Satire 2 - Return of the parody...

In this lesson we focused one one particular satiric technique, the most widely used of all - parody.

Parody
"To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing."

We began by watching a fight scene clip from a Robin Hood film made way back in the day:



After a brief discussion about the clip we filled out some worksheets describing such things as: setting, dialogue, physical action etc.

We then went on to watch a parody of this film clip from 'The Princess Bride' - where Westley and Inigo Montoya fight in a ruined castle at the top of the cliffs of insanity:



You completed your worksheets comparing the 'Princess Bride' clip to the original Robin Hood clip - seeing how the creator managed to imitate the original fight conventions and alter them for humorous effect.

Another film clip that is a classic parody of fairy-tale fighting conventions is the Black Knight scene from 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail':