The majority of videos I could find on Youtube for Fleetwood Mac were music videos or concert videos. Even when I searched Fleetwood Mac Fan videos the majority of them were still music videos that a fan had recorded. I finally searched Fleetwood Mac parody and was able to find several fan made videos. Parody videos are videos that are imitating the topic, often to poke fun at the topic. I think parody videos show a great knowledge of the topic. If someone is able to make an entire video imitating someone or something, they have to have great knowledge of that topic.
Most of the videos were using Fleetwood Mac's songs to sing about another topic such as "Glow Your Own Way" instead of "Go Your Own Way" and "Handslide" instead of "Landslide". These parody videos are using Fleetwood Mac to parody something else. In the video I found they are mocking an interview that Fleetwood Mac did. I found the video to be extremely funny, because the history of Fleetwood Mac is so full of drama. Having someone poke fun at it makes it seem less dramatic and more silly. It lightens a tense topic.
I think it's interesting how many different types of parodies there are. I think it might be one of the most common types of fan… anything out there. It's a really easy way to poke fun at media and make people laugh, but i agree with you that it can be informative and a good way to address touchy subjects.
ReplyDeleteThat was really interesting since one guy played all the characters. I think he did a great job of giving each Fleetwood Mac character a different personality. I agree this was useful in order to make some of the tension in the band more humorous.
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