In which two parties who should know better attempt to debate the difference between satire and parody from memory.
- masterofpigeons:
Satire is special to my heart.
- codejill:
And parody, and the squishy part where satire and parody blend…
- masterofpigeons:
Can satire exist without parody?
- codejill:
I was just wondering that. ‘Cause they’re not the same thing, but I can’t quite think how to pull them apart either.
- masterofpigeons:
Without “poking fun at the form,” can you critique the idea?
- codejill:
I’m going to look this up. I’m really vague on all of it.
- OK, this is parody:
- a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
- And this is satire:
- a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
- masterofpigeons:
I’ll give myself a B+ or an A- on my understanding of the ideas.
- codejill:
Ditto.
I guess parody is a derivative work while satire is “parody” of actual life.
- masterofpigeons:
But we understand real life in story form! Or we tell stories in real-life form. Damn chickens and eggs always messing things up in my head.
- codejill:
OK, put that way, with chickens and eggs:
- Life
- is the chicken.
- Satire
- is the egg.
- Parody
- is green eggs & ham
- masterofpigeons:
No, no, no:
- Life
- is chickens and eggs.
- Satire
- is the chicken eating the egg.
- Parody
- is the egg hatching another egg.
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