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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 50 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call Scream a parody. Scary Movie was the parody. Scream was just self aware that it was a scary movie in a universe where scary movies exist.

[–] Crewman@sopuli.xyz 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I watched the original Scream years after seeing Scary Movie, and realized Scary Movie is just Scream on cocaine. A lot of the jokes are the same or just slightly different.

What's the line between being self aware and a parody?

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What's the line between being self aware and a parody?

I feel like this would require a Venn diagram. Not so much a "this crosses the line" but some movies are parody, some are self aware, some are both and some are neither.

[–] Crewman@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 hours ago

Funnily enough, I looked up self awareness vs parody, and the first movie based article specifically addressed those two movies.

https://slowburnhorror.com/2024/11/27/self-aware-but-not-self-conscious-how-tremors-and-maxxxine-write-love-letters-to-the-horror-genre/

To summarize, parodies show why those things being parodied are dumb, while self awareness is embracing the tropes while not taking itself seriously. Which answers my question.