Tuesday 31 May 2016

Is there a good resource which analyzes many parody movies for "what is being lampooned"?

Good parody movies (e.g. Airplaine, Hot Shots) lampoon a whole bunch of things, in nearly every scene.



Is there a good resource which analyses some of the main ones scene by scene and notes a full list of what is being parodied?



Please note that I'm looking for a detailed analysis, NOT an IMDB-high-level "references these 5 movies" bullet list.



E.g. it needs to have a level of detail like this:



  • "Hot shots Part Deux", in a scene where Topper Harley says "Out of all the jungles in all the countries in the world, you had to come into mine", he was lampooning a famous "Casablanca" quote "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine".

I used specifically this example because someone I know who deeply appreciates parody movies but wasn't raised on American culture was deeply shocked to find out that this was, indeed the lampooned material (since the person never saw Casablanca).

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