Pandemic parodies: Tracing a sub-genre from the summer of 2020 to now
The Hindu
Accomplished musicians and amateurs have been coaxing catchy tunes out of popular songs to describe the new routine and behaviours and celebrate the vaccines on tap
“The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in heaven.” — Mark Twain You can say that again Mr. Twain, pausing from your ongoing book project in “humourless heaven”. Illustrating this Twainism, the pandemic has coaxed parodies out of popular songs. A laugh with a still-raging pandemic as the backdrop may sound unforgivably cringeworthy. However, from another perspective, the right kind of humour has its place anywhere — even in a pandemic. It is just what the doctor ordered.More Related News