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...Brady Bunch" didn't start out as a self-parody. "The Brady Bunch Movie" does. "The Brady Bunch Movie" takes the artless cheese of the original TV series and reprocesses it; it's so bad it's good. Director Betty Thomas and her cast have created a deliberate, unerring spoof that exposes the inanity of present day nostalgia for the Polyester Decade...
...This film is not a goofy spoof of rock and roll," says Michael Lehmann. "The characters take themselves seriously and the situation plays itself out as a pretty straightforward hostage drama...." Whatever...
This doesn't means that you won't have a blast at the movie. It just means that occasionally you'll mutter to yourself "this is a bit much" rather than dismissing it all as a spoof...
...though "True Lies" is supposed to be a spoof of spy movies, that part never quite rings true. The trouble with the concept is the lead actor. Arnold is the only human being on earth who can stand among bullets flying everywhere, not get hit and kill all his attackers--and make it seem believable. He's the Terminator. Ammunition is supposed to bounce off his skin...
...this end, the JIR each year hosts a ceremonyto present the "Ig Nobel" awards, a spoof of theprestigious Swedish awards. The Ig Noblescelebrate the humor in legitimate, butquestionable, research...