burlesquer

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as in lampooner

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  1. parodist
  2. satirist
  3. impressionist
Noun
  • Amid Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s flurry of EDM and heritage-rock shows is this master musical parodist’s.
    — John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Tickets for the pop parodist are priced from $159 to $39 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. Yankovic, 64, began playing the accordion at the age of seven and grew up listening to Elton John, Spike Jones, Allan Sherman, Stan Freberg and Frank Zappa.
    — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of parodist
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  • With a style that blends hip-hop culture with the surrealism of satirists like Terry Gilliam and Michel Gondry, this comedy takes no prisoners.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Since his brief stint with the band Fleet Foxes, Tillman has built out existential concept records that span folk, big-band jazz, soft rock, and indie pop, with a satirist’s eye for the disturbingly absurd.
    — The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
Definition of satirist
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  • During a recent appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, several SNL veterans reflected on how celebrities reacted to their impressionists on the show.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Zoom in: Also on display are Japanese woodblock prints from artists like Toyokuni and Hiroshige — works Monet and his fellow impressionists were deeply inspired by them when crafting their own re-creations of nature.
    — Meira Gebel, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of impressionist
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