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verb as in condemn
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verb as in confine
verb as in convict
verb as in curb
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verb as in demoralize
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verb as in detain
verb as in heighten
verb as in imitate
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verb as in imprison
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verb as in jail
verb as in lampoon
verb as in mock
verb as in parody
verb as in restrict
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verb as in ridicule
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verb as in tease
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verb as in travesty
verb as in twit
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noun as in burlesque
noun as in caricature
noun as in comedy
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noun as in lampoon
noun as in lampoonery
noun as in mockery
noun as in parody
noun as in satire
noun as in spoof
noun as in takeoff
noun as in travesty
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The names alone suggest a level of parody, and, in the first episode, a send-up quality flits in and out of the proceedings, but the show chooses cynicism over satire every time.
Set in the buttoned-up town of Fallwell, Massachusetts, it’s a fizzy send-up of small-town sanctimony and monster-movie melodrama.
On the comedy side, the most honors went to the Apple TV+ Hollywood send-up “The Studio,” with four wins during the telecast, including outstanding comedy series.
A camp send-up of old-school issue-of-the-week TV movies?
A perfectly executed send-up of the loud, hyper, over-the-top TV ads that have driven generations of kiddos to beg their parents to purchase hunks of plastic shaped like muscular heroes and ferocious monsters.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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