burlesquer

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as in lampooner

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  1. parodist
  2. satirist
  3. impressionist
Noun
  • Tickets for the pop parodist are priced from $159 to $39 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. Yankovic, 64, began playing the accordion at the age of seven and grew up listening to Elton John, Spike Jones, Allan Sherman, Stan Freberg and Frank Zappa.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — which the accordion-playing master parodist co-wrote and produced — beat out Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas, Fire Island, Hocus Pocus 2 and Prey to land Yankovic his first Emmy, adding to a career that’s already witnessed five Grammy Awards wins.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
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  • The banana is part of a piece of artwork called Comedian, created by the Italian artist and satirist Maurizio Cattelan.
    Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Ingenious, by Richard Munson Benjamin Franklin isn’t simply a skilled political thinker, diplomat, and satirist in Richard Munson’s biography.
    Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of satirist
Noun
  • For the time being, Saturday Night Live viewers will have to settle for the show’s political impressionists.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
  • But in the biggest surprise of the cold open, SNL master impressionist Dana Carvey returned to the show as President Joe Biden.
    Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of impressionist
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