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lampoon
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lampoon
a satire in prose or verse ridiculing a person, literary work, etc.


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This is not helped by the dialogue which is non-scriptural lampoonery that has much to say about the sorry state of post-Christendom but strips the Gospel of much of its raw redemptive power.
Although adults may enjoy the inside jokes, you don't have to know where "DUM DE DUM DUM" comes from to enjoy singing it, and the lampoonery not only encompasses grownup fare but also covers familiar preschool territory, with multiple allusions to fairy tales and Mother Goose.
 
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