A Parody is a tool of Satire, it’s an imitation or an exaggerated act, usually of a writer, music videos, movies or an artist by displaying a comedic effect. This effect is a very noticeable feature in a parody where certain characters of a person or a scene in a movie is highlighted to produce a humorous act and response.  We deal with parody in our daily life through social media, stage comedy, movies and so on.

For example; The novel “Twilight” written by Stephanie Meyer, later turned into a movie was turned into a parody in 2009 by Ryan Higa. Ryan Higa is a you-tuber / comedian who picked up scenes from the movie and recreates the scene by poking some aspects of the scene to ridicule it, thus turning it into a parody.

Another example of parody would be television shows like “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report.” This is one of the most famous shows where they imitates political leaders and their personalities and  make fun of it. By doing this, it  also lets them express their opinion on the current social and political issues.

Satire which is similar to parody, however “uses wit for social criticism.” It usually ridicules the society, government, businesses, and individuals problem in order to bring moral attention which can usually lead to improvements. Satire is portrayed with irony and sarcasm, and even parody.

Some of the examples of Satire would be “The Onion.” The Onion is basically a fake news that uses current events and talk about it’s ridiculous situation. Their most popular headlines; “CIA Realizes it’s been using Black Highlighters All The These Years”,  “Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace and Prosperity Is Finally Over,’”

Another example of Satire would be the “Ig Nobel Prize.” This basically makes fun of the Nobel Prize awarded to some scientific studies that sounds “ridiculous to common observer.”