Talk:Mock-heroic

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"Unreferenced" is silly here. Those works that report common knowledge should not insert references. Such this is. Geogre 14:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Modern Examples?"

I'm not sure about adding "Modern examples," but, before I clip it, let me explain why and get some discussion. There are parodies going on right up to today, of course, but parody largely takes over from the mock-heroic. I.e. the mock heroic is a specific form that depends upon another form: the heroic. For us to have a modern mock-heroic, we'd have to have a modern heroic verse. We don't generally have new works like Aeneid.

That said, yes, if we can think of contemporary or modern works that take heroical works, it's possible. Get Smart is a parody of the spy movie, for example, and it is designed to parody the style as well as to be a satire of the spy. It was a counter-cultural show that was deflating Bond and ridiculing the idea that spies are cool and that the Cold War was worth fighting. Inspector Gadget is less politically aware, but it's an imitation of Get Smart.

The closest thing I can think of to a modern mock-heroic would be Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?. Geogre (talk) 08:08, 28 February 2008 (UTC)