The old adage is that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.\u00a0 I have often noticed this is true when it comes to Movies and Television shows.\u00a0 Well, I have started to see that videos of parodies of popular books are popping up all over youtube.\u00a0 This was brought to my attention most recently when a friend forwarded to me the 50 Shades of Blue parody.<\/p>\n
50 Shades of Blue<\/em> is a take on the very popular and widely criticized 50 Shades of Gray.\u00a0 This is quite a funny imitation of the book.\u00a0 I was actually laughing out loud with this video.\u00a0 I was impressed they actually got a notable actress to star in this parody.<\/p>\n [youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F3t10zyF3jw&w=640&h=360]<\/p>\n When I was doing some research for this blog, which entailed watching funny and not so funny videos of parodies, I also came across The Hunger Pains.\u00a0 This one of course is a parody of The Hunger Games<\/em>.\u00a0 I was quite impressed with this one also.\u00a0 They really attempted to imitate the actual trailers of The Hunger Games.\u00a0 Of course they take liberties to make fun of the movie\/books, but overall it’s quite accurate while poking fun at the book.<\/p>\n [youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GjPTnW7bYUQ&w=640&h=360]<\/p>\n I would definitely say that imitation is a sign of success and popularity.\u00a0 When a video of your book pops up on youtube and it’s actually quite a good rendition with the twist of humor you have a hit.\u00a0 I was quite surprised to also find that there are book parodies also, The Game of Groans<\/em> and The Girl with the Sturgeon Tattoo<\/em> to name a few.\u00a0 I am going to end today’s post with just one really funny SNL skit.\u00a0 It’s not really a parody of a book but of those who read it.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy…I know I laughed so hard I was crying.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n [youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E5ejIBbZCx4&w=640&h=360]<\/p>\n What book do you think would make a good parody?\u00a0 And, if you were the author would you be flattered or insulted?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The old adage is that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.\u00a0 I have often noticed this is true when it comes to Movies and Television shows.\u00a0 Well, I have started to see that videos of parodies of popular books are popping up all over youtube.\u00a0 This was brought to my attention most recently…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18,19,739,1182,1420,1435,1553,1561,1577,1578],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-thoughts-and-opinions","tag-50-shades-of-blue","tag-50-shades-of-gray","tag-imitation","tag-parody","tag-snl","tag-spoofs","tag-the-game-of-groans","tag-the-girl-with-the-sturgeon-tattoo","tag-the-hunger-games","tag-the-hunger-pains"],"yoast_head":"\n