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z “Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States” sounds almost like a parody, a sendup of that filmmaker’s love of bombast and right-wing conspiracy. Television Review: Oliver Stone’s ‘Untold’ American History, on Showtime 2012-11-11T22:45:38Z A sharp and riotous sendup of Eurocentric beauty standards, “If Pretty Hurts” is punctuated with fourth-wall-breaking monologues and draws on Sampson’s personal experience to interrogate the body-image pressures faced by Black women. For Her New Play, Tori Sampson Revisited Her ‘Black Power Household’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The quotations, strikingly reminiscent of Potter’s sendup, happen to be from Barack Obama, but they are all but identical to the intonations of every president and prime minister since 1941. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Compared with his arch sendup of academia, “I thought, this might be worse,” he said. Apocalypse Now-ish (Cocktails, Anyone?) 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Gavin produced the 2015 documentary “Nerd Prom: Inside Washington’s Wildest Week,” a sendup and exposé of the annual dinner’s old ways. Perspective | Thanks, Mr. President, for making Washington’s glitziest dinner as dull as it should be. 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The troupe’s productions include “Puppet Hamlet” and “Puppet Romeo and Juliet,” but it’s hard to imagine as suitable a candidate for sendup as “Titus.” ‘Puppet Titus Andronicus,’ at the Beckett Theater 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z And yes, for sure, “Mean Girls” is a chronicle on the superficial side: Some lip service is paid to the evils of bullying, but the evening is pure sendup. Review | ‘Mean Girls’ on Broadway: Omg, you’ll lol. 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z The sendup’s target is a group of Los Angeles writers who meet weekly, waiting to be published. Movie Review: ‘Authors Anonymous’ Looks at Addiction to Being a Writer 2014-04-17T23:11:38Z It aspires to some “Phantom of the Opera”-like darkness, but more often suggests itself as a candidate for the sendup artists of “Forbidden Broadway.” ‘Girlstar’: No stars 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z It’s a sendup of petulance and avarice so sly, it could be a millennial’s answer to Madonna’s “Material Girl,” a reference that makes Ms. Petras, 25, swoon. Kim Petras Just Wants to Be a Pop Star 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z The result is neither a sendup of Chekhov nor a cranky takedown. ‘Stupid _______ Bird’ Returns to Woolly Mammoth Theater 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z And stream the second season of the medieval sendup “Norsemen.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘The Good Place’ and ‘Norsemen’ 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Part of Monday’s show was a winking tribute to, and sendup of, the folk music that flourished in the early days of the Vietnam War. Klendez Sings Across the Spectrum at 54 Below 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Its perfect pitch showed in “Original Cast Album: Co-Op,” a sendup of the ill-starred production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company,” complete with soundtrack album. Best TV Shows of 2019 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z This series is very much in the same vein — a sendup of vintage cop shows like “Starsky & Hutch,” and “ChiPs,” with a soft spot for has-beens and losers. | ?The Good Guys?: Bradley Whitford and Colin Hanks as Police Partners 2010-05-18T22:41:00Z The title would lead you to expect an over-the-top satire of an already over-the-top genre, but this sendup of psycho-thrillers is, in its early episodes, surprisingly understated. Winter TV: 20 Shows You Might Not Know Already 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Known for big, bawdy comedies that caught the spirit of their time, Reitman’s big break came with the raucous, college fraternity sendup “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” which he produced. Ivan Reitman, producer, ‘Ghostbusters’ director, dies at 75 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z The New York Times critic Manohla Dargis wrote that the film was a “blunt, ugly sendup of class politics” that “sharply divided critics.” Charlbi Dean, Star of Top Winner at Cannes, Dies at 32 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “Miseducation” is neither a glib sendup of a less enlightened era nor a pious reckoning with the bygone injustices of the past. Review: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ Resists the Straight and Narrow 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z In a smart sendup of choreographic clichés and ethnic stereotyping, Mr. Kogan, as the self-aggrandizing creator, is trapped by the very misconceptions he supposedly wants to dispel. Review: The Joyce Unleashed Series, With a Middle Eastern Flavor 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z “Based on a True Story” could have been a sanguinary sendup of the media impulse to turn slashers into celebrities, a kind of “Sweeney Pod.” ‘Based on a True Story’ Review: Only Murders on the TV 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Colbert, a professed man of the people, emphasized his love for local media by bringing on Mr. Oliver as a guest host for “Community Calendar,” a sendup of low-budget public access television. Best of Late Night: John Oliver Lashes Trump for Not Having ‘Sacrificed’ 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z How could he not be somewhat enchanted with this sendup of the entire British academic and social system? How a Fake Priest Duped Oxford and a World-Famous Historian 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Movies about the millennial moment are multitudinous, but “Wobble Palace” is special: a sendup of broke-artist types that shimmers with abashed affection. Review: In ‘Wobble Palace,’ a Relationship Hangs by a Stringy Toupee 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Obana’s collection was a hoot, both a sendup of vintage westerns and a treasure trove of good clothes, including narrowly tailored khakis, light-wash denim and a camp shirt of patchwork plaids. Fashion Review: Hood by Air, Michael Bastian, Patrik Ervell and