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[BananaStand]

Yeah, I think either you're forcing parody into too narrow of a lane or I'm applying a definition that's broader than its actual definition. Maybe Burlesque works better. Idk. Also, I know this is a really silly art school critique thing to say, but the artists intentions are not super relevant. You can easily imagine an artist who tweaks genres staples just to stand out in a crowded genre, and accidentally hits all the buttons for the product to be a dry parody. It won't be Mel Brooks parody, because that necessitates intention, but we can get a John Wick.

You're saying that the movie was sooooo bad, that they retro-actively called it a parody so as not to look ridiculous and stupid for making a terrible movie.

JUST BUY A NEW FUCKING DOG KEANU!

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You're saying that the movie was sooooo bad, that they retro-actively called it a parody so as not to look ridiculous and stupid for making a terrible movie.

JUST BUY A NEW FUCKING DOG KEANU!

Haha..

No, I'm saying that artists don't always intend at the set out to make what they end up making. Sometimes they aren't even aware with what it is they've made. Some of that can be due to their being tied to their original vision, and some of it is due to the fact that we all interpret things through our own lens and seemingly even differently through the collective lens that mass media is consumed through. That is further compounded by the fact that movie making is a collective endeavor, and so the marketing department may see something that what we think more classically as the artists involved didn't see. Hell, depending on the director, the studio can get their hands on the footage and edit together a completely different movie than the director intended.

edit: further, I'm proposing a possible path for how we can get John Wick, a dry parody. I'm not arguing this is how it happened.