Nothing Better Than Parody May 2026

So yes: nothing is better than parody. Nothing is sharper, kinder, truer, or more fun. And if you think that’s a low bar—you’ve already missed the joke. End of write-up.

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We have a habit of ranking art. At the top: tragedy, the symphony, the literary novel. Somewhere in the respectable middle: comedy, pastiche, homage. And lurking near the basement—often dismissed as cheap, derivative, or parasitic—is . nothing better than parody