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The art of the spoof
AMANDA FINNEGAN ASST.MANAGING EDITOR
AJF724@CABRINI EDU
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Winter time is coming to a close but a new season has just begun, awards season that is. And where there are award winning movies, award winning spoofs are soon to follow.
The internet can be a double edge sword, according to VH1.com. It is one of the greatest technological advances of mankind but it also allows us to watch video clips of celebrity screw ups and everyday people at their most outrageous. The internet has also opened a whole new industry of movie satires.
Movie satires and celebrity spoofs have been done for years on TVand pioneered by shows like “Saturday Night Live,” “MadTV” and even the Nickelodeon old-school favorite, teen sketch comedy show “All That.”
“The sketches on SNLare always really funny when other big actors make fun of other movies. It shows that they don’t take anything too seriously,” sophomore sociology major Francine Clement said.
The MTVMovie Awards have been known to do an annual spoof at the beginning of their show having stars like “The Brady Bunch” crew or Jack Black act out a film that may have been taken all too seriously over the years.
But with the evolution of the internet, satires are becoming even more popular and evocative. They have become a way of up and coming artists, writers and editors to get their feet wet in the industry and hopefully get noticed.
