Cabaret and Parody

Cabaret

Cabaret noun - A bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts).

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Parody and cabaret are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Parody" instead a noun "Cabaret".

Parody noun - A work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect.

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Cabaret and parody are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cabaret" instead a noun "Parody".

Nearby Words: parodied, parodist, parodying

While a lot of people know the song from Back to the Future, the parody made by a famous Polish cabaret "Ani Mru Mru" is becoming more known.

Source: "Weird Al" Effect
The German cabaret act Die Nachrichter (banned by Those Wacky Nazis in 1935 as "subversive and destructive") sang Die Ballade von Heinrich dem Achten ("The Ballad of Henry VIII") as a parody murder ballad, mentioning that Henry "holds the amateur record in legitimate conjugal murder".

Source: Murder Ballad
Spitting Image featured him from time to time, notably in the Cabaret parody where he is seen sadly shaking his head as the Conservative cabinet sings "Tomorrow Belongs to Me", and "Exchequers" (a home for retired Prime Ministers) where he annoys the others with his organ-playing.

Source: Useful Notes / Edward Heath

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