PARODY

[noun] - writing, music, art, something said, etc. which 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 humorousHe was an eighteenth-century poet and essayist who wrote parodies of other people's works. [C]Her later writing so lacked subtlety that it almost read like a parody of her earlier work. [C]There's a strong element of parody in the latest series, set in the office of a TV production company. [U]There is a hint of self-parody in his later paintings. [U]Compare travesty.(disapproving) Something can be described as a parody if it so obviously fails to achieve the effect that was intended that it is ridiculous."It was a parody of a trial," said one observer.The film was so ridiculous it was almost a parody of itself.