UNIT V - TWISTED FAIRY TALES
What are the purposes of parody and satire?
Theme: Living between Generations
What are the purposes of parody and satire?
Theme: Living between Generations
Twist your own tale.
A film extract will be given to you and you will have to create your own parody of it. You will work with an existing document and twist it to make it funny.
PARODY:
writing, music, art, speech, etc. that intentionally copies the style of someone famous or copies a particular situation, making the features or qualities of the original more noticeable in a way that is humorous
Cambridge Dictionary
SATIRE:
a way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, especially in order to make a political point, or a piece of writing that uses this style
Cambridge Dictionary
In groups of two, focus on the Shrek franchise. Either through the document seen in class or from what you know from the films.
Can you guess why it could be considered a satire? What would be the moral of the story?