More 2013-09-09T23:19:30Z The musical, set in the fictional River City, Iowa, is sometimes mounted as a sendup of homespun values, Bruni says. Casting coup: Jessie Mueller to play Marian in upcoming ‘Music Man’ at Kennedy Center 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z It’s a brilliant sendup of the way some privileged people respond to the gentlest, most practical efforts to combat discrimination. Review | Mateo Askaripour’s ‘Black Buck’ is an irresistible comic novel about the tenacity of racism in corporate America 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z A similar sendup — in this case, of installation art as architectural intervention — is a large black balloon shape painted on a wall at Hauser & Wirth that at first looks startlingly like an actual hole. Last Chance: Martin Creed’s Solo Shows at Gavin Brown and Hauser & Wirth 2013-12-17T22:13:14Z As an unctuous, has-been science-fiction writer in a sendup of a video-game company produced by several veterans of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” of course. The 50 TV Shows You Need to Watch This Winter 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The musical theater sendup merrily pushes the kinkiness and faked clashes of repulsive couples to profane and scatological extremes. Trash TV goes highbrow in ‘Jerry Springer: The Opera’ 2014-01-14T00:50:22Z Stoppard’s “Inspector Hound,” a sendup wandering into the surreal of the sort of British detective mystery epitomized by Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” is pretty much a perfect bit of craftsmanship. Playwrights get last word in delightful ‘Critic’ and ‘Real Inspector Hound’ 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z This is what makes “The Love Song” more than a scabrous sendup of American celebrity culture; it’s also a poignant portrait of one young artist’s coming of age. Books of The Times: ‘The Love Song of Jonny Valentine,’ by Teddy Wayne 2013-01-28T20:14:16Z But this is Sam Holcroft's Edgar and Annabel: not just a drama of political resistance set in some parallel British dystopia, but also a cute sendup of theatre acting and writing. Double Feature 1 ? review 2011-08-04T21:30:05Z She considers herself a "nonjudgmental, liberal Christian," and sees the characters' religious pretense as "a sendup." Kristin Chenoweth: 'GCB' is 'not trying to be Shakespeare' 2012-05-04T03:15:05Z Who would have thought that the origin story of Comic Book Guy, done partly as an affectionate sendup of a Wes Anderson film, would be so lovely? The Best TV Episodes of 2021 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z The character is an amiable-to-the-point-of-toothless sendup of Smith’s celebrity persona and many of the roles he’s played. ‘Spies in Disguise’ Review: Smug Agent Meets Gadget Geek 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z So the old-fashioned narration and preening models in his spring show were a bit of a sendup. Gaultier, Under New Management, and Focus of an Exhibition, Has a New Lease on Life 2012-02-29T21:29:58Z The joke was less about an outmoded convention than about a sendup of himself. Critic?s Notebook: Myq Kaplan Gives Birth to a Stand-Up Joke 2012-03-05T23:02:17Z “Dreams of Flying” is a contrived simulacrum — or is it a limp sendup? — of an Albee play. | 'Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling': ?Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling? at Classic Stage - Review 2011-10-04T02:01:04Z As a cultural artifact, it’s both a sendup and embodiment of our Facebook-enabled era of permanent reminiscence. Nostalgia Goes Niche in ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ and ‘Comrade Detective’ 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The 1967 film, given a slightly overexposed black-and-white palette and cheerfully amateur main performance, is a gentle sendup of classic Italian Neorealist films of the prior generation. Marisa Merz retrospective at the Hammer gives an overlooked female artist her due 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z It’s apparent from the start that Patrick Bateman is a sendup of a blank Wall Street generation. In Hindsight, an ‘American Psycho’ Looks a Lot Like Us 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The aggressively silly sendup “Eternity: The Movie” seems to have been constructed on the premise that all you need to make a parody are a few 1980s props and a relentless synth-pop beat. ‘Eternity: The Movie’ Spoofs the Rockumentary 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z In its stately, deadpan way, the song is quite the sendup. The Playlist: The War on Drugs and Lana Del Rey Deliver Two Kinds of Reveries 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z At the same time, Fluxus preserved and cherished its distanced, critical status, as exemplified in its sly, funny sendup of corporate culture and its socialistic innovations. Art in Review: George Maciunas: ‘Anything Can Substitute Art: Maciunas in SoHo’ 2013-01-17T22:47:16Z The one-liners come fast and furiously in this rollicking sendup as playwright Lauren Lee sets out to mock all major stereotypes. SIS Productions sends up stereotypes, American dream 2010-04-05T21:59:00Z Updated version of this sendup of the airline industry. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 22-March 1: 'Confessions of a Mormon Boy' and more 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Nothing is left to the imagination in “The Every,” which moves relentlessly from one mocking sendup of tech culture to the next, taking trends like athleisure and public shaming to their fullest, worst extent. In Dave Eggers’s New Novel, the Problem With Big Tech Is Us 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z They sit or lean on a Chesterfield wingback chair, itself a leather sendup of bourgeois male authority. 'Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium' is an impressive dual-museum overview 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z DiDi, whose world was filled with bad sex, sleazy men, cocktails and extravagant decorating, was a sendup of a certain kind of suburban stock character, but she was rendered with both affection and compassion. Diane Noomin, Who Helped Bring Feminism to Underground Comics, Dies at 75 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z In the show’s opening sketch, Baldwin returned to play President Trump in a sendup of the film “It’s a Wonderful Life.” ‘S.N.L.’: Pete Davidson Largely Absent From Last Show of Year 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z “Heart Attack” doesn’t actually need to be two hours long, but its sendup of the 24-7 life is consistently amusing. New York Asian Film Festival Is Having a Southeast Asian Moment 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Not as a sendup but as a real tribute. Auburn tribute performer Randy Hansen still living the Jimi Hendrix experience 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Its song about a Russian soldier was met with cheers there, while the Kiev audience last week saw it as a sendup. Ukrainians Turn to the Arts in a Time of Upheaval 2014-04-29T21:46:47Z It’s also an entertainment and a rip-roaring sendup of the provincialism, venality, smugness and greed ingrained in a certain strata of the American ethos — and, the curmudgeonly Twain might add, in humanity in general. Book-It’s engaging Huck and Jim navigate the n-word | Theater review 2013-04-23T01:30:59Z “Unwanted” is a buddy action comedy told with a wink, part “Beverly Hills Cop” homage and part Seth Rogen-esque genre sendup. Podcasting Is Booming. Will Hollywood Help or Hurt Its Future? 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z If "Portlandia" is a sendup of overzealous progressives and hipsters, it's become hip to watch the show. Hip, cage-free TV: 'Portlandia' is renewed 2013-06-12T11:57:18Z It was Matt’s idea to protest an all-white production of “Oklahoma!” by writing a sendup with Klansmen and hoods, putting a wicked “KKK” in the musical’s title song. ‘Straight White Men’ hits a sweet spot — and a nerve — at Studio Theatre 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z “The Royals” is a mischievous sendup, a “Dynasty” about a real dynasty, and Ms. Hurley is quite amusing as she sashays across the marble halls of Buckingham Palace, making catty remarks to servile courtiers. Review: ‘The Royals’ on E! Is Another Pretender to the Throne 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z “Real Eyes,” a performance merging stand-up comedy and contemporary dance, is a sly sendup of many aspects of the dance world that include talking about the choreographic process and pitching work to potential donors. Dance Review: Rebecca Patek’s ‘Real Eyes’ at Chocolate Factory 2012-06-03T21:19:26Z The collection he showed was cartoonish and candied, an unrepentant sendup of itself. Fashion Review: At Moschino,' a Little More Fun' 2014-02-21T16:34:05Z His boss’ response is surprising, and surprisingly optimistic for such a biting sendup of our world. 'Women Laughing Alone With Salad': A playwright's raucous riff on sexism and body shame 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Chaos “Chaos,” a new series beginning Friday on CBS is at once a deadpan sendup of the spy genre, in the manner of “Get Smart,” and something considerably less ambitious. Television Review: Can You Wear Silly Hats With Your Cloak and Dagger? 2011-03-30T23:51:48Z And, of course, Mr. Drucker had illustrated Mad’s sendup, “American Confetti.” Mort Drucker, Master of the Mad Caricature, Is Dead at 91 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The show, a sendup of Hollywood, will also tackle film franchises, mergers and unionization efforts. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘BoJack Horseman’ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z But the filmed segment was a timely sendup of the loutish ’80s-era movies that are being reconsidered in the post-#MeToo era. ‘S.N.L.’ Has Matt Damon Play Brett Kavanaugh in Season Premiere 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z After Alec Baldwin opened this week’s show with a sendup of his rambling national-emergency declaration on Friday, the president responded bright and early Sunday morning on Twitter: A Man You Can Bait with a Skit 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z “Big Lake Big City” is a remorselessly dense comedy that often plays like a deadpan sendup of films noirs and television cop shows. Critic’s Notebook: Back in Chicago, Michael Shannon and David Schwimmer 2013-08-09T20:44:12Z In her TruTV series — a surreal, affectionate sendup of home shows — the comic actress shows off her versatility, with help from some friends. The Best Performances of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The author of the novel “Where’d You Go, Bernadette,” a hilarious sendup of Seattle’s new rich, discusses her book in conversation with Nancy Pearl. A&E highlights: Plate of Nations, tulips, Rihanna 2013-03-28T00:24:18Z Bill Wyman’s song “In Another Land” is a pointed sendup of twee psychedelia, as its sweet harpsichord-backed verse gets a rude awakening in the chorus, and “On With the Show” bristles with sarcasm. Blasts From the Past From the Rolling Stones, D’Angelo, Neil Young and Can 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z This Ross figure nearly steals the show, and Semmes’s wily performance is a delicious combination of homage and sendup. Hitsville goes glitzville in ‘Motown the Musical’ 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “Marrow” is a saucy sendup of that genre. In the Brutality of the Chinese Countryside, ‘Mythorealism’ Reigns 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Likewise, there could be a dissection of gender, a critique of class hierarchies, a sendup of this genre of storytelling itself. Review: ‘Gnit’ Seeks Itself in a Mist of Magic and Mischief 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z The Pied Piper gang signs off for the final episode of this sendup of the Bay Area’s tech gold rush. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Hala’ and ‘The L Word: Generation Q’ 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s a loving sendup and lightning strike of silliness that represents SNL at its best. How SNL turned prim Queen Elizabeth II into a punk brawler 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The core joke of this show is a sendup of the history of glamorous bloodsuckers. Why the Vampire Myth Won’t Die 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z He explored Mr. Wallowitch’s mischievous side in “Das Mad Song,” a hilarious sendup of Brecht-Weill’s “Pirate Jenny,” attached to a bogus back story. Review: Mark Nadler Tempers His Razzle-Dazzle With Reflection 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z From the get-go, he and his pals wanted it to be bad: hokey bad, sendup bad. 