What's The Bunion?
September 29, 2000 3:18 PM Subscribe
What's The Bunion? It's a parody of The Onion. That's right, a parody of a parody. Sheesh! Funny, though.
Rule of thumb: a parody should be smarter than the object of its ridicule. A dumb parody is a wretched creature indeed. The Bunion is a dumb parody. Now, The Onion probably *is* ripe for some sort of skewering, but that would require research and planning, not lazy semantic tomfoolery. Or does mocking up someone else's layout constitute a parody on its own terms? The question of the hour, perhaps one for the ages.
posted by highindustrial at 3:57 PM on September 29, 2000
posted by highindustrial at 3:57 PM on September 29, 2000
What? No Herbert Kornfeld...mayhaps as Hitler? Eminen?
bah humbug.
"Wacky Pop Culture Reference Made in Reference to Above Photo"
"body part was this big"
"Look at my t-shirt. It's Heracles vs Epiphanes. F--king brilliant"
"Black man dares to open mouth about X"
"Janet Reno explains surgery hiccup X"
"Area man taunts police to handcuff him after 'pooping' in town water supply"
(yes, I know. That's the point.)
posted by holloway at 5:58 PM on September 29, 2000
bah humbug.
"Wacky Pop Culture Reference Made in Reference to Above Photo"
"body part was this big"
"Look at my t-shirt. It's Heracles vs Epiphanes. F--king brilliant"
"Black man dares to open mouth about X"
"Janet Reno explains surgery hiccup X"
"Area man taunts police to handcuff him after 'pooping' in town water supply"
(yes, I know. That's the point.)
posted by holloway at 5:58 PM on September 29, 2000
I think the point is to attack the formulas that the onion uses. Parody and satire don't have to be funnier than the original but they do have to make a point about it. I think that the bunion does.
posted by davidgentle at 7:15 PM on September 29, 2000
posted by davidgentle at 7:15 PM on September 29, 2000
Been there.
Done that.
Got bored.
Moved on.
Didn't beat it to death. (Maybe THAT was my mistake.)
posted by wendell at 8:08 AM on September 30, 2000
Done that.
Got bored.
Moved on.
Didn't beat it to death. (Maybe THAT was my mistake.)
posted by wendell at 8:08 AM on September 30, 2000
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posted by waxpancake at 3:31 PM on September 29, 2000