parodists
Writers of spoofs
Parodists are people who create parodies—works that imitate and exaggerate the style of an artist, genre, or work for comic effect.
The term applies to writers, performers, and other creators: The parodists at Saturday Night Live skewered the debate.
A skilled parodist captures what's distinctive about a target well enough to mock it.
One who mocks through exaggeration
- caricaturistArtist of exaggerated likenesses
- ironistUser of verbal inversion
- witClever, inventive humor
- send-upMocking imitation of something
mockery · ridicule · skewering · burlesque · travesty · pastiche · squib · sardonic
Professional humor performer
- comicFunny performer or publication
- humoristOne who creates comedy
- funnymanProfessional humorist
- jesterRoyal household comedian
farceur · Weird Al · SNL · comedic timing · gag · shtick · slapstick · deadpan
One who copies others
- mimicOne who copies others
- caricaturistArtist of exaggerated likenesses
- impressionistPerformer copying famous voices
- imitatorOne who copies others
copyist · send-up · takeoff · exaggeration · mannerism · vocal mimicry · celebrity impersonation · aping
One who challenges norms
- commentatorBroadcast analyst or narrator
- observerOne who perceives events
- subversionUndermining established authority
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
exposé · puncturing · deflation · unmasking · cultural criticism
lampooner
One who mocks through exaggeration
- caricaturistArtist of exaggerated likenesses
- ironistUser of verbal inversion
- witClever, inventive humor
send-up · mockery · ridicule · skewering · burlesque · travesty · pastiche · squib · sardonic · sarcasm
comedian
Professional humor performer
jester · farceur · Weird Al · SNL · comedic timing · gag · shtick · slapstick · deadpan · absurdist
impersonator
One who copies others
- mimicOne who copies others
- caricaturistArtist of exaggerated likenesses
- impressionistPerformer copying famous voices
imitator · copyist · send-up · takeoff · exaggeration · mannerism · vocal mimicry · celebrity impersonation · aping · echoing
social critic
One who challenges norms
- commentatorBroadcast analyst or narrator
- observerOne who perceives events
- subversionUndermining established authority
deconstruction · exposé · puncturing · deflation · unmasking · cultural criticism
- humoristshumorists, wits, satirists, comics, comedians
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- doublesdouble, doubles, twin, twins, duplicate
parodistsdevotees
Passionate adherents
eulogists · hagiographers · admirers · celebrants · apostles
parodistsoriginators
Those who create first
innovators · pioneers · trailblazers · inventors · visionaries
parodiststragedians
Actors in serious drama
dramatists · purists · traditionalists · classicists · preservationists