South Park lampoons Thor, the History Channel, and for-profit colleges all at once in its latest Thanksgiving special.

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But it brilliantly lampoons the fallacies that have caused major content companies to employ similar (and similarly ineffective) copy protection schemes.

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The lampoons go all over the globe, in more ways than one.

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Like the current sci-fi lampoons, many of these comic westerns were funny.

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Thankfully, for a show that both lampoons and honors Chekhov's themes, it doesn't end with the sadness that usually dominates that revered playwright's work.

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People joke that it stands for Bad Entertainment Television, and Aaron McGruder, a young black syndicated cartoonist, lampoons Johnson and BET regularly in his daily comic strip, The Boondocks.

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As a boy, Mr Mabanckou was fascinated by the dandies who returned from Paris obsessed with brand names, but the novel lampoons the idea of tailoring as a political statement.

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Though the movie trades on every gay stereotype in the book, it also pointedly lampoons them: the couple, who adapt to their newfound identity with a self-interested enthusiasm, soon inspire closeted gay men to come out.

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