The phrase "a parody based on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a work that imitates or satirizes another work, often for comedic effect.
Example: "The film is a parody based on classic horror movies, poking fun at their clichés and tropes."
Alternatives: "a spoof inspired by" or "a satire derived from".
By Wolcott Gibbs The New Yorker, December 18 , 1943P. 22 (Rough notes for a parody based on "Snoot If You Must," a collection of essays by Lucius Beebe, cooking and socialite editor of the Herald Tribune) View Article By Miranda Carter By Amos Barshad By John Cassidy By George Packer.
By Wolcott Gibbs The New Yorker, December 18 , 1943P. 22 (Rough notes for a parody based on "Snoot If You Must," a collection of essays by Lucius Beebe, cooking and socialite editor of the Herald Tribune) View Article By Alan Burdick By Larissa MacFarquhar By Charles Bethea By Phil Klay.
So I decided to make a parody based on that fact, and I was right.
Then there's "T'anint It Love," a parody by Schatz, which is based on "Tainted Love;" the inspired "Yahweh" parody by Schatz, based on "My Way;" and a delicious offering dubbed "I Will Watch YouTube" (see below), a parody based on "Every Breath You Take" by Sting.
This annual early look at American productions headed to the massive Edinburgh Festival Fringe will include "Longing for Grace," written and performed by Grace Kiley and directed by Austin Pendleton, Sandro Monetti's "Miserable Lesbians," a musical parody based on "Les Misérables" and more than a dozen others, presented by 59E59 Theaters.
SHOUTS AND MURMURS parody, based on a quotation from the Times about a Muslim terrorist admitting that he and others had planned to abduct Richard Nixon.
By Larry Doyle The New Yorker, December 20 , 1993P. 144 SHOUTS AND MURMURS parody, based on a quotation from the Times about a Muslim terrorist admitting that he and others had planned to abduct Richard Nixon.
The Divas are a women's theater troupe from Mexico that presents a blend of music and parody based on works by Mozart.
Parody based on "A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union".
By Bruce McCall The New Yorker, June 20 , 1988P. 27 Parody based on "A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union".
Later this month, we'll see the inevitable "Goodnight Trump" (Little, Brown), Erich Origen and Gan Golan's parody based on Margaret Wise Brown's bedtime classic, "Goodnight Moon". Ten years ago, that comic duo's "Goodnight Bush" felt like a sharp jab of political farce.
