The phrase "a travesty based on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or work that is a distortion or misrepresentation of something else, often implying that it is unjust or absurd.
Example: "The film was a travesty based on the beloved novel, failing to capture its essence."
Alternatives: "a mockery of" or "a distortion of".
George Kendall, who was a lawyer for Mr. Wallace and who confirmed the death, said in an interview that his client's original conviction was "a travesty" based on shoddy evidence, and that the men had been kept in solitary confinement because they had been members of the Black Panthers, the black nationalist group.
"The Senate's failure to confirm Debo Adegbile to lead the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice is a travesty based on wildly unfair character attacks against a good and qualified public servant," he said.
"I believe his conviction and his death sentence were a travesty and unjust, based on absurdly thin evidence," she said.
Enrolling in a nearby high school, he told people that his father was a German industrialist, and fashioned a manner based on a pop-culture travesty of wealth: Thurston Howell III, of "Gilligan's Island".
I also think his prosecution and conviction in Nevada was a travesty of justice, possibly based on racial prejudice, but more likely, merely personal bias against OJ.
The latter is, a travesty of Islamic Medicine, whose Hippocratic-Oath- equivalent (based on the teachings of the Quran and sayings of Prophet Muhammad) exhorts doctors to serve "all of mankind, poor or rich, literate or illiterate, Muslim or non-Muslim, black or white with patience and tolerance, with virtue and reverence, with knowledge and vigilance".
Based on a two-minute trailer that MTV has released online, Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, labeled the show a "travesty" and called on MTV to cancel it.
WHETHER Cambodia's general election on July 27th was a success or a travesty depends on what you compare it with.
"A travesty," fumes one attorney who received an e-query.
