Tolkien and Parody - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Fordim Hedgethistle · 09-02-2004, 01:24 PM

I don't know if this constitutes an answer to your question Esty but Tolkien wrote what could be considered a parody of LotR himself:

"The Lord of the Rings
Is a funny old thing;
If you like it, you do,
If you don't, you go 'boo'."

Not exactly a fully developed self-parody, but it does make light of his work in a playful manner.

09-02-2004, 01:24 PM	#16
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	I don't know if this constitutes an answer to your question Esty but Tolkien wrote what could be considered a parody of LotR himself: "The Lord of the Rings Is a funny old thing; If you like it, you do, If you don't, you go 'boo'." Not exactly a fully developed self-parody, but it does make light of his work in a playful manner. __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.