'Casa de mi Padre': a Will Ferrell spoof, with accent on 'bad' 2012-03-13T23:43:04Z Playing the character in a tutu and clown nose, the endearing Maryam Najafzada does a sendup of a “Swan Lake” solo, shedding a snowstorm of feathers. Review | A clowning ‘Cyrano’ without words? That’s how Synetic Theater rolls. 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z It’s a horror reboot and slight sendup of a television series that is best remembered by the parents of its target audience. ‘Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island’ Review: The Pain, the Pain 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The show can be quite instructive on the basics of art theory and gender studies, but, at the same time, it also works as a sendup of people susceptible to their own B.S. Review | ‘I Love Dick’ takes an enthrallingly provocative (and funny) approach to female desire 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z “Penguins of Madagascar” promises a reasonable share of wit the minute it opens with a voice-over by Werner Herzog, in a sendup of his documentary on Antarctica, “Encounters at the End of the World.” ‘Penguins of Madagascar,’ With Voice of Benedict Cumberbatch 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The week of Frieze, Cho had artists make presentations of their work at a design shop before it was auctioned off, live, as a D.I.Y. sendup of that market ritual. Inside South Korea’s Art-Mad Capital 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Or that the choice to play Sixpence None the Richer’s “Kiss Me” in the background is a sly sendup of cheesy first-time sex scenes from pop-culture history. Josh Thomas of 'Please Like Me' Breaks Down The Bold New Season 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z A Bad Dream on Elm Avenue West Coast premiere of this musical sendup of a certain 1984 horror classic. L.A. theater openings, Oct. 9-16: Pat Kinevane's 'Underneath' and more 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z His look had its origins in the smoky, boozy nightclubs where he performed, his costumes both a sendup and a homage to the ’70s-era blaxploitation genre. Eddie Murphy’s Latest Look Is Ripe for Appropriation 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Like its predecessor, which first arrived in the form of a concept trailer back in 2012, the series is a timely and hilarious sendup. Review | Netflix’s ‘Dear White People’ is even better than the movie 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z It’s a screwball comedy with a dash of mental illness; a conventional tale of family pathos; a sendup of Big Pharma; a meditation on consumption, marriage, the nature of work. Review: Facing Marriage and Befriending a Squirrel in ‘The Portable Veblen’ 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Jennifer Senior called McKenzie’s latest novel “a screwball comedy with a dash of mental illness; a conventional tale of family pathos; a sendup of Big Pharma; a meditation on consumption, marriage, the nature of work.” Reader’s Guide to This Fall’s Big Book Awards 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Ma’s debut, “Severance,” about an emotionally numb worker in a post-apocalyptic society, won acclaim for its precise sendup of capitalism and chilly, unsettling tone. 18 Books Coming in September 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z And of course that merry sendup of the oddities of Mormonism remains the hottest ticket in town. Theater Review: ‘Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson’ 2012-11-16T03:00:13Z And if you’re looking for a superhero sendup or one of Spielberg’s first cracks at serious drama, a few of those are leaving soon as well. Stream These 7 Movies and Shows Before They Leave Netflix This Month 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The first season started as a light, quirky sendup of true crime and its obsessives. Returning to the Scene 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z In "Modern Luv," his musical sendup of romance in the Internet era, he plays to all his strengths. Why live it when you can text it? ? Mark Siano's 'Modern Luv' comes to Seattle's Triple Door 2011-02-19T18:25:04Z And unlike Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of “White Noise,” it’s not really a sendup of academic trends or pretensions. ‘Lucky Hank’ Review: Better Call Solecism 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z In a pitch-perfect sendup of Communist Party rhetoric, Yan — a former army propagandist — ends the novel with official media denouncing “false rumors about large swaths of dreamwalking-related deaths and social disturbances.” In a Brutal Chinese Satire, Villagers Surrender to Their Worst Impulses 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z “Are You Being Served?” was a broad sendup of life in a British department store, based largely on Mr. Lloyd’s experiences as a salesman at a Piccadilly shop. Jeremy Lloyd, Creator of British TV Comedies, Dies at 84 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z “Selfie,” a sendup of Instagram-ification that also begins Tuesday on ABC, was fittingly enough released in August as a sneak preview on the streaming service Hulu. ‘Selfie,’ ‘A to Z’ and Others Refresh the Romantic Comedy 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Kids will be treated as celebrity subjects in "Toddlers Tonight," a sendup of entertainment magazine shows. Maker Studios to develop programs based on Marvel 'lore' 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Chaotic and hard to follow, the film is also compulsively watchable, for its savage sendup of 1970s styles of commercialism and celebrity and for its wild expressionist touches. Seijun Suzuki, a symbol of ‘Japanese Cool’ in Film, Is Reconsidered 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z It is not as fun as the rollicking “The Nudist on the Late Shift,” Po Bronson’s hilarious sendup of Silicon Valley culture of the ’90s. A Journey — if You Dare — Into the Minds of Silicon Valley Programmers 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z It was a gentle sendup of the notion of unbound emotion — and a good thing, too. Music Review: Juho Pohjonen Joins Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 2014-03-09T19:55:12Z “It’s got to be the right movie,” he warns, “not a sendup.” Baywatch v Terminator Genisys: The Rock helps the beach movie outmuscle the competition 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z That bit of innocent percussion was not lost on Will Ferrell, who in 2000 wrote a “Saturday Night Live” sendup of “Behind the Music,” the VH1 nostalgia documentary series then saturating the airwaves. ‘(Don’t Fear) the Reaper’ Is a Creepy Tune, Even With the Cowbell 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z A blunt, ugly sendup of class politics, the movie had sharply divided critics. ‘Triangle of Sadness’ wins Palme d’Or at Cannes. 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z His growing file on Elimane includes reviews of the book — a funny and wrenching sendup of French literary culture that will resonate with Anglophone readers. In search of an erased African: An acclaimed French novel probes a literary scandal 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z An entertaining page-turner, “Sucker” is also a keen sendup of tech industry grandiosity, as well as an homage to “The Crying of Lot 49.” A punk rock record label owner strains for respectability in ‘hilarious,’ twisty ‘Sucker’ 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z It’s the difference in freewheeling romps between delightful sendup and desperation. Review | Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Bad Cinderella’ gets the title it deserves 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z And, as a sendup of the academy, some stuff doesn’t quite ring true. Review | Can depression get playful? ‘Lucky Hank’ says yes. 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z It was an acid sendup of the wealthy businessmen who helped bankroll the Franco government and the frail and aging generalissimo himself. Carlos Saura, Spanish filmmaker who drew global acclaim, dies at 91 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z “Jane Anger,” the feminist revenge comedy now onstage at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, is a sterling example of pandemic-era ingenuity — which is ironic, considering it was born as a searing sendup of that very concept. Shakespeare Theatre’s ‘Jane Anger’ was born of pandemic exasperation 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The group, which refines and varies the content regularly, has its roots in satire, as a sendup of some of the pieties of the art world. Blue Man Group is so indestructible, it’s even outlasting ‘Phantom’ 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Dec. 3-18 ‘The Fruit Cake Follies’ This affectionate sendup of holiday variety shows is back. Your ultimate guide to 'Nutcrackers,' 'Christmas Carols' and other holiday shows in SoCal 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “As ‘Airplane!’ was a sendup for disaster movies, ‘Weird’ is a sendup for biopics,” Wilson says. Rainn Wilson on his turn as Dr. Demento in ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z In what Everett calls an inversion of the “nuclear stereotyping” of Black people in American popular culture, “The Trees” opens with a savage sendup of a White family in Mississippi. Will Percival Everett’s 23rd novel finally bring him fame? He really doesn’t care. 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z He’s stepped back to focus on other endeavors, like “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” a hilariously counterfactual sendup of the prestige-biopic genre, which premieres on the Roku Channel on Nov. 4. The Great American Novelty 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The story is a sendup of so-called “crisis actors,” but it also questions how much any of our political actions are sincere, and how much shallow parroting of talking points. Review | The same George Saunders wears a heavier cloak in ‘Liberation Day’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z That song also played over the credits of a more unlikely inspiration: Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill movies, a gonzo sendup of 1970s kung-fu. Review | Minions happily take a back seat in the ’70s-inspired ‘Rise of Gru’ 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Now, she’s back with another West African comedy of bad manners, “Nollywood Dreams,” an affectionate sendup of the egocentric pretensions of the movie business. Review | Hooray for ‘Nollywood’! Jocelyn Bioh’s Nigerian satire is a pleasure. 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z This is more of a sendup of wellness culture and technology and how we live now. Sloane Crosley on cults, exes, big data and ‘Cult Classic,’ her hilarious ‘sendup of wellness culture’ 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Known for rowdy comedies that caught the spirit of their time, Reitman’s big break came with the raucous, college fraternity sendup “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” which he produced. This week’s passages 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Known for bawdy comedies that caught the spirit of their time, Reitman’s big break came with the raucous, college fraternity sendup “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” which he produced. Ivan Reitman, producer, ‘Ghostbusters’ director, dies at 75 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Known for bawdy comedies that caught the spirit of their time, Reitman’s big break came with the raucous, college fraternity sendup "National Lampoon’s Animal House," which he produced. Ivan Reitman, Hollywood producer, 'Ghostbusters' director, dead at 75 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z “The pandemic has come along at a time when the Shakespeare industry is having a reckoning,” said Austin Tichenor, managing partner of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, a 40-year-old comedy troupe whose trademark is Shakespearean sendup. Perspective | How do theaters entice new audiences with Shakespeare? There’s the rub. 