Indecisive Parody: Difference between revisions

** Ultimately, it ends up firmly on the side of [[Affectionate Parody]]. ''[[Mystery Men]]'' may [[Lampshade Hanging|hang a few lampshades here and there]], but it's rooted firmly in comic book logic. The only subversion is that the film focuses on superhero [[Fan Boy|Fanboys]] who end up inheriting the real job.

* ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'' The "unofficial" [[James Bond]] film can't quite seem to decide if it's a harsh satire of the Eon series or if it's a regular James Bond film. Plainly satirical scenes (such as Bond's discussion with M at the beginning) are side by side with normal Bond-style scenes.

* ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' is this trope done more or less to artistic perfection.

** More obviously a parody in the book (if only because of Goldman's "analyses" of "S. Morgenstern's" work. See the whole idea is Goldman is pretending it's someone else's... it's a weird setup). Would you believe it ends with a {{spoiler|[[Bolivian Army Ending]]}}?

* Arguably, ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. Particularly the scenes with the Mechanicals, who are performing a self parody of [[Romeo and Juliet]], it's possible those characters are parodies of some of the Lord Chamberlain's Men

* The Broadway version of ''[[Tanz der Vampire]]'', retitled ''Dance of the Vampires''. ''Tanz'' is a serious rock musical, albeit not without humor. ''Dance'' tried to make the show into a straight-up musical comedy, since the producer thought this would go over better with an American audience. Unfortunately, due to an incredibly dysfunctional creative process, many of the songs didn't fit in with the new approach, so the show wound up swinging between [[Camp]] and seriousness, leaving no one satisfied. To quote the [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117919518?refCatId=33 Variety review]: "It's not an outright comedy [...] but as a serious musical -- well, it's pretty damn funny."