Search Details

Word: spoof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

What I learned in Alabama is that I can take this crown—created to spoof beauty pageants, not to honor the winner for his or her actual beauty—and use it as a gateway to open people up. Beauty queens are supposedly ultra-caring and beautiful, and I don’t mind hiding behind that facade, even if it isn’t totally accurate. Throughout the trip I met amazing people, all of whom seemed to respond to talk of the tiara. From Miss Tunnicliff, who admired the whiskers finally growing back...

Author: By William L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The True Confessions of Miss Harvard | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

...comedy Showtime, starring Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy, features De Niro as a serious, hardworking cop and Murphy as the over-the-top actor wannabe who gets in his way. The movie sells itself as a spoof on the buddy cop genre, with hilarious results...

Author: By Sarah L. Solorzano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Showtime Shines for De Niro | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

...script’s writers said they viewed working on the spoof as a sort of healing process after the horrific terrorist attacks two weeks...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Snow Place' Like the Pudding for 154th Show | 9/25/2001 | See Source »

David S. Kennedy ’99, Michael J. Kennedy ’97-’99, Kevin E. Meyers ’02 and Michael S. Roiff ’01 wrote the spoof of a 1980s murder mystery...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Snow Place' Like the Pudding for 154th Show | 9/25/2001 | See Source »

...spoof features Abe Ominable, a sympathetic abominable snowperson and Meyers’ favorite character...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Snow Place' Like the Pudding for 154th Show | 9/25/2001 | See Source »

Previous | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | Next