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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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Occasionally, cinematographer Ava Berkofsky allows herself a flourish, like a split-screen gag that gets a good giggle, or a tiny send-up of the aesthetics of online selling.
Enter “The Franchise,” HBO’s recent send-up of superhero movies, and now “The Studio,” starring Seth Rogen as the put-upon head of Continental Studios, where movies trump “artsy fartsy films” — to the cinephile chief’s apparent chagrin.
The moment is at once a lens into a power dynamic that will run the length of the film, and a send-up of monkey see, monkey do.
Early on while our eyes are still adjusting to the style, the dim bluish lighting and the hectic way people run around grabbing maps and slamming rotary phones almost feel like a send-up of a CIA spy flick.
It works best as a comedy, a clever send-up of electoral politics.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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