A parody (; also called a spoof, send-up, take-off, or lampoon) is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work—its subject, author, style, or some other target—by means of satiric or ironic imitation. As the literary theorist Linda Hutcheon puts it, "parody … is imitation, not always at the expense of the parodied text." Another critic, Simon Dentith, defines parody as "any cultural practice which provides a relatively polemical allusive imitation of another cultural production or practice." Parody may be found in art or culture, including literature, music (although "parody" in music has an earlier, somewhat different meaning than for other art forms), animation, gaming, and film. 

The writer and critic John Gross observes in his "Oxford Book of Parodies", that parody seems to flourish on territory somewhere between pastiche ("a composition in another artist's manner, without satirical intent") and burlesque (which "fools around with the material of high literature and adapts it to low ends"). Meanwhile, the "Encyclopédie" of Denis Diderot distinguishes between the parody and the burlesque, "A good parody is a fine amusement, capable of amusing and instructing the most sensible and polished minds; the burlesque is a miserable buffoonery which can only please the populace." Historically, when a formula grows tired, as in the case of the moralistic melodramas in the 1910s, it retains value only as a parody, as demonstrated by the Buster Keaton shorts that mocked that genre. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is the name of the person that wrote "Oxford Book of Parodies"?
2. The book titled "Oxford Book of Parodies" was written by which person?
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Q2:
1. What does John Gross do for a living?
2. What is the profession of John Gross?
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Q3:
1. Between what two things does parody flourish according to what John Gross write in his book "Oxford Book of Parodies"?
2. In his book titled "Oxford Book of Parodies", where does John Gross believe that parodies flourish between?
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Q4:
1. What is the first synonym of the term "Parody" that is mentioned in the article?
2. The article mentions what synonym of the term "Parody" that is mentioned first?
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Q5:
1. What is the second synonym of the term "Parody" that is mentioned in the article?
2. The article mentions what synonym of the term "Parody" that is mentioned second?
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Q6:
1. Can a parody be used in order to make fun of someone or something?
2. Can something be made fun of by a parody?
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Q7:
1. A parody makes fun of a target by what means?
2. By what means does a parody make fun of a target?
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Q8:
1. What is Linda Hutcheon known as?
2. Linda Hutcheon is known as what?
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Q9:
1. What is the name of the person that wrote "Encyclopedie"?
2. "Encyclopedie" was written by which person?
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Q10:
1. Does Denis Diderot believe that a good parody is funny even to scholars?
2. Should scholars find a good parody funny, according to Denis Diderot?
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Q11:
1. What is the burlesque, according to Denis Diderot?
2. What does Denis Diderot think is the definition of the burlesque?
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Q12:
1. What is the name of the person that mocked melodramas?
2. Melodramas were mocked by which person in the story?
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Q13:
1. What happened to the melodramas in the 1910's?
2. What happened to the moralistic melodramas in the 1910's that diminished their value?
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Q14:
1. What group of people could be pleased by burlesque, according to Denis Diderot?
2. Denis Diderot believed that which group of people could be satisfies thanks to burlesque?
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