Abstract
The paper presents a model of parody, viewed as a distorted imitation of a text, discourse, behavior or trait of a person performed in order to elicit laughter. Focusing on the parody of politicians as a way to discredit them for persuasive purposes, a qualitative analysis is presented of the parody of a Mayor of Rome by an Italian comedian. The role of allusion in parody, and its consequent dependency on culturally shared knowledge are highlighted, and the function of ridicule as a form of moralistic aggression is stressed. Finally a first flash of a procedure for the construction of a parody machine is provided, based on the cognitive process of parody in humans. © 2013 Springer-Verlag.
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Poggi, I., & D’Errico, F. (2013). Towards the parody machine. Qualitative analysis and cognitive processes in the parody of a politician. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 8158 LNCS, pp. 491–500). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41190-8_53
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