But in the case of a humble and heartfelt, low-budget moment, parody can also be the sincerest form of casual cruelty.
I have pretty varied tastes: obscure Korean horrors, explosion-filled Hollywood blockbusters, heartfelt romcoms or low-budget indie classics – any of those would be fine.
Fisher, now sober and diagnosed with bipolar disorder, is hilarious, humbled, and heartfelt as she recalls her lowest points and how she moved past them.
Around the corner at the London Wonderground, Tumble Circus's This Is What We Do for a Living is a low-key but heartfelt exploration of the trials and joys of circus life.
It's therefore fitting that the trailer for the feel-good sports comedy starring Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton of Kingsman: The Secret Service, takes an admirably low-key and heartfelt approach by featuring a trip of famous NFL athletes (Kurt Warner, Russell Wilson and Drew Brees) praising the film's depiction of athletic life, instead of showcasing Jackman in action.
Petty zeroes in on the vulnerability in the lyrics, with one of his most low-key and heartfelt performances in honour of a performer that he says changed his life.
But then a funny thing happened: she discovered that low-priced, cheaply copied, heartfelt short memoirs held together with paper clips actually sell pretty well in the subway.
Words draw out words: one can always write a banal, elegant, heartfelt, amusing coherent page on any subject, low or high, simple or complex, frivolous or fundamental.
He never cared for the loud, moody music of Cirque, which he compared to hanging like "a low fog," and says he wants something more "colorful and heartfelt".
Singing doesn't come as naturally to him as producing, he tells me, but his low-key vocals give songs such as "LGOYH" an appealingly heartfelt feel.
Under severe media pressure, he shifted his new office from swanky mid-town Manhattan to low-rent Harlem, a place with which he claimed long and heartfelt connections.
