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Thread #6291   Message #36953
Posted By: Jack (Who is called Jack)
03-Sep-98 - 05:18 PM
Thread Name: Parody : Good or bad?
Subject: RE: Parody : Good or bad?
Dick,

You are right.

I didn't mean to use Kelly's line as a classic example of Parody. The complaint that started this thread was along the lines of "Why not be original?". My point (and it is a small point), was that its not always better to be completely original, and that it is occasianally more effective to (copy, borrow, steal, or whatever you want to call it) and modify something someone else has written or said. I wanted a simple example of a case where that might be so and Kelly's line seemed appropos.