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z It’s followed by an effectively cringeworthy sendup of a specific media industry that will remain nameless. The Matrix Resurrections is more interested in being self-aware than being good 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Holmes played on her femininity to impressive effect, even as she modulated her voice to a baritone and her wardrobe to a black-turtlenecked Steve Jobs sendup. Opinion | The false feminism of Elizabeth Holmes and Ghislaine Maxwell 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Dec. 3-19 ‘The Fruit Cake Follies’ Campy sendup of classic Christmas variety specials from days gone by. Your ultimate guide to live holiday entertainment around SoCal 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Everything about Elvira is over the top, designed as a sendup of Valley Girl stereotypes with a gothic aesthetic pitched somewhere between punk rock and “The Addams Family.” Cassandra Peterson finally drags Elvira, L.A.'s spookiest icon, out of the dark 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z There’s still a hint of parody in the hustle’s elegance, an adolescent sendup of grown-up glamour. Dancing Through New York in a Summer of Joy and Grief 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z In some ways, it’s actually a sendup of the genre, a meta joke that the host is definitely in on. Perspective | Paris Hilton’s new Netflix show takes all the joy out of cooking 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z You can now catch Ross on YouTube or your smart TV, on “Saturday Night Live” or in a popular Marvel sendup. How the long-dead public-television painter Bob Ross became a streaming phenomenon (and kicked up plenty of dirt in the process) 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Talk about the “Saturday Night Live” sendup where the teacher rolls her eyes at her student’s attempts to woo her. What drew Kate Mara to play a teacher who seduces a student? 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z They also sing together over Zoom, lending their different colors to songs that balance sincerity and sendup on the barrel of a gun. Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman's 'Assassins' gathers a killer roster of performers 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z It’s also a snarky sendup of Hollywood pretensions, rife with movie references; film nuts, rejoice! Our columnist picks his 10 favorite crime novels of 2020 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The trick is not only in choosing the apt vehicle to deliver commentary but also in deftly building up the MAD-esque sendup to a satisfying payoff. Review | From two cartoonists, twisted takes on life with Trump 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Less successful was Mr. Kramer’s “Just Say No,” a sendup of official morality aimed at familiar targets, including Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z The play commences as a comical sendup about urban gentrification. Review: West Adams gentrification takes center stage at Skylight Theatre 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z To all appearances, the animated comedy “Spies in Disguise” is just another a rollicking sendup of superspy thrillers. Review | Will Smith plays a spy who transforms into a pigeon in this sweetly silly satire 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z “Wall’s Wallpaper I” is a marvelous sendup of classic geometric wall drawings, complete with their own complex sets of instructions, by Sol LeWitt, a founder of Conceptual art. Review: More is more. Why the 'Pattern and Decoration' show at MOCA is pure pleasure 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z An office wrestling match between two other security workers becomes a hilarious sendup of Israeli militarism, dripping with performative machismo. Review: Nadav Lapid's ‘Synonyms’ is a brilliant, corrosive portrait of a man without a country 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z There’s a scene in Evelyn Waugh’s “Scoop,” the irreverent 1938 sendup subtitled “A Novel About Journalists,” where hapless protagonist William Boot wonders why so many reporters file divergent accounts of the same events. Review | Who split America? A journalist looks to his own for answers. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Psychology students and their professor spend the weekend in a haunted house in this sendup of horror films. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z The fearful professor and his yearning wife start things off on a serious note, yet Siskind also has a knack for the lighthearted, as demonstrated by her closing play’s scathing sendup of our tech-dependent society. New in L.A. theater: The struggles of women, as seen through the Armenian genocide 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Dirty Disney Drag artist Sherry Vine guest stars in this off-color musical sendup. Theater in L.A. this week: Idina Menzel in 'Skintight' at the Geffen and more 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z The 2016 sequel was a quirkier and more engaging sendup of techie San Francisco, complete with missions that let you do things like hack a thinly veiled caricature of Martin Shkreli. Watch Dogs Legion launches on March 6th, 2020 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Mean Gays Drag artist Peaches Christ stars in this new musical sendup of the 2004 comedy “Mean Girls.” SoCal theater listings, March 3-10: ‘Disney’s Aladdin’ at Segerstrom and more 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Zulu, she argued, was a sendup of the whites-only carnival krewes that mimicked European royalty while upholding the segregated social order. A Black Group Says Mardi Gras Blackface Honors Tradition. Others Call It ‘Disgusting.’ 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z “Ralph Breaks the Internet” is a barbed sendup of our 24-7 internet culture that ultimately falls victim to the sheer, bloated excess of what it’s trying to satirize. Review: It has wit and energy to burn, but 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' takes a cynical turn - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z In a sendup of down-on-their-luck actors who play mentally disabled characters in an attempt to win an Oscar, Ben Stiller’s character in the movie, Tugg Speedman, portrayed a character named “Simple Jack.” Shaun White apologizes to Special Olympians for ‘Simple Jack’ Halloween costume 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Baldwin, who famously portrays Mr. Trump during parodies on “Saturday Night Live,” reprised the role over the weekend for the show’s sendup of the president’s lunch with Kanye West. Alec Baldwin calls for ‘overthrow’ of Trump administration through elections 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The video, laced with prison slang and boorish threats, could have come straight out of “Goodfellas,” or maybe a sendup of a gangster movie. Putin’s Ex-Bodyguard Challenges Navalny to a Duel (of a Sort) 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z In 2016, the Burning Man website posted a funny sendup of all the ways the festival was ruined. How Burning Man Has Evolved Over Three Decades 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z For a successful sendup, you often need to love the tropes you’re ridiculing. BoJack Horseman's Lisa Hanawalt on her new graphic novel, Coyote Doggirl 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The creative choices by Groening and Weinstein also mean that “Disenchantment” is not aiming to play like some mere sendup of “Game of Thrones,” “Lord of the Rings” or a decades-long line of Disney princesses. Review | Matt Groening’s ‘Disenchantment’ gets a smart start. Just don’t expect ‘The Simpsons.’ 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z It also works as a hilarious sendup of the original “Star Trek” series and a tense sci-fi thriller romp, meaning there’s something for just about everyone. Emmy predictions: 'Versace' and 'The Tale' stand out in the limited series, movie races 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The show, written in an era before the phrase “flyover” became a pejorative, is a simplistic sendup of small-town Americana that is affectionate in tone. The 99-Seat Beat: 'Slaughter City,' '39 Steps' and more 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z His movies included “Under the Rainbow,” the 1981 sendup of the making of “The Wizard of Oz.” Jerry Maren, last of the Oz Munchkins, dies at 98 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Like his first one, “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” this is both a celebration and sendup of cartoon anthropomorphism. Review | Wes Anderson brings his jewel-box aesthetic to Japan with ‘Isle of Dogs’ 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Four fortysomething women share their feelings about dieting, exercise and more in this sendup. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Feb. 25-March 4: 'Allegiance,' 'Jackie Unveiled' and more 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z But what was most remarkable about Get Out wasn’t just that it was an excellent sendup of racial commentary, but that it was also hugely successful at the box office. A look back at the state of racial representation in Hollywood this year 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z After all, this is the artist who inspired anger and protests with “Short People,” his 1977 sendup of racism. Randy Newman weighs in on Putin, science vs. religion and more in new 'Dark Matter' album 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The brainchild of producer Jay Ward, cartoonist Alex Anderson and head writer Bill Scott, the program was an occasionally surreal sendup of Cold War politics, U.S. variety shows and classic fairy tales. June Foray, versatile voice behind Rocky the Squirrel and countless others, dies at 99 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Wrecked This comic sendup of “Lost” and other castaway dramas opens its second season with two new back-to-back episodes. Tuesday's TV highlights: 'Animal Kingdom' on TNT 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z This is a hilarious sendup of radio shows of old, complete with sound effects, snappy writing and cliffhanger endings. Stuck in Memorial Day Traffic? Here Are 15 Podcasts to Distract You 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z The next day, “Saturday Night Live” did its latest sendup of the hapless spokesman. Perspective | Trump has sucked the lifeblood out of Sean Spicer 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Six scenes followed, including a “Boycott Ballet” and a segment that takes place in a beauty parlor, as a sendup of “The Women,” Clare Boothe Luce’s comedy of manners. Opinion | Back in the good old days, these Washingtonians knew how to have fun 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z “So it was all a big sendup. But the orchestra was magnificent that night.” Jimmy Webb at Carnegie Hall 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z These days, Nanjiani describes the show in self-deprecating terms, and “The Big Sick” includes a cringe-inducing sendup of a cheesy one-man show. Kumail Nanjiani’s Culture-Clash Comedy 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Some ads have been humorous and topical — a sendup of the Netflix logo replaced with the mantra “Get Tested and Chill,” a Bernie Sanders parody with the modified slogan “Feel the Burn?” The C.E.O. of H.I.V. 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The Off Broadway hit, at ACT through June 11, is a sendup of murder mysteries with two nimble actors playing multiple roles as well as some polished piano. Review: ‘Murder for Two’ is something we’ve seen once before 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z But if an anonymous poster were to put up this passage online, how would you take it: as lavish praise for a great leader’s statesmanship, or deadpan sendup of his grandiosity and cheap tricks? Have we got Machiavelli all wrong? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The show is a sendup of Rae’s trials in work and romance, and a love letter to South Los Angeles, where she grew up. The Provocateur Behind Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Issa Rae 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z More recently he even pulled off the unlikely feat of bringing grammar and sentence structure into the forefront of pop music with “Word Crimes,” his sendup of Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’ ubiquitous “Blurred Lines.” 'Weird Al' Yankovic's 40-year career has outlasted some of the artists he's parodied 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z These days, Coolio says he’s more upset with the quality of the sendup. The accordion-playing valedictorian who became the most successful funny-song man ever 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Viewers were split over whether a dark sendup of one of the world’s most fearsome terrorist networks was appropriate, much less laugh-inducing. Republican Party, Facebook: Your Thursday Evening Briefing 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The satire, they say, mines a rich tradition that includes Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 sendup of Hitler, “The Great Dictator.” Can a Satire of ISIS Possibly Be Funny? BBC Viewers Are Split 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Ever ready to satirize herself, she played Carrie Fisher a few times, as in David Cronenberg’s dark Hollywood sendup “Maps to the Stars” and in an episode of “Sex and the City.” Appreciation: Fisher found best material in her own troubles 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Ever ready to satirize herself, she even played “Carrie Fisher” a few times, as in David Cronenberg’s dark Hollywood sendup “Maps to the Stars” and in an episode of “Sex and the City.” No one could make us laugh through pain like Carrie Fisher 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z “Why Him?” is probably the best sendup of contemporary California tech culture to date. James Franco and Bryan Cranston comically clash in 'Why Him?' but something's missing 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Last weekend, he tweeted that he did not appreciate Saturday Night Live’s portrayal of him in a sendup of the candidates’ performances in the second presidential debate. Day after debate, Trump, Clinton square off again at roast 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z But it left viewers divided over whether a dark sendup of the Islamic State, one of the world’s most fearsome terrorist networks, was appropriate, much less funny — no matter what its creators intended. Can a Satire of ISIS Possibly Be Funny? BBC Viewers Are Split 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Last weekend, he tweeted that he did not appreciate Saturday Night Live's portrayal of him in a sendup of the candidates' performances in the second presidential debate. Day after debate, Trump, Clinton square off again at roast 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Universal’s “Hail, Caesar!,” a sendup of the Hollywood studio system from the Coen brothers, fared best among the new entrants, though that’s grading on a generous curve. Box Office:‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ trumps ‘Hail, Caesar! 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” is, at its heart, a black comedy and sendup of both detective stories and Hollywood noir, offering up reversals and plot revelations while smartly playing it all for laughs. Christmas action movies provide holiday entertainment alternatives 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z He made a joke about his underwear – a reference to Larry David’s “Saturday Night Live” sendup of Sanders – and poking fun at himself. At Democratic forum, Bernie Sanders shows his softer side 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Over his desk was a print of “Last Banquet,” Mr. Zhang’s sendup of “The Last Supper,” which substitutes 13 Maos for Jesus and his apostles. Zhang Hongtu’s Art Studio in Woodside, Queens 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Even earlier at the obligatory “Song 2,” still Blur’s best known hit in America despite it being an ironic sendup of U.S. grunge of the time, Albarn introduced it with a beleaguered good cheer. Live: Blur lovingly sends up L.A. in its long-awaited Hollywood Bowl show 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z C Premiere date: Tuesday, Sept. 22 Time: 8 on Fox Robust but repetitive, Fox’s “Scream Queens” is a celebratory sendup of both horror flicks and sorority culture. Fall TV Preview 2015: Every new show, the schedule for every returning show, and what’s worth watching In second place for the seven days ending Sunday was "Pancake Man," a superhero sendup of sorts distributed by Wanda Media. 'Monkey King' breaks 'Kung Fu Panda 2' record in China as 'Monster Hunt' surges 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z There are no trophies for winning the summer, but Rivers should allow himself a few celebratory clicks on the Bleacher Report sendup of "The Wolf of Wall Street" featuring his team. DeAndre Jordan's return, Doc Rivers' deals made Clippers a bigger threat 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z In its day, the Alexamenos graffito was a childish sendup of Christianity. Jesus graffiti vandalism dots roads around Florence 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Although that might please traditionalists, the school also invited a theater troupe to perform a satirical sendup of "Hamlet," including puppets and a goldfish in a bowl symbolizing tragic heroine Ophelia. Colleges reject charge that freshman reading lists have political bias 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z It was a nickname they chose for themselves, after the movie by the “South Park” creators — a sendup of patriotism that they knowingly repurposed as actual patriotism. Sleep-Away Camp for Postmodern Cowboys 2013-07-19T14:07:01Z Earlier this year, a sendup of dating reality shows created by Yahoo, “Burning Love,” was deemed worthy of running on the cable channel E! as well. ‘Saturday Night Live’ Archives Moving to Yahoo 2013-04-25T01:26:09Z The sendup of media hype was knowing, and the surprising punch line was perfect. Advertising: Super Bowl Commercials Relied on Outdated Ad Tactics 2013-02-04T03:48:12Z Lyndon B. Johnson certainly has the perfect face for the cartoon-costume sendup, and also because he once declined to run for re-election, he could occasionally refuse to budge from the starting line. Bats: Who Should the Nationals' New Racing President Be? 2013-01-25T19:42:33Z The book includes a sendup of ads for True cigarettes, sold by Lorillard, that displays four tombstones, each bearing the color of a variety of True. Advertising: Mad Magazine Collects 60 Years of Parodying Madison Avenue 2012-10-28T20:33:55Z It is a funny moment, a sendup of this city’s obsession with provenance. Can a City This Self-Serious Take a Joke? 2011-01-24T03:30:27Z SkyMaul is the perfect sendup to a concept -- in-flight catalog shopping -- that was screaming to be sent up for a long, long time. 2009-12-18T01:17:00Z |
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