as in satire
a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general
this classic musical is a lampoon of the movie business at the time when sound was introduced
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Recent Examples of lampoon
Michael Ghannoum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
Like Truffaut, Dupieux lampoons the infallible egos of some of France’s most famous actors, revealing the sparks that fly when those egos come crashing together on set.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
To be lampooned in Spy was, if not at all an honor, something like a backward, upside-down mark of distinction.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Through its satirical lens, the musical lampoons the double standards that exist within the justice system, while also critiquing the way both parties manipulate the issue to score political points.
—Michael Ghannoum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
Like Truffaut, Dupieux lampoons the infallible egos of some of France’s most famous actors, revealing the sparks that fly when those egos come crashing together on set.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Verb
The unilluminating tautology is that the Golden Globes are now voted on by … Golden Globes voters, making any attempt to lampoon those voters like firing an arrow into a fog bank.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
To be lampooned in Spy was, if not at all an honor, something like a backward, upside-down mark of distinction.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lampoon
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Even with Ted Lasso on hiatus, Apple TV+ continues to be a presence in this category; no doubt, voters loved seeing Hollywood execs (and egomaniacal stars) get skewered on the streamer's movie-industry satire, The Studio.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Like a good martini, the novel blends the zesty gin of satire with vermouthy fruitiness and lemon twists of sharp observation.—
Rob Kyff,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2025
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Hitting theaters from Lionsgate on April 14, 2000, American Psycho stars Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, a banker with murderous fantasies, in the adaptation of author Bret Easton Ellis’ best-selling novel satirizing 1980s yuppie culture.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Apr. 2025
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This was the second week in a row that the show spoofed Trump’s tariff, as Johnson appeared in the opener last week to satirize the president’s rollout of the new policy.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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Sherman appears as Wood’s character Chelsea, parodying her heavy Manchester accent and prominent teeth.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2025
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Silent comedies are often parodied as mere exercises in physical humor — and that element is certainly a part of their charm — but Chaplin’s work transcended pratfalls and knowing looks to the camera.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Yet abroad, Germans are still caricatured as Nazis, and the remembrance culture plays a part by overdoing it.—
Mark Sappenfield,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 May 2025
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Aesthetically, each episode has its own look tied to the personality of the character explored, which allowed Pixar to use lots of caricaturing and cartoony effects through mixed media.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
21 Feb. 2025
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Does the fact that these Black leaders are among the rich that dandies would have mocked savor the inheritance of the style tradition or sully it?—
Akilah Sailers,
Essence,
28 Apr. 2025
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In the first round, the team stayed put at No. 14 and still landed a player that was widely mocked to the team in tight end Tyler Warren.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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And, just as quickly, they were derided for their tendency to disintegrate into a mushy mess.—
Hiroko Tabuchi,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is far right, NATO skeptical, and Putin-friendly, and its leaders have regularly derided Scholz as a warmonger.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Apr. 2025
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Viewers who fell for Joe along the way found that impulse questioned, if not spoofed, many times throughout the show’s run, but definitively so in Joe’s final voiceover.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, set up email authentication based on the domain using DMARC, SPF and DKIM protocols to prevent email spoofing and protect a brand’s reputation against cyber threats.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Lyon goal should rightly rectify his legacy at United and hopefully earn him the respect from those outside of the club who have often so unfairly chided and ridiculed him.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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But all three of the Daily Racing Form’s august gentlemen openly ridicule the field-size point reduction rule.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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