# Indistinguishable from parody **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indistinguishable-from-parody/837787 "2019-07-29T02:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Temporary\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indistinguishable-from-parody/837787/21 "2019-07-30T04:01:26Z")
The Trump Campain? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OemqVWi_R0k/maxresdefault.jpg "“Trumped" Starring Matthew Broderick & Nathan Lane") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OemqVWi_R0k) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indistinguishable-from-parody/837787/22 "2019-07-30T04:24:41Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > “This Is Spinal Tap” has the same problem, but from the other direction. It’s a parody that’s so spot-on that many thought it was a real documentary. This is exacerbated by the fact that much of the heavy metal world is so over the top that you sometimes think they’re a parody. I saw a Spinal Tap as a sneak preview sponsored by KY102 the local rock station. So I was in the theater filled with people who didn’t know that it was a parody, they just thought it was a documentary about a hard rock band that they thought they knew. This made it ten times funnier. I had to actually leave the theater and go into the lobby to resume breathing after the bit about the fate of the various drummers. Some things can’t be parodied though. SCTV said the attempted to do a parody of Laverne & Shirley, and no matter how ridiculously they played it, it just look like an episode of Laverne & Shirley. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indistinguishable-from-parody/837787/23 "2019-07-30T04:24:43Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Apparently, [bananas are designed by God](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXLqDGL1FSg) for the benefit of humans. First time I saw it I thought it was a comedy sketch mocking creationists. No, it’s real. I know. It’s real. And it is embarrassing. The entire Ark exhibit down in KY looks like a joke, too…but it is sincere. > [@AHunter3](#): > > Going the other direction, _Scream_ was (to me, transparently) a parody-and-tribute to a zillion teenage horror flicks. But apparently some people didn’t get it as such and composed _Scary Movie_ which tries to be a parody of _Scream_. See, here is the thing. I saw Scream in the theater and we all thought that while a few scares were here and there, it was basically a send-up mostly comedy. I guess we were a little bit scared, but we were mainly laughing and appreciating the commentary on all horror movie tropes. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indistinguishable-from-parody/837787/24 "2019-07-30T04:56:14Z")
For something even Spinal Tap would have found laughably pretenous, take Led Zeppelin’s “The Song Remains the Same” movie. [The low point is this laughable fantasy sequence four minutes into “No Quarter”](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb9l3k), but it also features multiple shots of Robert Plant’s crotch at odd angles for no reason. As one TV host put it, “apparently the movie was directed by Robert Plant’s proctologist”. And I although I love this song, if somebody did a spoof of the 60s San Francisco scene [they could drop this Jefferson Airplane song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WF4FF8QrQE) in and everyone would say what a great parody it is. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indistinguishable-from-parody/837787/25 "2019-07-30T16:21:52Z")
The bananas thing reminded my of “[Baby Got Book](https://youtu.be/tTYr3JuueF4)”. The first time I saw it I wasn’t sure if it was meant to be comedy or if it was a serious attempt at Christian rap. Apparently it was the latter. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indistinguishable-from-parody/837787/26 "2019-07-30T16:29:33Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > _Starship Troopers_. The movie. Afterwards, people involved claimed it was a parody, but it’s clear they didn’t know what the word meant when they made it. Satire, yes. Parody, no. (Also - not based on the book in any meaningful way.) The first time I saw _Big Trouble in Little China_ I thought it was a terrible film trying to be serious. The second time, I got the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indistinguishable-from-parody/837787/27 "2019-07-30T17:04:04Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > For something even Spinal Tap would have found laughably pretenous, take Led Zeppelin’s “The Song Remains the Same” movie. [The low point is this laughable fantasy sequence four minutes into “No Quarter”](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb9l3k), but it also features multiple shots of Robert Plant’s crotch at odd angles for no reason. As one TV host put it, “apparently the movie was directed by Robert Plant’s proctologist”. I love the album, but can’t stand the film. I’m not sure if the filmmakers needed less drugs, or more, but what they made IS a Led Zeppelin parody. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indistinguishable-from-parody/837787/28 "2019-07-30T18:15:09Z")
[Megaforce](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084316/) > [@](#): > > Story about a rapid deployment defense unit that is called into action whenever freedom is threatened. A military response team…in spandex! [This photo kills me.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084316/mediaviewer/rm238439936) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indistinguishable-from-parody/837787/29 "2019-07-30T19:14:00Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [Megaforce](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084316/) > > A military response team…in spandex! > > [This photo kills me.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084316/mediaviewer/rm238439936) A wonderfully awful movie. I’ve showed it at my Bad Film Festival. The thing is, it’s not as if this is a movie that seemed a Good Idea at the time, but hasn’t aged well. It really has been a Stupid Action Movie right from the start. Enjoyable, though. Certainly the stuntmen loved it. Not only did it give them a lot of jobs, but the scooters they rode were well-made “practical” props, unlike a lot of cobbled-together junk they sometimes have to ride. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indistinguishable-from-parody/837787.md?page=1)