parodic

One might think it parodic if it hadn’t been established that this is the dream in which Jessica lives; anything less would be unkind.

Had the show lived long enough to see Marnie get a ring light and a TikTok account, it could’ve possibly done enough parodic damage to quell the rise of narcissism before things got as bad as they are.

“Poker Face” doesn’t just take us to a cop conference, but makes sure we notice its cover band is called Yolo Tomassi, a parodic “L.A. Confidential” reference to a name that sparks one of the best poker face reactions in all of cinema.

Writer-director Alex Scharfman makes a worthy attempt at sketching the Leopolds as a parodic version of the real-life Sackler family, but never gets close to conjuring their cold-blooded, dark-hearted evil.

They even called themselves the “cabal,” in what seemed a parodic tribute to Strauss’ clique of wise men.