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There is no gimmick to “get,” other than the film’s loving lampoon of the TV movie.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

But after an extensive hiatus, all three Wayans brothers are back, penning a new script that will lampoon the best and worst horror has had to offer in the 13 years since “Scary Movie 5.”

From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026

Beeple, who is 44, spoke with The Wall Street Journal on Friday about his latest lampoon as he stood in the pen with his pack at the fair, which runs through Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Benjamin Franklin’s 1773 “Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One” used irony to lampoon British policy, undermining authority while avoiding direct flouting of the era’s harsh sedition laws.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

In 1889, the enormous popularity in Britain of Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah caused George Bernard Shaw to lampoon its Sunday-school sentimentalities and its Music-school ornamentalities’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

His policy platform often lampoons mainstream politics while drawing on genuine public anger and frustrations, and advocating in support of democracy.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Where “The Pitt” inspires awe at what these doctors achieve with a paucity of resources, time and patience, “Scrubs” lampoons the absurdity of a corporatized medical system steadily grinding down doctor and patient alike.

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026

Trey Parker and Matt Stone's long-running animated sitcom regularly lampoons leading figures including US President Trump.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

David Thewlis and Daniel Mays lead the Old Vic’s “The Dumb Waiter,” which lampoons blind faith in authoritarian power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

This contemporary lithograph lampoons the panicked gentry who fled the city - and thus turned Handel’s new oratorio, Theodora, into a box-office flop.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Still, when Victor Montagliani, a former Canadian Soccer Assn. president, first publicly floated the idea of bidding to host the men’s World Cup in 2013, he was lampooned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Anyone lampooned with a scintilla of brutality knows that an appearance can temporarily inoculate against accusations of humorlessness.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

Barack Obama was criticized for answering reporters’ questions in an “informal” tan suit, while Secretary of Labor George Shultz was once lampooned for appearing in an “old-fashioned” double-breasted suit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Exact Sciences, which went public in 2001, sells genetic tests, a liver cancer screening test called Oncoguard, and Cologuard, which was memorably lampooned External link by Saturday Night Live in 2023.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

In his comic play The Clouds, Aristophanes, writing in 420 bc, lampooned rhetoric as the art of weak reasoning, “which by false arguments triumphs over the strong.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Eastside Girls, meanwhile, is a tender depiction of Muna's neighbourhood, lovingly lampooning the staples of LA hipster culture – astrology, polyamory, roommate dramas and "negronis with the nice gin".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

The people at HBO are very concerned about leaks regarding who plays whom among the fabulous guest stars populating “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness,” Larry David’s seven-episode sketch-comedy series lampooning U.S. history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Still, it’s true that when the series was at its nadir, so few vibrant horror films were being made that it was stuck lampooning the now-forgotten Jessica Chastain chiller “Mama.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Call it genius, then, that “Oh, Hi!” plays into this stereotype while simultaneously lampooning it for a push-pull dynamic that makes for one of the funniest movies of the year.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025

He played the game like a child, or like someone who was bent on lampooning a sacred ritual, which amounted to the same thing.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis