2 Pages Tagged “satire”
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- Phantoms and Rock(y Horror) Operas
Watched Phantom of the Paradise this weekend. It’s a bizarre 1974 mash-up between The Phantom of the Opera and Faust set in a satire of the 1970s music industry. The movie casts Paul Williams (who wrote all the music for the film) as a reclusive recording mogul, Swan, who steals a struggling songwriter’s pop cantata […]
- Ask your doctor…
Are you troubled by ridiculous drug advertisements? Concerned that the pharaceuticals industry might be trying to unduly influence your medical care? Ask your doctor about Panexa [archive.org] today! Aside from a great parody of those ads that list all the side effects, it really points up something that’s always bothered me about ads for prescription […]