Homage and Parody
The later British double act Armstrong & Miller parodied Flanders and Swann: their parodies begin superficially like a typical Flanders and Swann performance, their songs descending from innocence to bawdy or taboo subjects, often mock-censored for comedic effect.
Read more about this topic: Flanders And Swann
Famous quotes containing the words homage and/or parody:
“In the genuine hope that this peace will be permanent, we take the opportunity to pay homage to all our fighters, commandos and volunteers who have paid the supreme sacrifice. They did not die in vain. The union is safe.”
—Combined Loyalist Military Command. New York Times, p. A12 (October 14, 1994)
“Pushkin’s composition is first of all and above all a phenomenon of style, and it is from this flowered rim that I have surveyed its seep of Arcadian country, the serpentine gleam of its imported brooks, the miniature blizzards imprisoned in round crystal, and the many-hued levels of literary parody blending in the melting distance.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)